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A2Politico: WISD Accounts for Hundreds of Millions in Public Funding Like Carefree Sailors on Shore Leave

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 23, 2025

by P.D. Lesko In this digital age in which bills are received and payments are made electronically, a school district should be able to tell taxpayers in real time from where the money is coming and where it's going. The Washtenaw…

Econ

Washtenaw Citizens Group Urges “No” Vote on WISD 1-Mil Tax Increase

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 17, 2025

Note: 10/22/25 This article was updated with comments from CART organizer Kathy Griswold and WISD spokesperson Ashley Kryscynski. Citizens Against Regressive Taxes (CART) is a grassroots coalition of Washtenaw County residents dedicated…

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: WISD Millage Ask is a Money Grab

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 17, 2025

by Mark Naess The Washtenaw Intermediate School District (WISD) has no budget, no actual plan for the funds requested through the new millage on which we'll vote in Nov. What the WISD has given voters in this: "Give us $25 Million a…

Ann Arbor Government

Residents Refused Mental Health Services While CMH Spends Millage Money on Consultants, PR and Paid “News” Coverage

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 1, 2023

Despite the 2017 passage of the Public Safety and Community Mental Health Preservation Millage, Washtenaw County Community Mental Health turns away Washtenaw County residents who need mental health treatment. Meanwhile, CMH Exec. Dir.…

Edu

Washtenaw Intermediate School District Awarded $566,244 School Safety Grant—Single Largest Grant Among Schools in State

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 25, 2015 0

MICHIGAN STATE POLICE (MSP) officials last week announced that 56 Michigan public school districts, 15 private schools, 11 charter schools and five sheriff’s departments will get a share of $4 million in funding to boost school safety.…