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AAPS Officials & Parents Fear State Takeover; Ann Arbor Rep. Rheingans Says: “Immediate $25M in Cuts Not Necessary”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 17, 2024

by P.D. Lesko Between 2020 to 2022, when AAPS went to distance education and shut down childcare, enrollment dropped by over 1,000 students. Pupil funding--$9,608 per child in this year’s state school budget-- plummeted. A loss of 1,000…

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Benton Harbor, Mich. Schools Latest Targeted by State for Emergency Takeover

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 12, 2014 0

“AN INDEPENDENT review team concludes that a financial emergency exists in the Benton Harbor Area Schools under the provisions created by Public Act 436 of 2012,” states a press release from Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s office. Five…

Interview: A Young, Black Detroiter Is Set To Derail the ALEC-Inspired Agenda of Michigan’s Millionaire Governor

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 9, 2012 1

BRANDON JESSUP IS young, black and lives in Detroit. Newspapers and magazines all around the country that trumpet bad news generated by statistical analyses and studies about the city will tell you that Brandon Jessup should be unemployed,…

In Michigan 1.8 Million Don’t Have Enough Food. Senate/House Republicans Vote To Toss 16K Families & 25-30K Kids Off Public Assistance.

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 27, 2011 2

by P.D. Lesko In July, all of Michigan's Republican Senators voted to put a 48-month time limit on public assistance. The same Bill passed the Michigan House on August 24, 2011. If Governor Rick Snyder signs it, on October 1, 2011, an…