Articles tagged:Saline schools

Posted: Fri May 18 5:14 p.m. by Paula Gardner News Director

Saline Area Schools selected Julie Helber as new principal of Saline High School, according to a report on Patch.com.

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Posted: Wed Mar 28 5:57 a.m. by Danielle Arndt K-12 education reporter
Saline becomes 4th Washtenaw County school district to switch to 6-year terms

Saline Area Schools Board of Education voted 5-2 in favor of switching to six-year board terms Tuesday, after spirited discussion.

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Posted: Mon Mar 26 5:58 p.m. by Danielle Arndt K-12 education reporter

Saline Area Schools is 60 individuals away from filling its high school principal position.

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Posted: Wed Feb 15 5:57 a.m. by Danielle Arndt K-12 education reporter

If 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 Academy on a list of Washtenaw County public schools operating with a deficit.

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Posted: Wed Jan 25 5:59 a.m. by Danielle Arndt K-12 education reporter
Saline agrees to wait for Michigan's decision on 'Pledge of Allegiance'

Members 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.

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Posted: Wed Jan 11 12:09 p.m. by Danielle Arndt K-12 education reporter
Saline schools will consider mandating daily 'Pledge of Allegiance'

Saline 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?

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Posted: Wed Jan 11 5:58 a.m. by Danielle Arndt K-12 education reporter
Saline Area Schools to weigh benefits of district-wide branding campaign

What would you think about a radio advertising campaign promoting Saline Area Schools? Beneficial or waste of money?

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Posted: Thu Dec 15 3:40 p.m. by Paula Gardner News Director

Saline 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.

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Posted: Wed Dec 14 5:58 a.m. by Danielle Arndt K-12 education reporter

Saline 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 this direction, as well as a pending initiative from the State Legislature to structure per-pupil ...

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Posted: Wed Jun 29 5:52 a.m. by Lisa Allmendinger Regional Reporter

The 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 “structurally deficient,” Superintendent of Schools Scot Graden said it was “the most difficult budget year ...

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Posted: Wed Jun 29 5:40 a.m. by Lisa Allmendinger Regional Reporter

Starting 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 unanimously approved the change in the “electronic communication devices” policy at Tuesday night’s board meeting. ...

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Posted: Sun Jun 26 7:19 a.m. by Guest Column
In her mother's defense: Saline students will lose out with transfer of art teacher to regular classroom

Georgia 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 District art teacher Cindy Larsen has guided students to tell their stories in similar ways. ...

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Posted: Sun Jun 5 5:58 a.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter
School districts looking to cut costs face unpopular choices over bus service

Buses wait for students outside Huron High School on Friday afternoon. Your child won’t have to walk three miles to school this fall, uphill both ways. But several school districts in Washtenaw County are looking to change or reduce bus service in order to save money in the coming school ...

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Posted: Mon Nov 16 10 p.m. by David Jesse
Saline school community gathers to discuss budget cuts, school finances

As more than 200 Saline school district parents, staff members and students streamed into Liberty School tonight to talk about the district’s financial state, they quickly grabbed all the available copies of the night’s PowerPoint presentation. Superintendent Scot Graden told those without copies the numbers would be on the screen ...

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Posted: Sun Nov 15 6:05 a.m. by David Jesse

The stark reality facing the Saline school district, Superintendent Scot Graden says, is the district will become insolvent by the middle of next year if cuts aren't made. That’s a future Graden doesn’t want to see. “The board of education and I have made it clear that this is NOT ...

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