This 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 next week. Ahmar Iqbal, Patrick Leonard and Lawrence Murphy have voiced their intentions to run ...
The 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.
For 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. However, trustees are considering one of their options to raise funds to provide an upgrade ...
Ann 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.
Dealing 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 for trustees while discussing the budget, which is expected to be finalized Wednesday. The meeting ...
Huron 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. Although eliminating high school transportation is still in the proposed budget for now, the Ann ...
The 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 some new contributions to health care from district administrators. Allen said he was waiting on ...
The 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 school board approved at Wednesday’s meeting. The project at Haisley would add a bus lane, ...
The 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 from the budget proposal after a backlash from the community, tough cuts remain, including the ...
The 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 the purchase of technology to assist special education students.
The Ann Arbor school board may be no stranger to lengthy meetings, but last night's was enough to test even the most caffeinated board member. Due to a combination of special presentations, a loaded agenda and 45 minutes of public commentary, trustees made their way through a meeting that lasted ...
A new educational assessment program under consideration by the Ann Arbor school board could measure individual teacher growth annually through student achievement, according to district officials. The school board will hear a first briefing on the Northwest Evaluation Association’s assessment program at its regular meeting at 7 p.m. today. The ...
The two remaining finalists for the Ann Arbor Public Schools superintendent position met members of the community at a forum Friday, with both seeming to leave a positive impression on attendees. Patricia Green, current superintendent of North Allegheny School District in Pennsylvania, and Michael Munoz, current chief academic officer of ...
The Ann Arbor school board’s search for the district’s new superintendent is down to two candidates. Shelley Redinger, current superintendent of Oregon Trails School District in Sandy, Ore., accepted the superintendent position with Spotsylvania County Schools in Virginia starting on July 1, district officials said Monday.
Shelley Redinger Shelley Redinger, one of three finalists to be the next superintendent of the Ann Arbor Public Schools, was named the Spotsylvania County (Va.) superintendent Monday, according to Fredericksburg.com. Redinger served as superintendent for the Oregon Trail School District in Sandy, Ore., since 2007. She interviewed in Ann Arbor ...
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