This story has been updated. Closing Roberto Clemente Student Development Center, eliminating middle school athletic directors and slashing more secondary bus routes are among the proposals on the table for addressing Ann Arbor Public Schools now $17.8 million budget shortfall. The shortfall, previously estimated at $16 million, grew after the ...
A growing group of local technology professionals is gathering to give free advice to Ann Arbor Public Schools as district officials plan upgrades and improvements to the schools’ technology infrastructure. The upgrades and improvements would come only if residents approve a $45.8-million bond that is up for a vote on ...
Ann Arbor's elementary schools should have the building capacity to start all-day kindergarten in the district next school year, the director of the district's physical properties says. “(The data) tells me generally there are no buildings that, by capacity, jump out and say, ‘You’ve got a problem,’” said Randy Trent, ...
David Lovell knew the roads in his neighborhood north of Ann Arbor were slick Monday morning, so he decided his 17-year-old daughter would not be allowed to drive to school. Instead, she and her younger sister would take the bus. With that resolved, Lovell headed to work. His daughter Christina, ...