Articles tagged: Saline schools
Saline Reporter: Saline elementary students to receive foreign language instruction next fall
Posted: Dec 03, 2012Kindergarten through third-grade students at Saline Area Schools will be taught world languages starting in fall 2013, according to an article in the Saline Reporter. Read more »
Saline school board to evaluate Superintendent Scot Graden, vote on contract extension Tuesday
Posted: Nov 27, 2012The Saline Area Schools Board of Education will conduct its annual review of Superintendent Scot Graden Tuesday night. It also will entertain a motion to extend his contract for one additional year, President Lisa Slawson ... Read more »
Saline Area Schools support staff: Don't privatize us
Posted: Jun 13, 2012With its contract expiration date looming, the Saline Education Support Personnel labor union showed up in force at Tuesday's Board of Education meeting to beg leaders for an end to the negotiations and not to privatize their services. Read more »
patch.com: New Saline High School principal chosen from 3 finalists
Posted: May 18, 2012Saline Area Schools selected Julie Helber as new principal of Saline High School, according to a report on Patch.com. Read more »
Saline becomes 4th Washtenaw County school district to switch to 6-year terms
Posted: Mar 28, 2012Saline Area Schools Board of Education voted 5-2 in favor of switching to six-year board terms Tuesday, after spirited discussion. Read more »
'The magic number is 1': Saline receives 61 applications for high school principal
Posted: Mar 26, 2012Saline Area Schools is 60 individuals away from filling its high school principal position. Read more »
Saline Area Schools faces budget deficit for upcoming school year
Posted: Feb 15, 2012If tough decisions aren’t made prior to July 1, Saline Area Schools could find itself adopting a deficit budget for 2012-13. It would join Willow Run Community Schools, Ypsilanti Public Schools and charter school Victory ... Read more »
Saline agrees to wait for Michigan's decision on 'Pledge of Allegiance'
Posted: Jan 25, 2012Members of Saline’s Board of Education decided Tuesday they would wait for the State Legislature to act before mandating the “Pledge of Allegiance” district-wide. Read more »
WITH POLL: Saline schools will consider mandating daily 'Pledge of Allegiance'
Posted: Jan 11, 2012Saline school board member David Holden says reciting the pledge would provide students a "brief lesson in history and patriotism" and serve to unify the student body. Do you think requiring the pledge is a good idea? Read more »
Saline Area Schools to weigh benefits of district-wide branding campaign
Posted: Jan 11, 2012What would you think about a radio advertising campaign promoting Saline Area Schools? Beneficial or waste of money? Read more »
patch.com: Saline High School principal resigns to take new job
Posted: Dec 15, 2011Saline High School principal Ben Williams is leaving the district to become superintendent of a district in Northern Michigan, according to a report on Patch.com. Read more »
Saline schools will start district-wide all-day kindergarten this fall
Posted: Dec 14, 2011Saline Area Schools will transition to an all-day kindergarten program in the fall of 2012 per a 6-0 vote by the Board of Education Tuesday night. The switch was prompted by a county-wide movement in ... Read more »
Saline School Board approves 'structurally deficient' $51.5 million operating budget for 2011-2012
Posted: Jun 29, 2011The Saline School Board approved the district’s $51.5 million 2011-2012 operating budget Tuesday night by a 5-1 vote, which included the reduction of 18 teachers and also cut administrative and support staff. Calling the budget ... Read more »
Saline school board adopts new cell phone, fund balance policies
Posted: Jun 29, 2011Starting this fall, Saline students will be able to use their cell phones during their lunch period in the lunchroom and/or with the classroom teacher’s permission for “an instructional purpose.” The Saline Board of Education ... Read more »
OPINION: In her mother's defense: Saline students will lose out with transfer of art teacher to regular classroom
Posted: Jun 26, 2011Georgia O'Keefe famously said she could say things with color and shapes that she could not say any other way -- things for which she had no words. For almost 15 years, Saline Area School ... Read more »
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