There’s a letter to the editor in yesterday’s Argus, that’s a bit of a slam to blogs. Don’t give us half of a year-old story that you picked up from reading blogs. That does not seem very professional as we all know blogs are anonymous and self-serving. First of all I’m just going to apologize [...]
Continue reading...February 14, 2008
Commish Stewart Distributes Newsletter
I received a newsletter from Commissioner Dan Stewart yesterday. It looks like he’s going to try to publish these monthly. It’s a summary of what he’s been working on and what’s coming up. I’ve converted it to pdf, and you can download a copy here – http://christinebarry.com/downloads/stewart_feb.pdf
Continue reading...February 14, 2008
Owosso Public Schools Lawsuit
There are a couple of threads over on the Shiawassee forums that should be of interest to anyone with kids in the OPS system. They revolve around the lawsuit brought against OPS by Jim McAvoy, former Technology Director for Owosso Schools. If I’m reading the info correctly, the lawsuits allege that McAvoy was dismissed due [...]
Continue reading...February 13, 2008
Perry, Morrice Educators Thank MEA
If you recall, there was a ballot issue regarding the consolidation of the Perry and Morrice school districts, back in January. The consolidation was defeated with 73% voting against it. I didn’t follow the issue that closely, and I didn’t realize that the MEA was such an important player in defeating the measure: MEA stood [...]
Continue reading...February 11, 2008
Greg Gray To Stay In Owosso
I see that Owosso Public Schools Superintendent Greg Gray is going to stay in Owosso. Not by his choice, of course … he had been hoping to become the next Superintendent for Grand Ledge Public Schools. “Me and my wife (Chris) are both from Grand Ledge,” Gray said. “Her family and mine still live there. [...]
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