CIS History in Delaware
CIS came to Delaware in 1992 after Dave Campbell, Superintendent of the Colonial School District at the time heard CIS founder Bill Milliken speak on the importance of building relationships with young people in order to help them succeed in school. Shortly thereafter, the precursor to CIS of Delaware, Cities in Schools of New Castle County began at Wm. Penn High School. Since that time, school sites have opened at Brandywine High School, Thomas McKean High School and Howard High School of Technology.
In 2002, Communities In Schools of Delaware incorporated and started a state office to assist the existing school sites and help build more CIS communities across the state.
In 2003, we opened the a site at Georgetown Elementary School in the Indian River School District. Since then the Georgetown CIS site has grown to include North Georgetown Elementary, Sussex Central Middle School and Sussex Central High School.
In 2008, we added Dover High School and Eastside Charter School in Wilmington to the CIS Delaware network.
At present CIS is located in six school districts, comprising ten schools. We provide school and student supports to a mixture of urban and rural schools.
In Delaware, a school site is defined as having an on-site Director or coordinator who is responsible for working with the school administration, faculty and staff to identify the needs specific to that site. The most prevalent issues identified by the schools include attendance, behavior, parental involvement, social development and academic performance issues.
