Evaluation of Delaware school district websites

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This page captures a snapshot of the information contributed by Sunshine Review users after they've studied the information made available on Delaware school district websites.

See also: School districts websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on Delaware' school district websites to what can be found on school district websites in other states.

Reading the chart

In the chart below:

	means that information is included on the government website
	means that the information was not provided on the government website
P	means that information was partially provided

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Conclusions chart

2012

Currently this chart is only up-to-date for the ten largest school districts: Christina School District, Red Clay Consolidated School District, Brandywine School District, Colonial School District, Indian River School District, Caesar Rodney School District, Appoquinimink School District, Capital School District, Cape Henlopen School District, and Milford School District. As for March 28, 2012 the school districts averaged a "C" website transparency grade.

	Taxes?	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Contracts?	Audits?	Public records?	Academics?	Background checks?
Y	6	5	8	10	10	1	2	2	6	9
P	0	1	2	0	0	6	0	1	0	0
N	4	4	0	0	0	3	8	7	4	1

Comparison chart

School district	Grade	Taxes	Budget	Meetings	Elected Officials	Admin. Officials	Contracts	Audits	Public records	Academics	Background checks
Appoquinimink School District, Delaware	D	N	N	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y
Brandywine School District, Delaware	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	N	Y	N	Y
Caesar Rodney School District, Delaware	C	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y
Cape Henlopen School District, Delaware	C-	Y	N	P	Y	Y	P	Y	N	N	Y
Capital School District, Delaware	C	N	P	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	Y	Y
Christina School District, Delaware	B	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	P	Y	Y
Colonial School District, Delaware	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y
Indian River School District, Delaware	C-	N	N	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	Y	Y
Milford School District, Delaware	C-	N	N	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	Y	Y
Red Clay Consolidated School District, Delaware	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	Y	N	N

Evaluation of all school district websites

School district	Grade	Taxes	Budget	Meetings	Elected Officials	Admin. Officials	Contracts	Audits	Public records	Academics	Background checks
Appoquinimink School District, Delaware	D	N	N	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y
Brandywine School District, Delaware	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	N	Y	N	Y
Caesar Rodney School District, Delaware	C	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y
Cape Henlopen School District, Delaware	C-	Y	N	P	Y	Y	P	Y	N	N	Y
Capital School District, Delaware	C	N	P	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	Y	Y
Christina School District, Delaware	B	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	P	Y	Y
Colonial School District, Delaware	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y
Delmar School District, Delaware	F	N	P	Y	P	P	N	N	N	N	N
Indian River School District, Delaware	C-	N	N	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	Y	Y
Lake Forest School District, Delaware	D	Y	P	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Laurel School District, Delaware	D-	N	Y	Y	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Milford School District, Delaware	C-	N	N	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	Y	Y
New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District, Delaware	D-	N	Y	Y	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N
POLYTECH School District, Delaware	F	N	N	N	P	Y	N	N	N	P	N
Red Clay Consolidated School District, Delaware	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	Y	N	N
Seaford School District, Delaware	D-	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Smyrna School District, Delaware	F	N	P	P	P	P	N	Y	N	N	N
Sussex Technical School District, Delaware	F	N	P	P	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Woodbridge School District, Delaware	D-	Y	N	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N

Correcting errors

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