Grand Rapids Public Schools

This is a re-post, courtesy of our friends at Education Action Group.   RECORDING REVEALS GR UNION LEADERS’ HOSTILE STRATEGY School board take over, possible strike in store for GRPS Grand Rapids city residents who are still hoping for a dignified resolution to the teacher contract deadlock can apparently stop holding their breaths. Leaders...
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Exclusive to Grand Rapids Pundit: GR Pundit has come in to possession of a letter being sent to teachers and substitute teachers, preparing them for an impending illegal strike against Grand Rapids Public Schools. View the GREA Strike Letter. The letter, signed by Grand Rapids Education Association president Paul Helder on August 5th, laments the fact that Grand...
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There’s some good news in regards to charter schools to report for both Grand Rapids and Detroit. For some quick background – state laws define a “first class” school district, which only Detroit Public Schools qualifies for. This special status allows Detroit’s school system some privileges in terms of funding, but also the state...
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The Detroit News has a short article today on the dropout rate of Detroit Public Schools students. The article states that a report from Education Week, a weekly education newspaper, has done a study showing that Detroit’s dropout rate is 75%. You can view the report’s web page by clicking here. However, the bureaucrats...
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Don’t forget to vote tomorrow (Tuesday, May 8th). There are three tax issues on the ballot in Grand Rapids, and everyone in Kent County gets to vote on the Grand Rapids Community College tax hike. If you live in Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids, Kentwood, Walker, Wyoming, or Grandville, you get the pleasure of...
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Grand Rapids residents need to be aware of tax attack 2007! There are three tax increase proposals on the ballot May 8th – did you know that? This is the problem with May elections – who pays attention? Tax issues include the following: Grand Rapids Public Schools – GRPS is asking for a renewal...
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The stage is already being set for a possible state (and probably local) tax increase. Today’s Detroit News reports that state revenues for the just-completed fiscal year 2005-2006 are down by $170 million. That’s about 0.85% less than they anticipated, yet we are already hearing that the world is going to end for schools...
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In the spirit of yesterday’s post on the Grand Rapids school board’s inability to make a decision on selling a building, we give you today’s installment, “Bleke admits mix-ups on Huff.” There’s not much that can be said about this one, so we’ll just ask you to read the article from the Grand Rapids...
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It’s funny to watch the Grand Rapids school board completely bungle everything they do. One has a hard time understanding exactly how they can bat 1000 when it comes to messing up the simplest task. The GRPS board is considering selling the now-unused Huff elementary school on the city’s north side. They got two...
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An interesting idea was posited by an offer by a citizen to pay to keep the bathrooms open at Aberdeen Park so the Creston High School Girls tennis team wouldn’t have to go to Burger King to use the bathroom. The City refused the offer. This brings up a good idea. How about all...
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