School Board – Page 38

Schools plan to offer free meals to youngsters over summer

A free summer meal program for everyone in the community under age 18 is being planned by Wayland Union Schools Food Services Director Sarah Parr. Parr and Schools Information Director…

Editor April 20, 2015

Columns

Monday Moan: Penmanship, poor roads and just plain poor

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net Biological and Psychology Benefits of Learning Cursive Don't let your schools stop teaching cursive Published by William R. Klemm Ph.D., Senior Professor of Neuroscience at Texas…

Editor April 19, 2015

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 161

25 Years Ago — April 18, 1990 Byron center developer Klaus Knoll was turned down in his second attempt to have an agricultural parcel rezoned to residential in Hopkins Township.…

Editor April 15, 2015

Columns

Ranger Rick: Chicago – Oh, how the mighty has fallen!

Many people from this area love to visit Chicago for shopping, professional sports and cultural events. The tall buildings, O’Hare Airport (where many flights originate to other destinations), Shoreline Drive,…

Editor April 14, 2015

Columns

Monday Moan: STEM and the myth about jobs in the future

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net The Paper Chase The Paper Chase was a 1973 film starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner and John Houseman, which was based on John Jay Osborn, Jr.'s…

Editor April 12, 2015

Editorial

When will we stop beating up on the working poor among us?

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. “I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least…

Editor April 2, 2015

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 159

25 years Ago — April 4, 1990 Kathy DeYoung was pictured on the front page as one of six Steeby Elementary teachers who promised to kiss a pig if students…

Editor April 1, 2015

Articles

Wayland school board to vote on casino funding April 20

The Wayland Board of Education will have a final vote April 20 on how to spend the anticipated $1.5 million in funds from the Gun Lake Casino over the next…

Editor March 30, 2015

Columns

Monday Moan: Here’s hoping Wayland board makes it 3-for-3

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net In recent weeks we’ve seen the Wayland board go 2-for-2 in wise decisions and hopefully they are poised to make it 3-for-3 running the table so…

Editor March 29, 2015

Articles

Former local educator, school board member to be on radio

Former Wayland educator and school board member Jeff Salisbury was interviewed today by Michigan Public Radio after submitting the winning question for the network’s contest “MI Curious.” Salisbury’s entry asked…

Editor March 26, 2015