Mark Maynard

WISD and YCS approach terms on the future of the Washtenaw International Middle Academy

By Mark | March 11, 2018

Remember how, this past October, the Ypsilanti Board of Education voted to give control of the Washtenaw International Middle Academy (WIMA) over to a consortium managed by the Washtenaw Intermediate School District, and how Ypsilanti parents organized to block the deal from going through, concerned about what it might mean for both he local school […]

Posted in Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged International Baccalaureate, public education, schools of choice, Washtenaw Educational Options Consortium, Washtenaw Intermediate School District, Washtenaw International High School, Washtenaw International Middle Academy, WIHI, WIMA, WISD, YCS, Ypsilanti Board of Education, Ypsilanti Community Schools | 6 Comments

Everything you need to know about tomorrow’s “March for Love, Resilience, and Action” in Ypsilanti

By Mark | January 19, 2018

A year ago this weekend, as several hundred thousand women marched on our nation’s capitol, well over 1,000 people took to the streets of Ypsilanti in solidarity. And, tomorrow, many of us will be returning to those same streets, not only to march again, but to discuss how we might better work together to address […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amy Shrodes, Bryan Foley, call to action, Community Benefits Ordinance, community organizing, Defend Affordable Ypsi, Desirae Simmons, dialogue, Donald Harrison, feminist spaces, gentrification, International Village, Karlie Ebersole, march for love resilience and action, marches, Mary Larkin, Matt Siegfried, motherhood, Perspectives on International Village, REDY, Rising for Economic Democracy in Ypsi, voter mobilization, voter registration, voting, We Love Ypsi Schools, WIMA, YCS, Yodit Mesfin Johnson, Ypsilanti Gathering Space, zines | 8 Comments

Washtenaw Intermediate School District leadership weighs in on the battle over Ypsi’s International Baccalaureate middle school

By Mark | October 30, 2017

On the evening of Tuesday, October 17, members of the Ypsilanti Community Schools Board of Education, without any public debate, voted 4-2 in favor of a plan to hand over control of Ypsi’s Washtenaw International Middle Acadey (WIMA) to the Washtenaw Educational Options Consotrium (WEOC), the organization that currently operates the regionally-funded, and Ypsilanti-based Washtenaw […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bert Okma, debt, diversity, East Middle School, economic segregation, extractive colonialism, International Baccalaureate, Maria Sheler-Edwards, Naomi Norman, opportunity index, public education, school consolidation, schools of choice, Scott Menzel, segregation, threats to public education, Washtenaw Educational Options Consotrium, Washtenaw Intermediate School District, Washtenaw International High School, West Middle School, WIHI, WIMA, WISD, YCS, YIES, YPS, Ypsilanti Board of Education, Ypsilanti Community Schools, Ypsilanti International Elementary School, Ypsilanti Public Schools | 23 Comments

The Great International Baccalaureate War of Ypsilanti

By Mark | October 23, 2017

Earlier this summer, I heard that the administrative staff and teachers at the Washtenaw International Middle Academy (WIMA), Ypsilanti’s International Baccalaureate middle school, had begun advocating for a plan that would see them leave Ypsilanti Community Schools (YCS), and join the Washtenaw International High School (WIHI) beneath the umbrella of the Washtenaw Intermediate School District’s […]

Posted in Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Betsy DeVos, charter schools, for-profit charter schools, International Baccalaureate, Maria Sheler-Edwards, Washtenaw Educational Options Consortium, Washtenaw Intermediate School District, Washtenaw International High School, Washtenaw International Middle Academy, WIHI, Willow Run, WIMA, WISD, YIES, Ypsilanti Board of Education, Ypsilanti Community Schools, Ypsilanti International Elementary School | 31 Comments

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WISD and YCS approach terms on the future of the Washtenaw International Middle Academy

Everything you need to know about tomorrow’s “March for Love, Resilience, and Action” in Ypsilanti

Washtenaw Intermediate School District leadership weighs in on the battle over Ypsi’s International Baccalaureate middle school

The Great International Baccalaureate War of Ypsilanti

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