Articles tagged: Ann Arbor school board
Ann Arbor school board commits to 5-hour limit to meetings
Posted: Apr 11, 2013The Ann Arbor Board of Education’s regular meeting may have stretched from Wednesday night in to the wee hours of Thursday morning for the last time. Read more »
Ann Arbor school board president to propose policies to curtail lengthy meetings
Posted: Mar 25, 2013Ann Arbor Board of Education President Deb Mexicotte will present two new policies Wednesday that could prevent trustees from meeting until 3 a.m. Read more »
Ann Arbor school board: New legislation carves 'superhighway' for for-profit companies to take over education
Posted: Dec 07, 2012The Ann Arbor Board of Education took the Republican leadership in Lansing to task Wednesday in a three-page resolution that accuses Gov. Rick Snyder and the Michigan Legislature of lining businessmen's pockets at the expense of schools. Read more »
Ann Arbor school board praises Superintendent Patricia Green for 'fabulous' and 'ambitious' goals
Posted: Aug 02, 2012The Ann Arbor school board sat wide-eyed, but nodding and smiling, as Superintendent Patricia Green went through her list of goals and priorities for the upcoming school year Wednesday night. Read more »
Trust and relationship building identified as No. 1 board goal for Ann Arbor schools
Posted: Aug 02, 2012After an extended discussion about meeting lengths, finances, race, equity and student achievement, the Ann Arbor Board of Education set its No. 1 priority for the 2012-13 academic year as building a stronger relationship among ... Read more »
Three Ann Arbor residents announce their candidacy for November school board election
Posted: Aug 10, 2011This story has been updated Three Ann Arbor residents have officially announced their candidacies for the Nov. 8 Ann Arbor school board elections, with the final day for candidates to file for the election coming ... Read more »
Ann Arbor school board meets Tuesday to finalize technology bond
Posted: Aug 08, 2011The Ann Arbor school board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday to take the first step in approving the language of a technology bond for the November ballot. Read more »
Ann Arbor school board could ask voters for technology bond in November
Posted: Jun 13, 2011For the past few months, Ann Arbor school board members have bemoaned the fact that the statewide ballot initiative Proposal A prevents Michigan school districts from levying taxes to help increase local funding for schools. ... Read more »
Ann Arbor school board passes budget that cuts 62.3 teachers, gives busing options
Posted: Jun 09, 2011Ann Arbor high school students will have the option to take a bus to school in the 2011-12 school year and about 8 fewer teaching positions will be cut than originally anticipated, according to the budget passed by the school board Wednesday. Read more »
Ann Arbor school board expected to make final budget decision on Wednesday
Posted: Jun 08, 2011Dealing with the 2011-12 budget has been a nerve-wracking experience for Ann Arbor school board trustees. From initial projections to proposals from the state to proposed budget cuts, there have rarely been any easy choices ... Read more »
Ann Arbor school officials consider alternatives to cutting bus service for high schoolers
Posted: Jun 03, 2011Huron High School students walk to their buses after school on Friday afternoon. The budget calls for eliminating all busing for high school students next fall, but the school board is looking at other alternatives. ... Read more »
Ann Arbor schools' administrators contract calls for wage freeze during 3-year contract
Posted: May 31, 2011The Ann Arbor Administrators Association will have a wage freeze for the duration of the three-year contract approved by the Ann Arbor school board last week. Interim Superintendent Robert Allen said the new contract includes ... Read more »
Ann Arbor school board approves controversial Haisley Elementary School parking lot project
Posted: May 26, 2011The Ann Arbor school board approved the controversial Haisley Elementary School parking lot project unanimously after months of discussion and numerous protests by parents at board meetings. The work was among the summer projects the ... Read more »
Public gets chance to weigh in on revised Ann Arbor schools' budget-cutting plan
Posted: May 25, 2011The public will get a chance Wednesday to weigh in on proposed Ann Arbor school district budget cuts that have been modified but will still be painful. Although the district removed a controversial principal-sharing plan ... Read more »
Ann Arbor school board approves $294,000 in technology purchases like PowerSchool upgrade
Posted: May 14, 2011The Ann Arbor school board recently approved about $294,000 in technology purchases and software upgrades. Among the purchases were the Do the Math mathematics support program, an upgrade of the PowerSchool hardware and software and ... Read more »
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