Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Highland Township will have to hold a special meeting this week to discuss committing $150,000 to save the Highland Middle School gym.
Despite a large showing of support by the Highland community last week to save the gym at Highland Middle School, the Huron Valley Schools Board of Education asked Highland Supervisor Rick Hamill to get the township to commit $150,000 to the the school district at Monday's school board meeting in order to save the building. School Board President Sean Carlson said he appreciated the show of support, but that the school board needed the monetary commitment in order to move forward with the township. The asbestos removal at the property is scheduled to be completed Feb. 14 or Feb. 15, so the time line for the township to commit the money is short. Following the asbestos removal, demolition of the building will begin March 1 unless the …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The board of education will now enter into negotiations with Jim Baker for the position. Baker has served as interim superintendent at Huron Valley Schools since May.
In a surprise move Tuesday night, the Huron Valley Schools Board of Education decided to forgo the rest of the search process and select Jim Baker as the new Huron Valley Schools Superintendent. Baker has served as interim superintendent for the district since May. Following the remainder of the candidate interviews Tuesday, the board heard feedback from the audience - all who said Baker was the clear choice. Initially the school board was going to select two finalists who would be interviewed again next week and spend a day in the district as part of the process. However, several school board members said they already felt one candidate ranked higher than the other three, and that candidate was Baker. School board member Rebecca Walsh …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Lisa Blackwell has won reelection to her seat on the Huron Valley Schools Board of Education; non-homestead millage renewal approved by district voters.
Voters in the Huron Valley School District overwhelmingly approved the district's request for a non-homestead millage renewal. The millage, according to the district, will bring in more than $9 million for the district's annual budget. The millage renewal received 18,728 yes votes, and 10,735 no votes. In addition to the millage, two seats on the Huron Valley Schools Board of Education were decided. Current board member Lisa Blackwell won 35.87 percent of the vote and will retain her seat. Beth Lewis will joining Blackwell on the board of education - she won 23.87 percent of the vote. The other candidates, Jerry Aubry and Eric Wallis, had 19.63 percent and 20.25 percent of the vote respectively. For more election results check out: The …
Laura Vogel
10:05 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
You're right, Bob. I missed the meeting the other week. Thanks for filling in the details. I think we're all in agreement that it makes sense to keep if it will be used, but that it doesn't make sense to keep it for the sake of keeping it. And yes, it does seem like there's a bit of "hot potato" going on between both the two aspects of our area/local government (schools versus twp). more ›