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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.
Board vice president Ronald Jenkins believes the district’s policies concerning teacher leave for continuing education are generous, but feels the district’s investment can be lost if those educators use their new certifications to leave the district.
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.
Discussion at Thursday’s meeting was upbeat, as these improvements were regarded as a sign of progress, as the district overall has not made AYP in many years.
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 […]
Andrew Trzaska | May 24, 2011 The Muskegon Heights school board and Superintendent Dr. Dana Bryant set a new tone of optimism and unity for the district at Monday’s full board meeting. With the possibility of state intervention in the cash-strapped district’s operations, Monday’s meeting spoke less on the difficulties the district faces but on cooperation and understanding. Numerous times, board members, other staff present at the meeting and Dr. Bryant himself emphasized the family-like community that develops among those […]
With budget figures from Lansing still up in the air, Muskegon Heights school board president Avery Burrel noted their district will try to work with other districts to weather cuts that may hit the whole county.
Andrew Trzaska | April 3, 2011 Monday’s school board meeting actually saw votes on the recall, not elimination of several staff members, including several in the school’s Technology department. The Board voted to recall several staff members, most hired back on a contract basis. School Superintendent Dr. Dana Bryant stressed that while the school is beginning to execute a three-year deficit elimination plan to cancel out a record $3.5 million shortfall this year, the technology department needed to keep a […]
92nd House Representative Marcia Hovey-Wright and Muskegon Heights Superintendent Dr. Dana Bryant gave reports to the city council and school board about changes coming from Lansing that may hit Muskegon Heights especially hard.
