When I first became an editor for Observer & Eccentric newspapers, I developed a reputation for supporting school bond issues. A colleague who most certainly meant to insult me once said I never met a school levy I didn’t like. I wasn’t insulted. At the time, he was absolutely right. I fully supported local investment in public education, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Schools’
June 5, 2008
School district approves serious sex ed
I caught just a bit of the discussion about Farmington Schools’ sex ed curriculum on Channel 10 last night. Bit of a revelation, there. As it turns out, the part of the curriculum to which most of the 18 (yes, just eighteen) complaints were addressed has been a part of the curriculum for 13 years. [...]
February 26, 2008
Farmington Schools’ gender equity progress
“It’s worked…It’s been good, and we survived it. The change of seasons will survive…I think the state of Michigan will flourish with it.”
That’s the assessment of Farmington Public Schools’ athletic director Dennis Noe with regard to girls’ athletic season changes resulting from a Title IX lawsuit resolved last year. Still, at a recent school board [...]
February 8, 2008
Sony PSP + school = disaster
A Warner Middle School student was treated for serious burns after a portable video game overheated and set fire to his pocket this week.
We all wish this student a speedy recovery.
Here’s my question: Why does the district allow kids to bring video games to school?
–Joni Hubred-Golden
Michigan Woman Blogger
November 7, 2007
Just how much is $24 million?
If you drove down Shiawassee near Power Road this evening, you may have seen dozens of people bundled up in winter coats, holding picket signs, cheering and chanting.
The contingent of Farmington Schools teachers, bus drivers and other union employees showed up at tonight’s Farmington School Board meeting. They’ve been working for months on a contract extension, and [...]
