Tonight, across town, there is an Ypsilanti Board of Education meeting taking place. Primarily, as I understand it, they will be discussing their new Deficit Elimination Plan, which calls for the closing of our remaining middle school, and the restructuring of our high school, which, if I’m not mistaken, has been mandated by law after […]
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More school consolidation in Ypsilanti, and its long term ramifications
Posted in Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Adams Elementary, budget cuts, Chapelle Elementary, class size, community schools, David Houle, Dedrick Martin, Deficit Elimination Plan, East Middle School, EdWorks, Estabrook, International Baccalaureate Program, Jason Wright, Kira Berman, Maria Cotera, Michigan Department of Education, New Tech Academy, penny wise and pound foolish, public education, race, Sarah Devaney, save Chapelle, SaveYpsiSchools.com, school board, school budget, school closure, school enrollment, school reconfiguration, white flight, Ypsilanti high school, Ypsilanti Public School Alliance 46 Comments
Ypsi School Closings, part V
My friend Maria Cotera, as most of you readers probably know, was quite involved in the recent discussion over the closure of yet more Ypsilanti public schools. Maria, the parent of a daughter at Chapelle Elementary, not only questioned the assumptions on which the findings of the administration were based, but she, along with her […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Media, Ypsilanti Also tagged aggressive moderation, Andy Fanta, AnnArbor.com, budget cuts, Chapelle Elementary, class size, community schools, East Middle School, Jason Wright, Kira Berman, Maria Cotera, penny wise and pound foolish, public education, race, Sarah Devaney, save Chapelle, SaveYpsiSchools.com, school board, school budget, school closure, school enrollment, white flight, Ypsilanti Public School Alliance 15 Comments
School closings in Ypsilanti, is it too late to stop them?
My friends Jason and Maria have a daughter that goes to Chapelle Elementary. Maria and I have been exchanging emails the past few days on the prospect of Chapelle and other neighborhood schools in Ypsi closing due to budget issues and demographic changes. Here, with her approval, is the exchange, in hopes that some of […]
Posted in Education, Ypsilanti Also tagged $6.4 million budget shortfall, Adams, Ardis Elementary, budget cuts, Chapelle Community School, Chapelle Elementary, community input, democratizing space, East Middle School. West Middle School, educational missions, Eriksson, Estabrook, farcical community workshops, Go Dragons, Jason Wright, magnet schools, Maria Cotera, Megaschool, Montessori, neighborhood schools, Perry, public education, Public Engagement Academy, recipes for failure, Regional Career Technical Center, save Chapelle, school board, school closure, sinking boat analogies, taking back our schools, YPSD, Ypsi High, Ypsi Public School District 78 Comments