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Muskegon Heights could become charter district
Topic Started: Jun 18 2012, 06:26 PM (493 Views)
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Muskegon Heights could become charter district

Fri., June 8, 2012

MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. – A change in state law could help the financially troubled Muskegon Heights Public Schools “charterize” its entire district, according to MLive.

Emergency Manager Donald Weatherspoon said he hopes to sign a contract with a private management firm by June 21 that will operate the district as charter public schools, MLive reported.

Senate Bill 618, which eliminated the arbitrary cap on the number of charter public schools allowed in Michigan, also removed a mandate for collective bargaining with teachers for conventional school districts that operate as charters.

“I think it’s a new day in education for the state of Michigan,” Dave Sipka, superintendent of the Muskegon Intermediate School District who also served as interim superintendent for Muskegon Heights, told MLive. “I think this is a historic move.”

SOURCE: MLive, “’A historic move’: Muskegon Heights teachers not sold on charter plan, but former superintendent is,” May 30, 2012

FURTHER READING: Michigan Education Report, “Muskegon Heights Emergency Manager Says No Consolidation,” May 22, 2012

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srj900
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What a novel idea. What do we shovel into LPS each year ? $140 million ? Makes alot of sense to bring in competition to education. Where it has been tried on a large scale, it has shown to be preferred over public schools. Maybe the public school system model is outdated. Sure seems like a great amount of our money goes to administration. And we all know how those in administration have performed.
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That all well and fine, but perhaps we not throw the baby out with the bathwater. There definitely needs to be some changes and they aught to start at the top!
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