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Education

Four Full Days After Count Day, Muskegon Heights School Board & Public in the Dark About Enrollment Numbers, Chain Of Command

A chain-of-command issue surrounding a fundraiser drew much attention to deeper concerns from the board concerning a lack of transparency: over four days after school districts in Muskegon County took official counts of their students, Muskegon Heights Public Schools has not reported its numbers to the public or, as Board Vice President Ronald Jenkins noted, to the district’s school board.

todayOctober 10, 2011 1

News

Coalition for Community Development Announces Harvest Meal, Library Volunteer Program

To celebrate the first year of the summer program at Martin Luther King Elementary, the Coalition announced their plans for a Harvest Meal featuring vegetables grown by students on Tuesday, October 11. Group representative Spencer Norman also discussed the Coalition’s newest initiative: collecting and training volunteers to staff the Heights school district’s libraries as the district makes cuts.

todaySeptember 28, 2011

Education

School Board Votes to End Muskegon Heights Uniform Dress Code

Starting several meetings ago, a push from board vice president Ronald Jenkins to re-evaluate the policy included questions about how uniforms affected enrollment at the district. Board trustee Nate Johnson, the lone dissenting vote on the issue, said the board should not have pushed the issue in the few remaining weeks leading up to the new school year.

todayAugust 8, 2011

Education

Muskegon Heights School Board Maintains Current Membership and Re-elects Officers for 2011-2012 School Year

With the board fully seated again, Superintendent Dr. Dana Bryant opened elections among the board for the offices of President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary on the seven-member board. Immediately, Morris motioned to keep all board offices exactly the same in one vote, keeping Rev. Avery Burrell as president, Jenkins as vice president, Franklin Brewer as Secretary and himself as Treasurer.

todayJuly 11, 2011 2

Economy

Heights School Board Aiming for Unity on Budget Vote; Tables Vote Until Special Meeting Thursday

Andrew Trzaska | June 28, 2011 In order to get final questions answered as well as hoping for complete agreement, Muskegon Heights’s school board chose at its meeting Monday night to table its budget vote until the evening of Thursday, June 30. The decision came when one board member stated before the vote that she did not have enough information on the budget to make a decision for it. Board trustee Trinnell Scott stated that she had been unable to […]

todayJune 28, 2011