The Colonial School District is a public school district serving
New Castle Hundred,
Delaware
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. The district offices are located at 318 East Basin Road, in
Wilmington Manor, with a
New Castle postal address. The superintendent as of 2020 is Dr. Jeffrey Menzer, Ed. D.
In addition to New Castle and Wilmington Manor it includes
Delaware City
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,
Port Penn,
St. Georges, portions of
Wilmington, and half of
Bear
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. Of the four territorial school districts to serve Wilmington, Colonial is the only one which does not operate schools in the Wilmington city limits.
History
Established in 1981, it took a portion of the former
New Castle County School District.
Schools
; High schools
*
William Penn High School
; Middle schools
*Calvin R. McCullough Middle School
*George Read Middle School
*Gunning Bedford Middle School
; Elementary schools
*Castle Hills Elementary School
*Carrie Downie Elementary School
*Colwyck Elementary School
*Harry O. Eisenberg Elementary School
*New Castle Elementary School
*Pleasantville Elementary School
*Southern Elementary School
*Wilmington Manor Elementary School
*Kathleen H. Wilbur Elementary School
References
External links
*
New Castle, Delaware
Education in Wilmington, Delaware
School districts established in 1981
School districts in New Castle County, Delaware
1981 establishments in Delaware
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