Board of Education Meeting: October 21, 2026

At its October 21, 2026 meeting, the Red Clay Consolidated School District Board of Education received updates on the proposed secondary-school reorganization, including the McKean Innovation Center, and heard community concerns about Alexis I. duPont High School. The district outlined planned town halls, parent and student engagement, equity and IDEA compliance reviews, and analysis of transportation, staffing, CTE funding, and facilities needs; the board discussed whether additional project-management resources might be needed, but did not vote on the reorganization. The board also approved the presented school-tax-rate recommendation: a 1.74 nonresidential-to-residential rate ratio, with projected year-over-year increases of 1.31% for residential taxpayers and 5.17% for nonresidential taxpayers.

Procurement and funding items included a report that the Wilmington Learning Collaborative’s Children and Families First contract had been approved; no contract value or terms were stated. Staff reported that a $1 million Department of Justice grant awarded in 2024 is supporting districtwide restorative-practices training. The district also pays for social-emotional-learning curriculum licenses from its Student Services budget, averaging about $3,200 per school annually. No new competitive solicitations or vendor awards were identified in the transcript.