Irsd Spotlight

An audio recording of the Board of Education special meeting on October 19, 2022.

An audio recording of the Indian River Board of Education regular monthly meeting on September 26, 2022.

Lori Smyth’s roots in the Indian River School District run deep. She is an Indian River High School graduate, a district parent and a local business owner. Her husband is also an Indian River graduate and her father was an IRSD employee for 32 years. Lori also has an incredible story of escaping Lower Manhattan on September 11, 2001. She shares that story in this episode. (“Your Hand in Mine” courtesy of Explosions in the Sky and Temporary Residence, 2003.)

An audio recording of the Indian River Board of Education regular monthly meeting on August 22, 2022.

With the start of the 2022-2023 school year only two weeks away, we speak with Superintendent Dr. Jay Owens about what’s happening around the district and what families can expect when schools open their doors in September. We also meet with two new members of the IRSD administrative team – Monica McCurry, principal of East Millsboro Elementary School, and Dr. Richard Evans, principal of Southern Delaware School of the Arts. (“Sleepwalker” courtesy of The Killers and Island Records, 2021. “Time Stand Still” courtesy of Rush and Mercury/Polygram Records, 1987.)

An audio recording of the Indian River Board of Education regular monthly meeting on July 25, 2022. (Beginning of public session missing due to technical problems.)

An audio recording of the Indian River Board of Education regular monthly meeting on June 27, 2022.

An audio recording of the Indian River Board of Education regular monthly meeting on May 23, 2022.

In this episode, we speak with Jennah Truitt, IRSD Teacher of the Year for 2022-2023.

An audio recording of the Indian River Board of Education special meeting on April 27, 2022.

An audio recording of the Indian River Board of Education regular monthly meeting on April 25, 2022.

An audio recording of the Indian River Board of Education regular monthly meeting on March 28, 2022.

In this episode, Superintendent Jay Owens joins us to answer questions submitted by “residents” of the Indian River School District.

An audio recording of the Indian River Board of Education regular monthly meeting on February 28, 2022.

An audio recording of the Indian River Board of Education special meeting on February 11, 2022.

In this episode, we take a look at the Girls on the Run program, which has become extremely popular at elementary and middle schools throughout the Indian River School District.

In this episode, we speak with Sussex Central High School teacher Phoebe Walls about her experience at the Tournament of Roses Parade and with Greg Hockman about the upcoming Career & Trade Fair at Indian River High School.

An audio recording of the Indian River Board of Education regular monthly meeting on January 24, 2022.

An audio recording of the Indian River Board of Education regular monthly meeting on December 20, 2021.

In this episode, we celebrate Southern Delaware School of the Arts and its recent National Blue Ribbon School Award by speaking with Principal Travis Bower and teachers Mary Litchfield and Mary Caligiure.