Articles tagged: Ann Arbor Public Schools
Ann Arbor schools superintendent search firm says candidate pool looks favorable
Posted: 8 hours agoThe window to apply for the Ann Arbor Public Schools superintendent position closed Friday. And while the final application count has not been released, the search firm hired by AAPS is optimistic about the candidate pool. Read more »
with gallery: AAPS retirees honored for their services at Top of the Park ceremony
Posted: 8 hours agoThe Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation and the Ann Arbor Public School District came together to host the10th annual retirement celebration. Read more »
$1.4M wind project at Pioneer High School advances to next stage in 8-3 vote
Posted: 1 day agoAfter a nearly 40-minute debate Monday night, the Ann Arbor City Council has decided to move forward with the next phase of a wind energy project at Pioneer High School. Read more »
By the numbers: 79 percent of Ann Arbor schools' cuts are staff reductions
Posted: Jun 14, 2013Nearly 79 percent of the approximately $6.88 million in cuts to the Ann Arbor Public Schools' budget for fiscal year 2014 came in the form of staff reductions, a review of the numbers shows. Read more »
Letter: ACLU calls school board's decision to charge students for 7th hour 'misguided and illegal'
Posted: Jun 13, 2013The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued a letter to the Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education and Superintendent Patricia Green Wednesday calling the district's proposed fee for seventh-hour high school classes "misguided and illegal." Read more »
Ann Arbor school board names top central administrator as interim superintendent
Posted: Jun 13, 2013The Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education named David Comsa the interim chief superintendent for the district Wednesday. Read more »
Next Ann Arbor Skyline principal: District selects Ypsilanti New Tech High leader
Posted: Jun 12, 2013Ann Arbor's Skyline High School will have a new principal from a neighboring school district come fall. Read more »
Ann Arbor school board expected to vote on 2013-14 budget Wednesday
Posted: Jun 12, 2013The Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education is preparing for a second public hearing and discussion Wednesday on the proposed budget cuts for the 2013-14 academic year. Read more »
Ann Arbor's Schools of Choice see greatest number of applicants since program began
Posted: Jun 11, 2013Opening up seats at Skyline High School to incoming freshmen from other districts helped to boost Ann Arbor's Schools of Choice applications for fall, officials said. Read more »
photo gallery: Scenes from Skyline High School's 2013 commencement
Posted: Jun 11, 2013Ann Arbor's Skyline High School held its graduation ceremony Monday at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center. Photographer Daniel Brenner captured these images. Read more »
Arson suspected in picnic table blaze outside Burns Park Elementary
Posted: Jun 10, 2013A picnic table outside Burns Park Elementary School was burned early Saturday in a fire that's believed to have been started intentionally. Read more »
with poll: School board stipends: Fair compensation or a luxury of the past?
Posted: Jun 09, 2013The Ann Arbor school board members receive a per diem stipend that costs the district a total of $10,920 per year -- a pittance in reality, at less than 0.2 percent of the district's $8.67 million deficit. But is eliminating them a necessary symbolic gesture in tough financial times? Some school trustees across Michigan have thought so. Read more »
Governor questions Ann Arbor's decision to build Skyline; district says Snyder's claims are inaccurate
Posted: Jun 07, 2013Gov. Rick Snyder ruffled some feathers at Ann Arbor schools when he questioned the financial common sense of his hometown public school district at a news conference Thursday in Lansing about the record number of schools in Michigan facing structural deficits. Read more »
Ann Arbor's Bach Elementary School principal retiring after 37 years with district
Posted: Jun 06, 2013The longtime educator began her career in the district as a teacher in 1976, officials said. She later served as the principal of Northside Elementary School for four years, followed by 11 years at Mitchell Elementary. She came to Bach Elementary in 2004. Read more »
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Ann Arbor school board to host day of public forums on superintendent search
Posted: Jun 06, 2013The Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education announced a marathon series of four forums in one day to give community members an opportunity to weigh in on qualities they would like to see in the district's next superintendent. Read more »
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