2012 Love In Action Award Winners Announced
Thursday, February 23 at 6pm at the 13th Annual Love in Action Dinner, hosted by Urban League of Greater Muskegon at Muskegon Community College.
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Education
Extended Coverage: Questions Posed At Muskegon Heights Public Schools Town Hall Meeting
Wednesday’s public meeting regarding the present and future of Muskegon Heights Public Schools featured many handwritten questions from those in attendance. Provided in this article are summary answers and quotes from Muskegon Area Intermediate School District and Muskegon Heights interim superintendent Dave Sipka
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Community Leaders, Interim Superintendent Inform and Urge Muskegon Heights Community To Rally Behind District
“This is not a wake, despite of what we might feel… This is a wake-up call.” – Hon. Gregory C. Pittman, judge and Muskegon Heights Public Schools alumnus.
Read More1000 Encouraged to Attend Muskegon Heights Public Schools “Town Hall” Meeting On Wednesday 2/15 At 6 p.m.
The meeting will be held in the performing arts center at Muskegon Heights High School and will run from 6 to 7:15 on Wednesday. Questions must be submitted in writing and should focus on topics relating to the district. Muskegon Heights High School Alumni Association President Joe Warren worked for months with others to get this meeting set. He challenged the community to “get off Facebook” and come to the meeting to hear facts and start taking action.
Read MoreLed by Dr. Doris Rucks, Muskegon Heights Middle School Library to re-open.
According to Dr. Doris Rucks, this will be the official re-opening of the Middle School Library.
Read MoreRadio Interview: Jewish Rabbi Feldman defines Zionism and Judaism!
When asked about Minister Louis Farrakhan, Rabbi Feldman said “One of the people we met with more than once, we followed his writings and we followed the criticism against him. There is no doubt in our mind that he has nothing against Jews. he is not Anti-semitism what so ever.”
Read MoreUPDATE: State Police Investigation of Muskegon Heights Public Schools Found No Prosecutable Violations
Speaking with Michigan State Police’s Office of Public Affairs, 103.7 The Beat has learned that the state police ended their investigation because they found no prosecutable offenses regarding the alleged misuse of Title I federal funds by Muskegon Heights Public Schools.
Read MoreState Deputy Superintendent: State Police To Hand Muskegon Heights Funding Investigation Over To Federal Government
The federal government’s investigation will replace the Michigan State Police’s investigation according to Carol L. Wolenberg, who is Deputy Superintendent for the State Department of Education and also a member of the Governor’s review team recently tasked with determining the financial distress on the district.
Read MoreMuskegon Heights Public Schools sends letter home to parents
Letter from Sipka 1-27-12
Read MoreTo Improve Deficit Elimination Plan, Muskegon Heights Board of Education Makes Cuts, Privatizes Positions, Transfers Some Services to MAISD
The board made decisions regarding some of the cuts in a closed session that happened in the early part of Monday’s meeting and lasted over one hour.
Read MoreMuskegon Board of Education Instates Two Members, Elects Rev. Louis Churchwell As Board President
Tuesday’s meeting also saw the installment of Tasha Bibbs-Oakes and Earl “Bill” O’Brien to the board. Oakes defeated O’Brien on Election Day in November 2011. Last week, O’Brien received the appointment to Poole’s old seat. O’Brien was chosen among a pool of four candidates, including DeMario Phillips and Debra Brazil Griffin, who both ran unsuccessfully in November.
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