Lt. Governor Denn Begins Second Annual "Ten Jobs in Ten Schools" Tour

Experience working side by side with front-line employees in schools

For Immediate Release: Monday, December 6, 2010

Dover - For the second consecutive year, Lieutenant Governor Matt Denn will be spending parts of ten days in the coming weeks working in ten different front-line jobs in Delaware’s public schools. These jobs—which include teaching, assisting special education students, work in the school office, and work in the athletic offices -- give Denn a first-hand view of the challenges our schools face every day.

Lieutenant Governor Denn already visits Delaware schools weekly throughout the school year, meeting with administrators, teachers, and students. “These weekly visits are very helpful and I am going to keep them up,” Denn said, “but I discovered during last year’s “ten jobs” tour that rolling up my sleeves and helping out gives me an even better understanding of what’s happening in our schools.” At the end of each visit, Denn will also be meeting with teachers to talk to them about how the state can help them with their important work.

Denn’s first visit this year will be to Delmar High School on Tuesday, December 7, where he will be co-teaching a social studies class explaining Delaware Day and Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. On December 13, he will be working as an Academic Liaison at Fred Fifer III Middle School in Camden, assisting students and parents with DCAS and Home Access Center issues. The schedule for future visits will be released later this month.