Buena Vista voters will revisit millage for defunct school district
Buena Vista voters today will decide whether to renew a millage that would cover debt still owed by the township's now-defunct school district. Last November, voters rejected a similar proposal to...
View ArticleThis week in Michigan politics: Medicaid expansion, dissolving school...
This week in Michigan politics, Jack Lessenberry and Emily Fox discuss Governor Snyder and Randy Richardville's final efforts to expand Medicaid , a bill recently signed to dissolve financially...
View ArticleStruggling school districts can be dissolved under new law
Small school districts with big money troubles could be broken up by the state under a new law signed by Governor Rick Snyder on Tuesday. Saginaw County’s Buena Vista and metro Detroit’s Inkster could...
View ArticleMichigan's State Superintendent wants to move toward county-wide school...
One hundred years ago, the state of Michigan had more than 7,000 local school districts. There are slightly more than 800 school districts today, and many of them are struggling with their finances ....
View ArticleBuena Vista and Inkster schools have until Monday to avoid closure
The financially troubled Michigan school districts of Inkster and Buena Vista have until 5 p.m. Monday, July 22 to prove they have the money to run their school districts and that they have plans to...
View ArticleIn this morning's news: Detroit bankruptcy, Michigan tuition policy, school...
Detroit files for bankruptcy Governor Rick Snyder has approved Detroit’s bankruptcy filing . It is now the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. History. Michigan Public Radio’s Rick Pluta reports...
View ArticleBuena Vista, Inkster school districts to be dissolved
The Buena Vista and Inkster Public School districts will be dissolved. Both districts missed a 5pm deadline today to prove they had enough money to keep doors open next school year. Richard Syrek is...
View ArticleIn this morning's news: Dissolving school districts, pipeline protests, and...
Buena Vista and Inkster school districts to be dissolved The state is moving ahead to dissolve the Inkster and Buena Vista school districts . Both districts failed to meet a deadline yesterday to prove...
View ArticleAnother Michigan school district will be dissolved this week
Buena Vista schools will become the second district to be permanently dissolved under a new state law this week. After Buena Vista shut down without warning in May, state legislators decided they...
View ArticleDistricts surrounding dissolved Inkster, Buena Vista, prepare for influx of...
Updated, 9:40 p.m. The Board of the Saginaw Intermediate School District has voted to dissolve Buena Vista Public Schools, and redraw nearby district boundaries to absorb its students. Students will be...
View ArticleIn this morning's news: Buena Vista dissolved, preservation of Willow Run,...
Buena Vista school district has been dissolved The Saginaw Intermediate School District board voted to close the Buena Vista School District yesterday. The nearly 400 students will be split up it among...
View ArticleNew School Year - New School District
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the school year for tens of thousands of Michigan school children. For many kids, the year is starting in a different school district then they attended last year. About...
View ArticleSchool bells ring in new places for many Michigan students
It’s the first day for school for tens of thousands of Michigan students. The drumbeat of a new school year literally began bright and early this morning in Marshall, as hundreds of students packed the...
View ArticleSaginaw school leaders may vote on deficit elimination plan tonight
The Saginaw school board is expected to vote tonight on a deficit elimination plan. The plan calls for major changes to the district, which is facing a multimillion dollar deficit. The state education...
View ArticleSaginaw school officials playing Monopoly with real buildings
Saginaw school officials face big decisions about some of the district’s buildings this week. Wednesday, the Saginaw School Board may vote to sell the old Buena Vista high school to an out of state...
View ArticleSaginaw school district sells one building, could reach deal on another
The Saginaw school district could soon be out of debt. And it can thank the defunct Buena Vista School District. The school board voted tonight to accept a $5 million offer for the old Buena Vista High...
View ArticleBuena Vista voters will revisit millage for defunct school district
Buena Vista voters today will decide whether to renew a millage that would cover debt still owed by the township's now-defunct school district. Last November, voters rejected a similar proposal to...
View ArticleBill would cover debt for dissolved Buena Vista school district
A bill moving through Lansing would relieve Buena Vista residents of debt left over from the township's dissolved school district. Buena Vista voters yesterday rejected a non-homestead millage to...
View ArticleTwo Michigan lawmakers say state should forgive dissolved Inkster school...
Two politicians whose districts include Inkster say the state should forgive the $36 million debt of the city's dissolved school district. State officials dissolved Inkster Public Schools in 2013 after...
View ArticleBuena Vista will vote on a school millage they've already rejected - twice
On Tuesday, voters across Michigan will decide whether to renew local taxes that fund public schools. And voters in one Michigan community will be asked to vote for a millage renewal, that they’ve...
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