April 23, 2025

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Education

The Sun Times News is the hub of the most useful information in Chelsea, Dexter, Milan, and Saline.

Articles for category: Education

Dexter Students have their Art on Display in a big Art Show at Washtenaw Community College

Art created by students in Dexter Community Schools will again be part of the Michigan Art Education Association Region 3 Art Show. Every school in DCS, from Anchor and Beacon to Wylie, Creekside, Mill Creek and the high school, will have students participating in the show. It will be open to the public starting Saturday, ...

Milan Area Schools Need Community Input

Community members of Milan Area Schools (MAS), your input is important, especially as the school district looks to fill the important position of Superintendent. With current MAS Superintendent Bryan Girbach announcing last month that he is retiring from Milan Area Schools on June 30, 2025, the Board of Education has announced the replacement process moving ...

Saline Area Schools has its new Director of Safety and Security

The new Director of Safety and Security for Saline has a range of knowledge and previous work in jobs that should help him in his new role with the school district. This role is new for Saline. Bringing with him such past experiences as overseeing the multi-jurisdictional SWAT and Negotiations Team for Washtenaw County, implementing ...

Chelsea Schools’ Director of Safety and Security Talks Narcan and School Threat Training

In his most recent report to the Chelsea School District Board of Education, Doug Whitsel, the district’s Director of Safety and Security, updated the board on the introduction of Narcan into the district as well as about some helpful training through the Michigan State Police. Whitsel’s report went before the board at its Jan. 13 ...

Local Schools Report No Impact from Data Breach

Like Saline schools, Dexter, Chelsea and Milan also said they were not impacted by the PowerSchool data breach. The Sun Times News asked Dexter Community Schools Superintendent Chris Timmis about the breach that reportedly happened in December to PowerSchool, which is a cloud-based K-12 software provider.  It’s been reported that a compromised credential was used ...

PowerSchool Data Breach did not impact Saline

Saline Area Schools said it was not impacted by the massive PowerSchool data breach that may have exposed student and staff data at different school districts around the country. In his Jan. 10 community message, Saline Superintendent Stephen Laatsch addressed this issue to update the district: “A recent cybersecurity incident impacted PowerSchool, a company that ...

Saline High School

Saline’s Ad Hoc Committee delivers report on potential review of the Athletic Department

With the report in from the Ad Hoc Committee, Saline Area Schools are expected to take the next step in their process to review the athletic department. At its upcoming Jan. 14 meeting, the school board will look to hire an outside company to conduct a third-party review of the department. The Ad Hoc committee ...

Saline’s Unified Basketball Players will face Dexter before Pistons Game

Saline’s Unified Basketball teams have an awesome opportunity coming up that the community can help support them through. In a Facebook post, Saline High School said, “The Saline Unified Sports team has been working hard to make unified sports a reality in our district. Along with games scheduled against Dexter and Milan during the season ...

Survey: Saline Area Schools is partnering with the Washtenaw Intermediate School District

The WISD wants to know what Saline students, parents, staff members and community members think of applied and experiential learning in their schools. In his Dec. 20 Community Message,  Saline Area Schools Stephen Laatsch said “Saline Area Schools is partnering with the Washtenaw Intermediate School District (WISD) to enhance the education experiences of students through ...