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Students at County High Schools Urged to Participate in College Application Week Nov. 3-7
WASHTENAW FUTURES plans to help high school counselors and students during College Application Week to complete and submit college applications.
Ashley Kryscynski is the regional Michigan College Application Week coordinator for…
CANDIDATE INTERVIEW: Ann Arbor Board of Education Incumbent: Christine Stead
CHRISTINE STEAD IS the Vice President of the AAPS Board of Education. She comes to her interview dressed conservatively. She is not an Ann Arbor Birkenstock Board Bohemian. She is warm, smooth—not smarmy—in her answers and the definition of…
Haisley Elementary First School in City to Launch Little Free Library
by Donna Iadipaolo
THIS FALL, HAISLEY Elementary School became the first school in the Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS) to participate in the national “Little Free Library” (LFL) program.
The Little Free Library movement began in 2009…
EDITORIAL: Annexing a Financially and Academically Failing District Does Not Serve Ann Arbor
THE WHITMORE LAKE Public Schools may be a short distance from Ann Arbor just up US-23, but the two school districts are plagued by the same financial woes and the Whitmore Lake district’s student performance as measured by the MEAP, SAT and…
Deirdre Piper Withdraws from AAPS School Board Race
With just days to go in the race to fill four seats on the AAPS Board of Education, Deirdre Piper has withdrawn from the crowded field of 10 candidates.
She sent this statement is response to a question about her withdrawl from the race:…
Conflicts of Interest—AAPS School Board Candidates
by P.D. Lesko
Please Note: I am acquainted with Hunter Van Valkenburgh, as well as his wife Aina Bernier. Monica Harrold, the wife of Board of Education candidate Jeffrey Harrold, was the principal at Northside Elementary, which my kids…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Votes of Local Democrats Hurting Education
The Votes of Local Democrats Hurting Education
Ann Arbor is quite often viewed as the liberal hot-spot of Michigan. Ann Arbor is a Democratic stronghold, as one cannot win an election in this town if they are a Republican. Our…
Yes. No. Maybe. AAPS School Board Candidates Weigh in on the Proposed WLPS Annexation
Update: A comment from candidate Jeffrey Harrold has been added.
by P.D. Lesko
ANN ARBOR PARENTS contact Board of Education members on a regular basis about a variety of topics both mundane and not-so-mundane. So, the newspaper sent a…
Michigan Education Association Loses Member Opt Out Case—Promises Appeal
IN OCTOBER, A year after his state had adopted a right-to-work law, Michigan Education Association President Steve Cook announced that his union had retained 99 percent of its members.
That was a surprise. Right-to-work laws are…
Huron High Among Growing Number of American High Schools Without Student Newspaper
by Micaela Stevenson
HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM matters. According to studies done by the American Press Institute, students who have participated in journalism programs during their high school careers will score higher on the ACT as well…