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Artist rendering of proposed Milford Middle School buidling In November 2020, the Milford School District was awarded a Certificate of Necessity by the Department of Education to proceed with the process to conduct a referendum in order to refurbish the former Milford Middle School building on Lakeview Avenue. On Mon, April 19, the board agreed to reconvene a committee to confirm the request for a new school. “We need to start having that conversation again about the decision the board will have to make in the near future,” Dr. Kevin Dickerson, Superintendent, said. “We need to get this...

Jack Guerin Special to the USA TODAY Network Through our recent national traumas, we’ve learned the importance of the rule of law.  No one in our society should be above the law including the Delaware General Assembly. As Thomas Jefferson warned, “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories.” Our lawmakers have used their lawmaking power to exempt themselves from the section of the Delaware Code known as the “State Employees’, Officers’ and Officials’ Code of Conduct” and from over...

The ACLU of Delaware, National Homelessness Law Center and other advocates are encouraging the state legislature to consider repealing laws that criminalize panhandling, instead of passing House Bill 58, which keeps penalties in place but uses the legal process to connect homeless people facing panhandling charges with social services.Coastal Point • Submitted The ACLU of Delaware (ACLU-DE), National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC), and other community advocates sent a letter to members of the House Judiciary Committee this, asking them to consider repeal of laws that criminalize panhandl...

Interest in sustainable and impact investing strategies has been growing at an accelerating rate, and more and more advisors are implementing such strategies. But what happens when the investments are being considered inside of a trust? Since Trustees invest and manage trust assets for the benefit of others and not for themselves, they are subject to legal duties and responsibilities when dealing with trust assets known as fiduciary duties.  How does a fiduciary duties analysis work in this context? First, there has to be an understanding as to exactly what type of sustainable and impact inv...

The Kent County Department of Elections, in accordance with Title 14, Chapter 10 of Delaware Code, will publicly advertise the upcoming school board elections. The Milford School Board has the authority to administer and to supervise the schools of the Milford School District, and to determine policy and adopt rules and regulations for the general administration and supervision of the schools. Such administration, supervision and policy shall be conducted and formulated in accordance with Delaware law and the policies, rules and regulations of the State. The Milford School District anticipate...