According to MLive’s Lauren Fitch-Slagter, Dr. Ben Edmondson, the superintendent of Ypsilanti Community Schools, seen above talking with me on the Saturday Six Pack back in 2016, is going to be stepping down in mid-October. Given that the school year is set to begin in less than a month, I’m inclined to say that this […]
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Ben Edmondson to step down as Ypsilanti Community Schools superintendent
Posted in Education, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Ben Edmondson, Sharon Irvine, Ypsilanti Board of Education, Ypsilanti Community Schools 8 Comments
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
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 […]
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, Jeanice Swift, 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