On August 18, just a few weeks before classes were set to begin at Ann Arbor’s Allen Elementary, a water main broke beneath the school resulting in serious damages that parents were told would take several months to repair. Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS) Superintendent Jeanice Swift assured Allen families at the time that, in […]
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Now that Ann Arbor is going to be operating a school within Ypsilanti, maybe it’s a good time to broach the subject of our two districts working together, instead of against one another
Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged AAPS, Allen Elementary, bussing, charter schools, dismantling of public education, economic segregation, education reform, flooding, Jeanice Swift, Maria Sheler-Edwards, mergers, Proposition A, public education, schools of choice, segregation, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw Intermediate School District, West Middle School, WISD, YCS, Ypsilanti Board of Education 75 Comments
Simone Lightfoot resigns from the Coalition for the Future of Detroit School Children, saying it’s become clear to her that Snyder’s goal is to “destroy public education in Michigan”
On Friday, a member of the Coalition for the Future of Detroit School Children policy subcommittee, Simone Lightfoot, announced her resignation. Lightfoot, an Ann Arbor Board of Education trustee, did so, she said, because it became clear to her that the Snyder administration would never accept the policy recommendations coming from their group, which had […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Education, Uncategorized Also tagged Coalition for the Future of Detroit School Children, Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren, dismantling of public education, EAA, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Michigan Department of Education, public education, Rick Snyder, School Reform Office, Simone Lightfoot, Skillman Foundation, Steven Camron, threats to public education, United Way 8 Comments