Teachers Picket State Cuts at Woodward and Nine Mile
Ferndale teachers fear larger classrooms due to Gov. Snyder's proposed cuts to public education.
Scott Collins teaches social studies at University High School. He is the head coach of Ferndale High School's track team and the head coach for UHS's cross country team. He has been teaching for six years. He is the fourth generation public school teacher and has 19 teachers in his family. "Teachers are the lowest paid, highest educated professions in the United States," Collins said, standing at the northeast corner of Woodward and Nine Mile Road, holding a sign that said: "We Are The People, We Are The MEA." He, along with dozens of other teachers, mostly from Ferndale, picketed pending cuts to public education. All were wearing red shirts and holding white signs that said "Stop the Attacks" and "Support Public Education." Tuesday was a…
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Jon Awbrey
12:50 pm on Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Here is a post from the Facebook page of the Ferris Faculty Association: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ferris-Faculty-Association/146689847768 “We all know the struggles public schools face with declining per pupil funding. We have seen Governor Snyder's plan for the future. The following link is a fund raiser trailer for Greenhills, the school Snyder has his daughter enrolled in. They're fund … more ›