An article in the Ann Arbor News today makes it appear that the Monroe school district suppressed information about Layne Hunt’s tenure as th high school principal there just so they could get rid of him. The tale of Hunt’s experiences there sound almost exactly like what has happened at Ypsi High this year. It [...]
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I’ve avoided writing about the conflict surrounding the resignation of Layne Hunt as high school principal because I didn’t know enough about what was going on in private, but now it’s time to speak up. During the last three Ypsilanti School Board meetings leading up to the resignation of High School principal Layne Hunt, a [...] In case you haven’t heard Cameron Getto resigned from the Ypsilanti School Board today. We all Cam thanks for stepping up and serving on the board for the past couple of years. He always did what he thought was best for the students and the district. He’s had to deal with a lot of difficult [...] The first part of the recording of last night’s school board meeting is up on the podcast site. Part 2 will be up later this evening, although part 1 contains all the public comments and board discussion of the big issue. If you’re not already subscribed to the podcast, just click on the Ypsi government [...] I’m on the Ypsilanti Public Schools technology committee, and right now we’re trying to figure out what the technology needs of the district are in preparation for the upcoming bond vote. The technology in the schools hasn’t been significantly updated since the last bond 10 years ago. Although much of what was implemented at the [...] The recording of the Feb. 12 Board of Education meeting is online now at this page. You can download a copy of the presentation from the reproductive health education advisory committee over here.  If you want to see the presentation and ask questions, it will be presented again on February 27, 2007 in the media [...] For the past couple of years a Reproductive Health Education Advisory committee has been meeting to research sex-education curriculums for the Ypsilanti Public schools. If you have kids in the schools, you may have noticed that for many years now they have gotten no comprehensive sex-ed. In line with that Ypsi has some of the [...] Our friend Stacey has a new blog of her own now, over on MySpace. She has a wonderful letter today to Ypsi School superintendent James Hawkins on the “Braves” issue. As a native American, Stacey provides a wonderfully detailed, heartfelt and articulate statement on what the name means to her and other native Americans. Everyone, [...] During last Monday’s school board meeting to discuss the issue of the Braves nickname, several people who made public comments, really struck a chord with me. Unfortunately it wasn’t in a good way. Essentially, they kept referring back to Eastern dropping the Hurons name and how donations fell off after that. The implication was that [...] |
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