What Novi Michigan is talking about
What are they thinking? I know times are tough in Michigan today and balancing school budgets is a big issue. I’m all for supporting “our schools as they move through these difficult decisions.” But, while fingers are being pointed at Lansing, shouldn’t we be doing our very best to make ends meet? This week Novi Continue reading →
The State House last week passed an amendment to the “Michigan Election Law” which would move all school board elections to November. The bill (HB 4507) is currently being debated in the State Senate. Should this pass, current board trustees Bruce Bagdady and Julie Abrams would most likely stay in office an additioanl 6 months.? Continue reading →
Yes, most of our past postings are gone and not coming back. As a result of a complete server meltdown and backup failure at our hosting company (Site 5), we lost everything since we started this blog. Unknown to us, they used a very poor backup schema and everybody lost everything that was not backed Continue reading →
This photo was taken last month of my brother US Army MSG Mike Staudt doing a Security Detail for a ribbon cutting ceremony at Pol-e-Alam, Afghanistan. Note behind him and to the left, the young Afghan in front of the Humvee. His housing consists of a single room with Wireless Internet and Free Long-Distance to Continue reading →
Retired US Army SFC John Staudt and US Senator Bob Dole. On Saturday, May 12, 2007, my brother John Staudt and his wife Pam Morgan, took to the skies and transported 100 WWII veterans to Washington DC to see their WWII memorial. Memorial Flight was created by Pam Morgan, a former Army Nurse Corps Officer Continue reading →
In a cost cutting move planned to alleviate a $5 million dollar deficit, the board unanimously approved the layoffs of 44 employees (as recommended by the school administration). This is in addition to 7 pending resignations. The layoffs (which take affect after the school year) include approximately 30 teachers. Additional reductions are being considered and Continue reading →
You may have noticed that the property behind the peedway gas station at the northeast corner of 10 Mile and Novi Rd is mid-way though development. This L-shaped plot runs from behind the west side of the gas station and around to it’s north side along Novi Rd. This development will be home to a Continue reading →