A few days ago, I posted something here about the proposed merger of the Ypsilanti and Willow Run school districts. Well, what I’d written was apparently brought to the attention of Scott Menzel, the superintendent of the Washtenaw Intermediate School District. Scott asked for an opportunity to clarify a few things concerning the proposed merger, […]
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WISD Superintendent Scott Menzel on the proposed merger of the Ypsilanti and Willow Run school districts
Posted in Education, Michigan, Sustainability Also tagged Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, budget cuts, Chapelle, charter schools, civic involvement of students, community gardens, consolidation, curriculum, discipline, dismantling of public education, EAA, Early College Alliance, Eastern Leaders Group, Eastern Michigan University, education reform, Educational Achievement Authority, Emergency Financial Manager Act, Emergency Manager, Great Start Readiness Program, Head Start, Houghton Mifflin, Lead and Learn, Maria Cotera, mentorship, Muskegon Heights, New Tech HIgh School, persistently low achieving, PLA, privatization, public education, School Aid Act, school budget, school calendar, school vouchers, Scott Menzel, social justice, STEMTech, student court, United Way of Washtenaw County, urban agriculture, Washtenaw Intermediate School District, Willow Run Community Schools, WIllow Run high school, WISD, Ypsilanti Area Community Fund, Ypsilanti Public School Alliance, Ypsilanti Public Schools 14 Comments
White people, seeing Emergency Managers in their future, begin to demand change
The Detroit Free Press, in an editorial yesterday, suggested that maybe, now that predominantly white cities, like Allen Park, are beginning to stagger toward financial collapse, and state takeover, our elected officials in Lansing might be willing to look at the underlying structural issues which are pushing our communities, one after the other, toward catastrophic […]
Posted in Economics, Michigan, Politics Also tagged Allen Park, Andy Dillon, Benton Harbor, budget deficit, deficit, Deficit Elimination Plan, Ecorse, Emergency Financial Manager Act, Flint, Headlee Amendment, Paul Tait, Pontiac, Proposal A, race, Rick Snyder, SEMCOG, tax policy 111 Comments
Today’s Martin Luther King Day march to Rick Snyder’s home
I wasn’t able to attend today’s MLK Day march to Governor Snyder’s house, but, fortunately, I was able to draft a few correspondents. Our first report comes courtesy of EMU professor Abby Coykendall. As you can see from the pictures, the crowd was far more diverse than at other events, including the protests in Lansing […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Michigan, Ypsilanti Also tagged Abby Coykendall, disenfranchisement, foreclosure, gated communities, Georgina Susan, marches, Martin Luther King, McMansions, Occupy Detroit, Occupy Wall Street, populism, protests, Public Act 4, Rick Snyder, right to vote 20 Comments