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With the decision to keep the building's principal, Muskegon Community Education will lose 3 of its 8 teachers with the 2011-2012 budget cuts but will keep both of its administrators.
Over 125 people were present at Tuesday night’s meeting as the school board passed a budget with deep cuts across the board. When questions of possible enrollment drops were raised by the public, board treasurer Billie Bruce urged those who organized the large attendance to go door-to-door to keep students in Muskegon: "I'll go with you."
The plan is designed to make cuts across the board. On the chopping block: summer recruitment efforts, 30 teachers, 5 administrators, 5 parapros, 17 support staff, $200K for community education, several varsity and JV sports, all swimming pools in the district, and much more.
Muskegon's school board voted to not just pink-slip some segments of its employee base, but to send out non-renewal notices to all who are employed by the district. While no one is necessarily out of a job yet, no one knows for sure they will be employed after July 1 either.
Andrew Trzaska | February 17, 2011 Grant funding for Muskegon Public Schools’ International Baccalaureate program ends next year. At Tuesday’s school board meeting a member of the public asked the district to start talking about how to keep the program going. Frank Munster, who resides within the district, questioned the lack of public discussion in the city and in the district about how the program may be funded after the grant’s expiration. Munster expressed concerns that the discussion had not […]
Technology Department Supervisor Kip Griffin explained a three-point plan to get all teachers trained soon at Tuesday's school board meeting.
Technology Department Supervisor cites a "painful" timeline that caused installations and training to start late; district still searching for time to complete teacher training.
