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Senate Bill 1358

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Oakland Area Schools Superintendents Team Up on WDET Broadcast

West Bloomfield Supt. Gerald Hill is among the featured guests on The Craig Fahle Show Tuesday, speaking out against controversial education bills.

Three local school district superintendents spoke together Tuesday on WDET-FM's Craig Fahle Show against recent legislation currently in the Michigan House and Senate concerning public education. West Bloomfield's Gerald Hill, Bloomfield Hills' Rob Glass and Farmington's Sue Zurvalec joined Oakland Schools Superintendent Vickie Markavitch to continue protest against House Bill 6004, Senate Bill 1358 and House Bill 5923, which could still pass through the "lame duck" session of the state legislature. Local school districts may not unite on such a message very often, but together with the other area superintendents in the Tri-County Alliance for Public Education, a swift campaign has been launched against the legislation, which they say is …

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'Million Voices' Critical to Fight Sweeping State Education Reforms (in Farmington-Farmington Hills Patch), Your Guide to Michigan Education Reform Proposals, BHS Urges for Local Presence in Education Reform Debate, and 3 more ›

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Timothy Rath

11:33 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Hi, Maastricht! Check out the following link: http://westbloomfield.patch.com/articles/your-guide-to-michigan-education-reform-proposals-fcec1605   more ›

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Proposed State Education Overhauls ‘Radical and Dangerous,' Superintendent Says

The Oakland Schools superintendent told a forum Tuesday that bills in Lansing would put students at risk with untested, untried forms of schooling.

Area superintendents, including Rob Glass of the Bloomfield Hills Schools, collectively expressed grave concerns Tuesday regarding a 300-page bill drafted for Gov. Rick Snyder that would overhaul how public education is administered in the state of Michigan. Calling Senate Bill 1358, House Bill 6004, and House Bill 5923 “radical and dangerous,” Oakland Schools Superintendent Dr. Vickie L. Markavitch told attendees at the Royal Oak Middle School gathering place “unbelievable things are happening in Lansing.” Superintendents from Royal Oak, Lamphere, Clawson and Southfield joined Glass and more than 350 people during the afternoon and evening sessions of what was billed as a “call to action.” “There is really important work that has to be …

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Bloomfield Hills School District Central Administration Office, Royal Oak Middle School (in Royal Oak Patch), Your Guide to Michigan Education Reform Proposals, and 1 more ›

Mel

2:59 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012

What do you know first hand. Republican used to mean conservative constitutionalist. Now it means change the law because we (republicians) know better. Doing the same thing is better than what the Covington model produced. The buildings belong to the local government not the state government. Insanity is doing the same thing they did before we believed in a constitution and democracy. Overriding …   more ›

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