Articles tagged:Mike Madison

Posted: Tue Aug 17 6:03 a.m. by David Jesse
Dicken Principal Mike Madison will not be disciplined for black-only field trip, report indicates

Ann Arbor elementary school Principal Mike Madison will not be disciplined for starting a Lunch Bunch study group open only to black students, despite repeated findings that the group broke district policy and state law. Those were among the results of the district's investigation into the group, which sparked controversy ...

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Posted: Wed May 12 8:55 p.m. by David Jesse
Ann Arbor elementary school's black-only program violated state law, district policy

An Ann Arbor elementary school program open only to black students violated Michigan state law and the district’s own anti-discrimination policy, school board President Deb Mexicotte said in a prepared statement Wednesday evening. “The effort was well-intentioned,” Mexicotte said. “We are sorry that this cast our community in a negative ...

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Posted: Fri May 7 3:11 p.m. by David Jesse
Ann Arbor school district ends controversial program only open to black students

The Ann Arbor school district has ended a controversial black-student only program at Dicken Elementary School. “Lunch Bunch is no longer,” district spokeswoman Liz Margolis said in an e-mail to AnnArbor.com. “It will be discussed among staff and some parents and be reworked. It has a valuable goal of assisting ...

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Posted: Thu May 6 4:22 p.m. by David Jesse
Black-only field trip that sparked controversy in Ann Arbor receives national media attention

Marian Wallace is upset. So steamed, in fact, she had to take a walk to calm down after reading about Ann Arbor Dicken Elementary School’s African-American Lunch Bunch. “If this was a group of white students only going somewhere, everybody would be up in arms,” she said. “It’s not right. ...

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