Milan Area Schools (MAS) are adding a few new classes at the high school that will aim to give students some important skills they can use as a future homeowner or in their career path. The MAS Board of Education approved by a unanimous vote at their Sept. 11 meeting to add three new courses ...
The Chelsea School District has filled their newly created Director of Safety and Security position with a candidate who brings with him a lot of important experience. CSD formally introduced Doug Whitsel at the Sept. 9 school board meeting as the new Director of Safety and Security. He’s been on the job for a few ...
On November 5, voters in Milan Area Schools will decide whether or not they want to help pay a millage that would allow the school district to make improvements for building repairs, safety, instructional technology and transportation. Voters are being asked to vote on a Sinking Fund Millage proposal. Milan Area Schools (MAS) has been ...
The Bridge to Civility plays an important part in Saline Area Schools. This was highlighted in a recent Superintendent’s Community Message sent out by SAS Superintendent Steve Laatsch. Each week, Laatsch along with the Jackelyn Martin, SAS Executive Director of Communications and Community Relations, visit classrooms around the district. In describing his visit to Liberty ...
A candidate forum will give the community a chance to see and get to know better the seven people vying for the four open spots on the Saline Area Schools Board of Education. SAS students are hosting a candidate forum at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 12, in the Liberty School Board room. There are ...
When Morgan Marsh, a 2022 graduate of Dexter High School, set out to do her Undergraduate research project, she was motivated in part by what she was learning in her Anthropology courses and a desire to do work that went into a new depth she hadn’t covered before. Now over a year later, this work ...
This summer has seen a variety of work being done at buildings around Dexter Community Schools. From Mill Creek to Wylie and the high school, a lot of great improvements are happening. To learn more about these projects, the Sun Times News caught up with Craig McCalla, DCS’s Principal for Operations. McCalla said the projects are ...
The results are in for Saline Area Schools (SAS), and one of the main takeaways indicates that more than 80 percent of respondents – staff, students, and parents/guardians alike – rated the quality of education in the district as “Excellent” or “Good”. The results of Saline’s 2023-24 District Quality survey were presented at the Aug. ...
Milan Area Schools has a new contract with its bus drivers and transportation employees for the 2024-2025 school year. On Aug. 28, the Milan Board of Education met and approved the master agreement with the Milan Area Schools Transportation Association. The updates/changes made to the agreement include an increase in wages. In addressing the agreement, ...
Two seats on the Dexter Community Schools Board of Education are up for election on November 5. In lead up to this, the school district plans on hosting a candidate forum in September to help voters get to know the candidates. At the Aug. 26 board meeting, DCS Board of Education President Elise Bruderly shared ...
Coinciding with the start of the new school year, the Chelsea School District has officially launched its Strategic Plan and unveiled its re-imagined Portrait of a Graduate logo. The school district updated the community on these two things the week before school began. In a letter to school district families, CSD Superintendent Mike Kapolka said ...
Citing some changes made to the school code and in the courts, the Saline Area Schools Board of Education moved to adjust the superintendent’s salary. The school board voted at its Aug. 13 meeting to accept the recommendation of the Compensation Committee for an adjustment to the annual salary increase in Superintendent Steve Laatsch’s contract ...
Aubree’s Pizzeria and Grill’s recent golf outing was able to raise $11,000 that organizers say will be donated to the Dexter Community Schools Athletic Department. This was the fourth outing for this annual event and each year it’s aimed to help support the Athletic Booster Club of Dexter. This now brings the total donated from ...
Support personnel, bus drivers and administrative staff in Dexter Community Schools (DCS) are all starting the new school year with new labor agreements in place. Each group is seeing an increase in wages. The Dexter Community Schools Board of Education approved new agreements the Dexter Educational Support Personnel Association (DESPA), West Washtenaw Bus Drivers and ...
Students in Dexter, Chelsea and Saline will continue to receive free breakfast and lunches this upcoming school year. The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) announced in early August that Michigan’s 1.4 million public school children will continue to have access to nutritious free meals through the Michigan School Meals program in the 2024-2025 school year. The MDE ...
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