What Novi Michigan is talking about
I am following with great interest the Novi Board of Education?s discussion of an International Baccalaureate program. Every Novi taxpayer should be following this issue closely. The premise is that an IB program would be good for Novi students ? and a ?product differentiator? in helping attract additional enrollment to Novi from other school districts. Continue reading →
From the “what in the world are they thinking” category comes Michigan House Bill 5758. This bill was introduced by Rep. LaMar Lemmons of Detroit. It would require state taxpayers to pay the cost of Detroit school elections. Maybe he should ask the Detroit Water Department to help subsidize this instead. You gotta love it!
Not much activity here as of late… but I hope that changes shortly. In the meantime, I wanted to bring up the fact that many athletics teams over at the High School are having quite a bit of success of late. First, the varsity football team has secured a spot in the playoffs by defeating Continue reading →
The Novi School board (at the behest of the Superintendent Peter Dion) is once again considering allowing district employees to enroll their children in our school district. An attempt to offer this same benefit failed about 3 years ago. Michigan Public Act 227 makes it easier for children of employees to attend schools in the Continue reading →
The figures are in. I didn’t do a historical check on spending, but I’m fairly certain that we broke all sorts of School Board expense records this year. First, the cost of the May 8th election for the Novi School District was $13,518.22. This is pretty much in-line with previous years. Where we saw the Continue reading →
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 →
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 →