Tuesday, March 5, 2013
School board president Jim O'Donnell said board is 'troubled' by recent incidents.
Ferndale school officials will take a closer look at the district's alternative high school at a study session expected to be held soon. The Digital Learning Center at 427 Allen, formerly known as the Taft Education Center, opened last fall offering an online-based curriculum with in-person support by academic case managers. Residents have expressed concerns over incidents at the school including after a student was shot in the leg outside the school in December 2011. In October 2012, several students were arrested after a fight outside the school and a gang-related fight was reported the following week. More recently, five students were arrested last week after a fight at the school that left one administrator injured. Ferndale Board of …
Friday, March 1, 2013
Police seeking warrant against additional student who left the school before police could arrest him. The fight is believed to have started as the result of students taunting each other.
Five students were arrested and police are searching for another after a fight on Thursday at Ferndale's Digital Learning Center that left one administrator injured. According to a news release from Ferndale Police, a group of students were involved in a fight in the school’s main hallway on Thursday morning. The fight, according to the release, is believed to have started as the result of students taunting each other. Administrators and staff in the school contained the fight; however it resulted in an injury to one administrator, police said. When the fight started, the building was placed on lockdown, the report states. When police arrived, order had been restored. The building was kept on lockdown throughout the day while regular …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Two teens were arrested around 10 a.m. Feb. 12.
Ferndale Police arrested two 18-year-olds on Tuesday after police said they resisted arrest and one of them reached for a gun from his backpack as he ran from an officer. Around 10 a.m. Feb. 12, a Ferndale officer was flagged down by a woman who pointed out two people who she said were smoking marijuana in the bus stop at Eight Mile and Livernois, according to a news release from Ferndale Police. The officer approached the two individuals, who the officer knew by name as Bria Nicole White, 18, of Detroit; and Rondale Tyric Byrd, 18, of Detroit. The officer had previously identified both as members of a gang. According to a story in the Daily Tribune, both are students at the Digital Learning Center in Ferndale. The officer called for White…
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Four teens were arrested following the incident, which occurred around 11 a.m. Wednesday, the Daily Tribune reports.
Ferndale Police arrested four teenagers on Wednesday after a student at Ferndale's Digital Learning Center was robbed while walking toward the school, according to an article in the Daily Tribune. The suspects reportedly implied they had a weapon and stole the student's laptop. The laptop was recovered when the suspects were arrested but no weapon was found, the newspaper reports. Find the full article here.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Residents of the Dales neighborhood met with school officials for a follow-up meeting on Wednesday at the Digital Learning Center.
Residents of the Dales neighborhood met with school officials Wednesday night to continue a conversation started last month focusing on concerns over the Digital Learning Center. The public forum was held at the Ferndale school at 427 Allen - formerly known as the Taft Education Center but which became the DLC this fall - and provided an overview of concerns expressed at the last meeting, an update on some recent changes at the school and an opportunity for residents to share additional comments. The first meeting, held Nov. 15, was initiated by neighbors - including Ferndale City Council member Melanie Piana - who have had concerns over recent criminal activity that happened outside of the school. Last December, a student was shot in the …
Thursday, November 15, 2012
A forum for the Dales neighborhood was held at the former Taft Education Center Thursday evening.
More than 50 residents of the Dales neighborhood, along with city and school officials, packed the media library at the Digital Learning Center Thursday evening for a meeting about the school. The public forum was initiated by neighbors who have had concerns over recent criminal activity that happened outside of the school on Allen Street, formerly known as the Taft Education Center. Last December, a student was shot in the leg outside the school in what police called a "robbery gone bad." This past October, several students were arrested after a fight outside the school. A gang-related fight was reported the following week. The Digital Learning Center is an alternative high school that took over the building at the start of the 2012-2013 …
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Residents in The Dales are invited to a meeting Thursday evening with the Ferndale police chief and school district superintendent.
A neighborhood meeting will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 to discuss changes at the Taft Education Center. The event will be held at Taft - home of the new Digital Learning Center, an alternative high school that opened this year offering students an online-based curriculum with support from academic case managers. The meeting on Thursday will give residents in the Dales neighborhood a chance to meet their neighbors, learn about recent changes at the center and voice any concerns they may have. The meeting will include Ferndale Public Schools Superintendent Gary Meier, Ferndale Police Chief Tim Collins and Ferndale school board members. Residents have voiced concerns about crime at the center, including an incident in …
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Police said a 17-year-old student attacked another student who is a member of a rival gang, according to an article in the Daily Tribune.
A student at Ferndale's Digital Learning Center was charged Friday with felony assault after a gang-related fight at the school, according to the Daily Tribune. The 17-year-old student reportedly attacked another student who is a member of a rival gang at about 1 p.m. Thursday near the entrance doors to the school gymnasium, the newspaper reports. The student, who was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and is jailed on a $25,000 bond, may have been armed with a knife or half of a pair of scissors at the time of the assault, according to the article. The alternative high school, which opened this year, is located at 427 Allen. Last week, six students were arrested at the Digital Learning Center after a fight outside the school.
Friday, October 26, 2012
There were five students arrested after incident, including three 18-year-old males and two 17-year-old males. An 18-year-old female was also arrested after the fight for behavior unrelated to the incident.
Five students who were arrested on Wednesday after a fight outside Ferndale's Digital Learning Center were arraigned on Thursday. The fight occured around 1:20 p.m. Wednesday near the Gardendale Street entrance of the school, Ferndale Police Chief Tim Collins said Thursday. It started with two students and three more joined in. Collins said about 20 students were surrounding the fight when officers arrived. A Taser was used on one of the students after a school resource officer was pushed to the ground as the two students tried to get at each other, Collins said. There were five students arrested after incident, including three 18-year-old males and two 17-year-old males. An 18-year-old female was also arrested after the fight for behavior…
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Police chief: An officer was pushed to the ground during the brawl outside the school; officers used a Taser on one student to calm the crowd on Wednesday.
Six students were arrested after a fight Wednesday afternoon outside Ferndale's Digital Learning Center. Around 1:20 p.m., the liaison officer at the new alternative high school and the liaison officer from Ferndale High School responded to a fight near the Gardendale Street entrance of the school, said Ferndale Police Chief Tim Collins. According to Stephanie Hall, Ferndale Schools spokesperson, the fight started with two students and three more joined in. Collins said about 20 students were surrounding the fight when officers arrived. A Taser was used on one of the students after a school resource officer was pushed to the ground as the two students tried to get at each other, Collins said. The other students arrested during the incident…
Ferndale_1986
6:02 pm on Thursday, March 7, 2013
What you said. Plus a healthy dose of social engineering. I highly doubt anyone on the School Board or the School Administration votes Republican. There is no political diversity in City Hall or in the people who run the school system, which is funny as much as liberals worship at the altar of diversity. more ›