The final Monday in August means the first day of school for a number of students in the Woodbridge District. It is a staggered start to the academic year with grades 1-6, 9, and Kindergarten Group A beginning Aug. 26. The following day is the first for students in grades 7-8 and 10-12. Kindergarten Group B begins Wednesday, Aug. 28.
Sussex Technical High School welcomed its new class of nineth graders on Aug. 23 and along with the start of construction for a new high school building, weapons detection systems were introduced and a new Career Technical Education (CTE) program.
Metal detectors are expected to be set in place before the school's first football game on Thursday, Aug. 29.
A Seaford High School student was arrested Thursday, May 2, after a firearm and a knife were discovered during a routine disciplinary search, school officials reported.
