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, Ann Arbor Board of Education, bussing, charter schools, dismantling of public education, economic segregation, education reform, flooding, 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
Are Ann Arbor’s school dress codes out of date and sexist? Two high school students seem to think so.
A couple of weeks ago, Ada Banks, a sixteen year old student at Community High, and her friend Julia Hale, a sophomore at Pioneer, drafted a petition aimed at persuading the administrators of Ann Arbor’s public high schools and middle schools to reconsider their dress codes. “As students who must follow these codes,” the two […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Education, Uncategorized Also tagged accountability, Ada Banks, Ann Arbor Public Schools, blame the victim, distraction, dress code, halter tops, high school, hot pants, Julia Hale, petitions, porn, self-respect, sexism, sexualizing kids, shirt of shame, social media, tank tops, teen sex, teens, zero tolerance 47 Comments