Editing Georgetown, Delaware (section)

==Education==
The Jack F. Owens campus of [[Delaware Technical Community College]] is located in Georgetown.

It is in the [[Indian River School District (Delaware)|Indian River School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10005_sussex/DC20SD_C10005.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sussex County, DE|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=June 15, 2021}}</ref> [[Sussex Central High School (Delaware)|Sussex Central High School]] is located in Georgetown

The [[Delaware General Assembly]] created the Georgetown Special School District on April 14, 1919, from Georgetown School District 67. Georgetown School District 223 merged into that district on July 1, 1919. Georgetown Special merged into the Indian River district on July 1, 1969.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mowery|first=Roger|url=https://archivesfiles.delaware.gov/ebooks/Delaware_School_Districts_1974.pdf|title=Delaware School District Organization and Boundaries|publisher=[[Delaware State Department of Instruction]]|place=[[Dover, Delaware]]|year=1974|page=10 (PDF p. 18/97)|access-date=2025-04-01}}</ref>

In the period of de jure [[educational segregation in the United States]], K-12 students of black African descent attended [[History of African-American education|segregated schools]]. [[William C. Jason Comprehensive High School District 192]] in Georgetown housed high school students of black African descent during the period 1951 to 1967. Desegregation occurred after 1967.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mowery|first=Roger|url=https://archivesfiles.delaware.gov/ebooks/Delaware_School_Districts_1974.pdf|title=Delaware School District Organization and Boundaries|publisher=[[Delaware State Department of Instruction]]|place=[[Dover, Delaware]]|year=1974|page=6 (PDF p. 12/97)|access-date=2025-03-30}}</ref>