#Carrie downie elementary zip#

вЂњIвЂ™m hoping on creating some event thatвЂ™s going to happen in each of the three counties that will bring students to the conversation and bring their perspectives and ideas to questions that align to the boardвЂ™s priorities in order to funnel those ideas into what could be turned into a student agenda or maybe a student committee for the next student representative to run,вЂќ she said. Olatunji is working with the Board to develop a вЂњstudent committee,вЂќ an idea she had before joining the Board. So either your parents have enough money where you could go to a private school, or you play the game of the choicing system, like my parents did.вЂќ вЂњI live in the Colonial School District and thereвЂ™s only one public high school which is William Penn.

#Carrie downie elementary zip#

вЂњI feel like one of the biggest issues are the quality of education by zip code,вЂќ said Olatunji. John Carney to serve as the first student representative on the state Board. The first student to serve on the State Board of Education is several months into her term- and hopes to accomplish much more before it is finished.Д¬harter School of Wilmington senior Dorcas Olatunji was appointed this spring by Gov.

This year, the state Board of Education added two new non-voting members: a public high school student and a former state teacher of the year.Дelaware Public MediaвЂ™s Sophia Schmidt talked with that first ever student state school board member, Dorcas Olatunji, about what she has learned so far - and what she hopes to accomplish during her term.