Hazel Park Interim Superintendent Gives Turnaround Update

Hazel Park Interim Superintendent Gives Turnaround Update (Dr. Rick Repicky, Interim Superintendent of Hazel Park Schools, March 22, 2015) The following was sent to Hazel Park Schools Staff on March 19, 2015 to update them on changes in leadership that have been taking place in the district: Introduction As your interim superintendent, I am writing…

Picketers Oppose Privatization of Ferndale Schools Custodial Services

Picketers Oppose Privatization of Ferndale Schools Custodial Services (Crystal A. Proxmire, March 21, 2015) With red shirts and yellow signs, members of UAW, AFSCME, and FAES/FEA marched back and forth in front of the Ferndale Schools Administrative Building on March 16 in protest of the School Board’s decision to get proposals to privatize maintenance in…

Lt. Gov. Calley & Justice Bernstein: Hire Michiganders with disabilities

Lt. Gov. Calley & Justice Bernstein: Hire Michiganders with disabilities (State of Michigan Press Release, March 22, 2015) MI Hidden Talent tour will highlight untapped skills, local hiring resources    Lt. Gov. Brian Calley and Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein today announced a partnership to highlight the opportunities for hiring Michiganders with disabilities across the…

Lt. Gov. Calley & Justice Bernstein: Hire Michiganders with disabilities

Lt. Gov. Calley & Justice Bernstein: Hire Michiganders with disabilities (State of Michigan Press Release, March 22, 2015) MI Hidden Talent tour will highlight untapped skills, local hiring resources    Lt. Gov. Brian Calley and Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein today announced a partnership to highlight the opportunities for hiring Michiganders with disabilities across the…

Rochester Student Newspaper Faces Censorship After Condom Picture

Rochester Student Newspaper Faces Censorship After Condom Picture (Katherine Schaeffer, Student Press Law Center, March 19, 2015) When the student newspaper at a Michigan high school printed a photo of a condom-wrapped banana to accompany an article about the school’s sex education program, the staff thought the decision was provocative, but tasteful. Pervasive in advertisements,…

Rochester Student Newspaper Faces Censorship After Condom Picture

Rochester Student Newspaper Faces Censorship After Condom Picture (Katherine Schaeffer, Student Press Law Center, March 19, 2015) When the student newspaper at a Michigan high school printed a photo of a condom-wrapped banana to accompany an article about the school’s sex education program, the staff thought the decision was provocative, but tasteful. Pervasive in advertisements,…

Board of Ed Selects Brian Whiston for State Superintendent Position

Board of Ed Selects Brian Whiston for State Superintendent Position (Michigan Department of Education Press Release, March 18, 2015) The State Board of Education today selected Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Brian Whiston as the next State Superintendent.  Current State Superintendent Mike Flanagan is retiring at the end of June. “Brian Whiston, of all our very…