City of Saline partners with schools and the county to address congestion and improve pedestrian safety by 2025 Photo: N Maple and Thibault. Google Streetview, May 2024. The City of Saline is moving forward with a key initiative to improve traffic safety and flow around Saline Middle School, focusing on the intersection of Maple Road ...
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 ...
STN Staff School’s back! Start marking your calendars! Woodland Meadows and Heritage School invite everyone in the community to join their Back to School Family Night on September 19th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. This event is all about bringing families together, creating a sense of community, and welcoming new students to the school. ...
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 ...
When it comes to bond projects, this summer has been a full schedule for Saline Area Schools. $45 million worth of work has been going on over the past few months. Some projects are nearly completed and some will continue into the new school year. The work comes from the 2022 Saline Area Schools 10-year ...
How schools get their money is confusing and misunderstandings often lead to unnecessary contention. Public school funding in Michigan is complex and draws from multiple sources. Reliable funding directly affects the quality of education, the availability of resources, and the equity of opportunities for all students so having a clear grasp of how it works ...
With a goal of trying to do better and improve while making the school district an even more welcoming, inclusive and equitable environment for everyone, Saline Area Schools (SAS) is taking in what they learned from the recent Listening Sessions and Perceptions of Equity surveys and are aiming to put the feedback into action. At ...
With help from a federal grant, the Washtenaw Intermediate School District (WISD) will continue to offer educational opportunities to preschool-age kids. The WISD announced on July 22, the “Office of Head Start (OHS), a part of the federal Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, awarded a $5.6 million grant to ...
The Saline Area Schools (SAS) Board of Education approved by a unanimous vote at its July 9 meeting the final reading of the revised wording of the Dress and Grooming policy. The updated policy begins with: “The Board of Education recognizes that each student’s mode of dress and grooming is a manifestation of personal style ...
By Sue Kelch Have you seen the scene in “It’s A Wonderful Life,” where George Bailey wishes he’d never been born? He sees his wife Mary, who doesn’t recognize him because George was never born. She is depicted as a mousy librarian. For real?? When I think of libraries, I think of say, Harry Potter ...
By Sue Kelch On June 22, 2024, Rentschler Farm Museum hosted the Saline District Library for the Storytime at the Farm “Summer Storytime Adventure.” They featured stories, songs, and tours of the farm’s chicken coop and sheep barn. Dean Girbach, a Director for the Saline Area Historical Society, states “this is the first event where ...
Adaptive Summer cycling, Kids’ Corner Safety Upgrades to water polo equipment, a third round of CARES funding was approved by the Saline Area Schools Board of Education. At its June 11 meeting, the school board approved a variety of projects, totaling $50,070. These were recommendation by the CARES Advisory Council and were submitted by Brian ...
A well-deserved recognition, Karan Hervey, a District Nurse for Saline Area Schools, was recently honored by the Michigan School Nurses Association. Hervey was recognized with the Distinguished Service Award. The award acknowledges a person who has continually supported or uniquely contributed to the Michigan Association of School Nurses, school nursing, or school health services in ...
Honored for their excellence both on and off the field, Saline student-athletes Peyton Widen and Jordan Wickham were named as two of eight state winners of the Michigan High School Coaches Association Rich Tompkins Multi-Sport award. At the May 28 Saline Area Schools Board of Education meeting, both were recognized. The Rich Tompkins Multi-Sport Athletic ...
Going before school boards around Washtenaw County is a resolution asking districts to support renewal of the Washtenaw Intermediate School District Special Education Millage. This millage renewal is proposed to go before voters county-wide in the November 5 General Election. The Saline, Dexter and Chelsea school boards have all looked at the renewal proposal. The ...
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