Greater Newark's Hometown Newspaper Since 191 0 •!• 88th Year, Issue 48 © 1998 December 25, 1998 Newark, Del. • 50e THis WEEK IN SPORTS GlASGOW GIRLS OFF TO STRONG START. 17 IN LIFESTYLE jEWISH STUDENT CANONIZED IN RoME. 8 NEWARK POST STAFF PHOTO BY HEIDI SCHEING SCENES OF H SF ASON IN THE NEWS Many Newark-area congregations like the one at Evangelical Presbyterian Church on Possum Park Road present a pageant or Living Nativi­ ty during the Christmas season. DROUGHT NOTA ·Intersection changes stalled • Council consideration of before deciding if the Delaware review the option and make a year of public meetings and Department of Transportation deci ion. "Now, I don 't think we revised options for the intersec­ NEW PROBLEM much-discussed Deer should proceed with any of the would be able to get it done (in tion. "From (DelDOT's) perspec­ Park intersection options propo ed options. next summer's work)," Reeb tive, there are tradeoffs in all of delayed until June 1999 "We start electing the next said. these," Reeb said. "Divert traffic IN year's work in July of each year," Council wanted to wait a year or change speeds and you may By MARY E. PETZAK said DeJDOT planner Ralph to see how the new traffic signal­ improve one point, ye , but the NEWARK I Reeb. "But right now we have J 7 ization affected the downtown overall scope of things doesn't 3 NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER vacant positions in engineering area before changing the Main change much." design and a two or three year Street/New London Road/Elkton Councilmember Thomas SUMMER of 2000 i backlog of projects." Road intersection. In view of Wampler said it was hard to now the earlie t possible Reeb said the inter ecHon DelDOT's scheduling, however, believe that having trucks pro­ date for changes or INDEX improvements were on the sched­ they will make a decision for next ceed directly up Elkton Road improvements to the Deer Park ule in Augu t J998 for next sum­ July's work list. instead of going around South NEWS 1-5 intersection. mer, but DeiDOT waited for the Reeb told counci I there was no College Avenue would not Newark city council decided city and its traffic committees to clear winner after more than a POLICE BLOTIER 2 this week to wait until June 1999 See INTERSECTION, 4 ~ OPINION 6 LIFESTYLE 8 THE ARTS 9 Christina gets mixed scores DIVERSIONS 10 By STEVE WESTRICK math scores for district 1Oth­ demic proficiency in math, read­ dents who took the test, falls CROSSWORD PUZZLE 11 grade students which are above \..ing and writing. Starting in the along the lines of the national NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER average when compared to other ~pring of 2000, the test will be mean in every grade except lOth, SPORTS 17-19 Delaware lOth graders. This is u ed to determine if a student Chri tina Di trict is below the PEOPLENEWS 15 CCORDING to the mainJy due to the scores from should advance to the next grade state mean in over half the grad­ results of the first students at Newark High School level. ing categories. OBITUARIES 20 ware Student Test­ which scored well above other In addition to reporting the The third grade state reading CLASSIFIEDS 24-32 ing Program, Christina School state lOth graders in reading and scores, each test result will give average is 420.92, while Christi­ District tudents are slightly math. Christina District was teachers and parents a written na District came in sixth of 15 above average up to third grade. eighth of the 20 di tricts in this narrative discussing that tudent' · districts with an average of However, fifth, eighth and 1Oth category. weaknesses and how to improve 423.44. Third graders in the graders are at or below average in The test was taken for the first those areas. Colonial District averaged almost every academic category. time last May by students in the While the Delaware state 412.76, while Appoquinimink A notable exception are the four grade levels to measure aca- mean, or average score of all stu- was 421.91. See SCORES, 5 ~ 7 9946 P.\GE 2 • EW.\RK Pos • DECEMBER 25, 1998 Visit us on the World Wide Web Nl 'v\ ·\1-'1, ru~ I ·:- IN THE NEWS Can we help? Pourn BRIEFS Offices: The paper's offices are TO\SFORTO~ located conveniently in the Rob­ struck him. Wesley allegedly fl ed scott Building , 153 E. 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