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EDITORIAL: Annexing a Financially and Academically Failing District Does Not Serve Ann Arbor

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 30, 2014 3

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…

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Conflicts of Interest—AAPS School Board Candidates

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 17, 2014 4

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…

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Yes. No. Maybe. AAPS School Board Candidates Weigh in on the Proposed WLPS Annexation

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 14, 2014 2

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…

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Two-Thirds of County’s National Merit Scholars Attend AAPS

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 17, 2014 0

LAST WEEK THE National Merit Scholar Corporation announced that about 16,000 U.S. high school students had been named semifinalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship competition. In Washtenaw County, 93 students were named…

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Almost One-Third of AAPS Students Chronically Absent, According to CEPI Data

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 10, 2014 0

THE NATIONAL GROUP Attendance Works released state-by-state school attendance data and data for the nation’s 21 large, urban districts. In the report issued last week, the authors say school absenteeism is a national challenge. Almost a…

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AAPS Superintendent Tells Crowd at Rally: State K-12 Funding Cuts Causing a “downward spiral into mediocrity”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 3, 2014 0

by David Alexander During her comments, AAPS Superintendent Dr. Jeanice Kerr Swift continually referred to a “downward spiral into mediocrity” caused by reduced money, saying “Shame on our legislators if they don’t figure this out, and…

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EDITORIAL: Overpaid Teachers and Underpaid Administrators

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 15, 2014 0

THE AUDIT RELEASED by Ann Arbor Public Schools officials was prepared in part by an auditing firm and in part by a human resource consulting firm from Birmingham. The June 22 document draws on data compiled by the Michigan Department of…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Economic Development and Public Schools

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 10, 2014 0

Economic Development Entities and Public Schools Thank you to The Ann Arbor Independent and Rep. Jeff Irwin for working to expose the damage being done to public schools across Michigan by so-called “economic development” organizations…

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AAPS Superintendent Criticizes Michigan Pols (Again) Over School Funding

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 21, 2014 0

by Rob Smith “It is shameful,” said Dr. Jeanice K. Swift, Superintendent of the Ann Arbor Public Schools. “This proposal unfairly impacts communities across the state of Michigan, such as Ann Arbor. AS THE MICHIGAN Legislature debated…

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A2POLITICO: AAPS Board of Education Members Leave District $35M Lighter

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 14, 2014 0

by P.D. Lesko TRUSTEES GLENN NELSON and Irene Patalan have said they intend to step down from the Ann Arbor Board of Education. In 2003, they ran as a part of a slate of candidates and have, for a decade, served. In that time, they have…

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