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Appoquinimink School District
The Appoquinimink School District is a public school district in southern New Castle County, Delaware. The district office is located in the Odessa Park Building, 313 South Fifth Street, in Odessa, Delaware, with Matthew Burrows as the current superintendent. Former superintendent Tony Marchio retired in June 2011. The district is growing by nearly 600 students every year, making it the fastest growing school district in Delaware. In addition to Odessa it serves Middletown, Delaware, Middletown, Townsend, Delaware, Townsend, and a portion of Glasgow, Delaware, Glasgow. History In 1983 Olive B. Loss, a teacher, was voted in as superintendent by all members of the school board. Schools ;High schools (9-12) * Appoquinimink High School (Middletown, Delaware, Middletown) * Middletown High School (Delaware), Middletown High School (Middletown, Delaware, Middletown) * Odessa High School (Delaware), Odessa High School (''unincorporated area'') ;Middle schools (6-8) *Alfred G. Waters Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Castle County, Delaware
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the state's population of 989,948. The county seat is Wilmington, which is also the state's most populous city. New Castle County is included in the Philadelphia- Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is named after William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (–1676). New Castle County has the highest population and population density of any Delaware county, and it is the smallest county in the state by area. It has more people than the other two counties, Kent and Sussex, combined. It is also the most economically developed of the three. History The first permanent European settlement on Delaware soil was Fort Christina, resulting from Peter Minuit's 1638 expedition on the Swedish vessels ''Fogel Grip' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
