Military Connected Families

Military Families: Preparing your Arrival to the Caesar Rodney School District

• Title 14, § 202(g) of the Delaware Code states that a military-connected student is considered a resident for enrollment purposes if:
• The student's parent or guardian is being relocated to Delaware under military orders
• The parent or guardian is transferring to or is pending transfer to a military installation in Delaware 
• The student's parent or guardian can use the following addresses to register the student:
• The district of residence where the student will be enrolled
• A temporary on-base billeting facility
• A purchased or leased home or apartment
• Federal government or public-private venture off-base military housing

•Please click HERE  for enrollment information

•Delaware is a Choice state. School Choice application window open on the first Monday in November and closes the second Wednesday in January. For more information on School Choice please visit the DE School Choice page.

•If you choose to School Choice to Maj George S. Welch Elementary or Dover AFB Middle School a parent must be on active duty service member, a member of the Delaware National Guard or Reservist on full time orders, or a DOW employee on the first day of school of the school year you are applying for.  Retired or separated service members are not eligible to School Choice to Welch or Dover AFB Middle Schools.

•If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us or the Dover AFB School Liaison at 302-677-4622.

Military Families: Preparing your Move from the Caesar Rodney School District

• The first step to is notify your student’s school of any upcoming moves or changes in residence
• Ask for unofficial copies of your student's records
• Use the Moving With Military-Connected Students checklist to gather important information to hand carry to your next duty station
• The final step in the withdrawal process is for the new school to request the official records
• Delaware’s Compulsory attendance requirement’s require schools to officially send records in order to remove students from school enrollment records
• Student will continue to be marked absent until the receiving school sends a records request or the losing school contacts the new school

Academic Planning for Military Families

The Caesar Rodney School District is committed to excellence for all by providing a safe, equitable and engaging learning community where each student feels valued, supported, challenged and respected.

• Caesar Rodney School District Report Card
• Kindergarten Registration
• Curriculum
• College and Career Readiness
• Course Selection Guide w/ Graduation Requirements

Special Needs Navigation and Parental Rights

•Delaware Procedural Safeguards

•Inclusive Education

•Please have a current IEP/504 Plan from your students sending school.  This is very important for proper placement.

•Special Education Settings

• A – Regular Classroom setting- Student receives instruction in the regular classroom 80% of the day or more.
• B- Separate special education classes and regular classroom- Student receives instruction in regular classrooms between 40% and 79% of the day.
• C- Separate special education classes in an integrated setting- Student receives instruction in the regular classrooms less than 40% of the day
• D- Separate school setting-Student receives instruction in a separate day school or residential facility for more than 50% of the school day
• E- Homebound or hospital setting- Student, for health or other reasons, cannot attend any of the above-described settings
• F- Correctional facility setting- Student needs to be placed in short-tern detention or correctional facilities

Resources

•Parents Are The Key

•Parent Information Center of Delaware (PIC)

Resources for Military-Connected Students

• Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission
• Tutor.com
• Sesame Street for Military Families
• United Through Reading
• Gratitude Initiative
• Penn State Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
• Nemours Children’s Health-Supporting Military-Connected Families