More than a dozen area school board members have decided they don't want to serve any longer, but in most school districts there isn't a shortage of candidates hoping to replace them.
Editor's note: A jail sentence 'to be served at the court's discretion' generally means jail time is suspended, but will be imposed if the person violates any laws or sentencing conditions within a noted time period.
Holton, Oakridge, Montague and Coopersville all spend more than 28 percent of their general fund budgets on support services, including administration, transportation and operations.
Muskegon Countyschool districts have saved nearly a half-million dollars by privatizing substitute teachers and other school employees over the past two years.
Editor's note: A jail sentence 'to be served at the court's discretion' generally means jail time is suspended, but will be imposed if the person violates any laws or sentencing conditions within a noted time period.
Wayne Davis, of Laketon Township, the man charged with holding up a bank, then apparently changing his mind, has a felony history dating from the 1960s.
Ashley Jagnecki's hand is silhouetted against a projection screen displaying math problems as she answers a question in Laurie Mancuso's eighth-grade Advanced Algebra I class at Bunker Middle School.
Few local teachers contributed to the cost of their health insurance in 2008-09, and all received their insurance through a plan affiliated with their union, according to a recent statewide report.
Henry Karel recalls making the short trek from his childhood home near Bayne Road in Cedar Creek Township to attend class at the Maple Island one-room schoolhouse.
Students at Muskegon High School would have to apply for college or other continuing education in order to graduate under a plan proposed by school administrators.