Ferndale Residents Called to Action at School Issues Legislative Forum
Oakland Schools Superintendent Dr. Vickie Markavitch presented information on proposed state education reform on Thursday at Coolidge Intermediate School.
A full crowd of parents, residents, school officials and community leaders came out to Coolidge Intermediate School on Thursday evening to find out about pending legislation that would change the public education system in Michigan. Oakland Schools Superintendent Dr. Vickie Markavitch spoke to attendees about the legislation, which is currently being deliberated in the State House and Senate, including Senate Bill 1358, House Bill 6004, and House Bill 5923. The meeting in Ferndale was one of many Markavitch has been participating in across the county. She said she wants to see "a million voices" be heard in Lansing about the bills, which she has called "radical and dangerous." Read more about the education reform proposals here. During the…
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11:28 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
So lets expand on this: The supposed party of less government and local control is now using big government to take away local control. That didn't happen to start with Engler, did it? It only make sense in a Snyder/Bolger/House/Gagne Tea Party mindset --- where you can complain about too much government control while wasting taxpayer money in the court system. This "Snyder/Bolger/House/Gagne Tea… more ›