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The AAPS school board appointed Christine Stead as a new member to replace Adam Hollier, who resigned. The board also had a preliminary briefing on a Schools of Choice program, which could net around $1 million extra in revenue for AAPS by admitting students who live in Washtenaw County, but not in the AAPS district. [Full Story]
On March 8, the board of the Ann Arbor Public Schools interviewed eight candidates to replace board member Adam Hollier, who recently resigned. The board also revised the voting process they’ll use to select the candidate at their March 10 board meeting. [Full Story]
At a study session held Feb. 17, the Ann Arbor Public Schools board reviewed bids for privatization of various services, including transportation, custodial, and maintenance. They also reviewed results of two surveys on budget issues: one conducted online and the other at a series of budget forums held in the community. Running through the meeting were concerns about the uncertain fiscal environment due to the changing state budget landscape. [Full Story]
At the Feb. 3 meeting of the Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education, trustee Adam Hollier resigned, prompting the board to set a process for appointing his replacement. Also, commentary from the public focused on concerns about the possible privatization of school services, as well as a recent incident at Logan Elementary. [Full Story]
The Ann Arbor Public Schools board heard a lot of public commentary on the issue of privatization of custodial and transportation services as the district prepares to deal with a difficult budget season. The board also found time to consider naming of facilities in honor of longtime AAPS staff and to hear a presentation from students who’d recent visited Japan as a part of Ann Arbor’s sister cities program. [Full Story]
The Ann Arbor Public Schools are conducting a series of public budget forums to present a draft budget plan – with cuts as well as a sketch of some revenue increases. The Chronicle takes a look at a some of the hoped-for revenue increases, which were discussed at a recent BOE meeting: the Options Magnet program and Race to the Top federal funding. [Full Story]
Lost/Found little blue gloves, neatly packaged in plastic bag and duct-taped to fire hydrant with note. [photo]
The Detroit Free Press looks at a dispute between state legislators and the boards that manage Detroit’s two public pension funds. Lawmakers have introduced bills to bring the pension funds under the control of a Lansing-based nonprofit trust, the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System. The article quotes Bob Stevenson, an Ann Arbor-based pension attorney, who says the Bing administration should restructure the existing boards: “Undoubtedly, the Detroit pension systems have been poorly run, but I don’t think the answer in my view would be to transition to MERS. I would find some means to keep these pension plans autonomous.” [Source]
The Eat Close to Home blog puts out a call for volunteers for Avalon Housing’s Edible Avalon project: “Edible Avalon is a great group that’s not only helping to build gardens in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area, they are teaching people how to garden and supporting them through their first gardening efforts. They are looking for volunteers to help mentor new gardeners at their garden sites 1-3 hours per week.” [Source]
In a recent report on an AAPS board meeting, we paraphrased remarks of participants, and we employed the informal nomenclature of the speakers for “Ann Arbor Open School @ Mack.” Those variants were departures from the accepted standard shortening to “Ann Arbor Open.” We acknowledge the name of the school here, and have cleaned up references to it in the original piece.
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