Several Washtenaw County schools are receiving fewer retirement notices than usual this spring as teachers wait for legislators to act on reforming the school employee pension fund.
Ypsilanti Public Schools is 4.5 staff positions lighter and three courses thinner after a decision made at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. In an effort to balance the Ypsilanti school district’s budget after losing 118 students last fall, the school board Monday night approved cutting teaching positions as well as ...
Slippery roads led to two school bus accidents in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti this morning, but no injuries were reported.
The number of students struggling to keep up in school while their families cope with homelessness has increased dramatically in Michigan in recent years, the Detroit Free press reports, and Washtenaw County figures show a similar trend. The percentage of homeless students is particularly high in Willow Run and Ypsilanti ...
Financial challenges are the biggest issue that will face Ypsilanti school board members in the coming months. Three candidates are running for two seats on the board in the Nov. 8 election. The board must work within a state-mandated deficit elimination plan as the school district attempts address a budget ...
A committee of the Ypsilanti school board has decided to let administrators decide whether to eliminate student service coordinators from the district's schools, the Ypsilanti Courier reported. The positions were eliminated from the budget to save money, but principals have stressed the importance of the coordinators at individual schools, so ...
Lunch prices in Ypsilanti Public Schools will go up this year following board action this week, the Ypsilanti Courier reported. Elementary and middle school students will pay 25 cents more than last year and high school lunch prices will go up by 50 cents, the newspaper reported. Read the Ypsilanti ...
Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies have charged an 18-year-old Ypsilanti Township man in connection with the theft of about 80 computers from Ypsilanti Middle School and from the district's Return to Learn program, housed at the former George Elementary School. Stephon Hansle, 18, is free after posting 10 percent of a ...
Students at Ypsilanti Middle School are making do with fewer computers after nearly 100 iMacs were stolen from the school and from another of the district's buildings. Middle school teachers discovered the thefts of about 70 computers from about 10 classrooms when they reported for work Monday morning, Ypsilanti school ...
If the governor's proposed budget is passed and a county special education millage fails, Ypsilanti schools could be forced to consider eliminating busing or programs like athletics, band and after-school activities or could face the prospect of putting 40 to 50 students in a classroom, Superintendent Dedrick Martin said. “Everyone ...
Note: Shanen Woods' name has been corrected Shanen Woods believes she’s turned around her life since August. After joining the Washtenaw Intermediate School District’s Widening Advancements for Youth (WAY) program, Woods, of Ypsilanti, said she believes she’s on her way to making her life better than it could have been ...
Michigan's public school districts can expect to see a large chunk of state funding disappear under Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposed budget. Snyder is eyeing a 4.1 percent reduction in K-12 education funding, which would take away $300 per pupil — in addition to an already budgeted $170 per pupil reduction. ...
The Ypsilanti Public Schools Board of Education is inching closer to finishing its state-mandated deficit elimination plan. The latest draft of the plan was discussed at a committee meeting Monday night and aims to cut an anticipated $26 million over the next five years. It includes reducing the ranks by ...
While most students are asleep and hoping they’ll wake up to news of a snow day, Tom Moore is out driving on Ann Arbor's roads to help make that decision. Ultimately, district superintendents have the final say on whether school will go ahead on snowy mornings. But Moore, the director ...
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