Local control and employee paychecks could be at stake if the Ypsilanti Board of Education fails to approve a new deficit elimination plan (DEP) by May 8. Ypsilanti Public Schools has until Tuesday to overhaul its DEP and submit it to the state, after botched figures and projections voided the ...
Ann Arbor school board members are preparing for a hearty discussion on the budget and balanced calendar proposal at their meeting Wednesday night.
Saline Area Schools Board of Education on Tuesday approved a resolution to borrow money from a state program created to help schools during periods of low cash flow.
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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Gov. Rick Snyder said Thursday he'll propose more spending for Michigan education in his upcoming budget proposal. The move comes one year after schools took a cut of more than 2 percent.
Fed up with the threat of money leaving the School Aid Fund, Ann Arbor’s Board of Education directed administrators to explore opportunities for legal action against the state Wednesday. The consensus was to, at a minimum, investigate the costs and possibilities of formally challenging the state through litigation — a ...
Taxpayers in the Ann Arbor Public Schools awoke Thursday morning to learn that the Board of Education - while on the verge of ending a meeting - instead decided to vote at about 2 a.m. to give two administrators raises.
Close the district’s three alternative high schools. Make athletics self-supporting. And - a frequent suggestion - slash administration. These and a host of other budget-cutting options were offered at the second of two community forums held Monday night as the Ann Arbor school district begins to consider how to slash ...
Merging schools, cutting out substitutes, or having parents provide more classroom supplies were some of the suggestions made Thursday at an Ann Arbor Public Schools budget forum. Nearly 60 people attended the open forum at Huron High School to help AAPS administrators brainstorm money-saving ideas to help trim $14 million ...
Public forums - including one on Thursday - are being held earlier this year so they can influence the draft budget, the district says.
The Saline Board of Education agreed to teacher union concessions of about $1.5 million Tuesday night as the Saline Area Schools looks for ways to close a projected $5.95 million shortfall in its about $64 million operating budget. The Board of Education voted 5-1 for a tentative agreement for the ...
Note: This story has been updated to show the school board ratified the YSSA contract. Due to concessions approved by its support staff union, Ypsilanti Public Schools will avoid privatizing some aspects of the district’s services, according to the budget presented Monday to the Board of Trustees. However, eliminating five ...
This story is being updated A Michigan senate subcommittee approved a reduced cut to K-12 education from the original budget proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder in a meeting Tuesday. State Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-Taylor) said the Senate Appropriations K-12, School Aid and Education Subcommittee called for a $170 per pupil ...
In the early 1990s, school officials were unsuccessful in getting school millages passed in Kalkaska, in the northwest part of Lower Michigan. Faced with insufficient funds, the school system was forced to close down earlier in the school year. The high school seniors held their graduations in March/April, and then ...
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