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Picks ‘n pans: Stop torches & pitchforks mob in schools
I have covered school board meetings now for 48 years at a variety of districts, but I’ve never seen such serious threats to public education as in the past three…
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Asst. Supt. Patricia Velie to stay on until next June 30
Wayland Union Schools Assistant Supt. for Finance and Operations Patricia Velie has agreed to delay her retirement until June 30, 2023, explaining that “I have a deep commitment to this…
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Picks ‘n pans: 3 proposals, county board, state offices
DEAR READERS: You have every right to say I’m just one man expressing his opinion and nobody appointed me arbiter of issues and candidates for the Nov. 8 general election.…
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Covid impacted Wayland schools; rebound expected
Indeed, two years of the Covid-19 pandemic negatively affected student test scores, but Assistant Supt. for Instruction Theresa Fulk told the school board Monday that Wayland is rebounding. Fulk said…
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Forums, listening sessions just don’t cut it any more
ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “…Go to the people. Ask the hands that serve the machines of America.…
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Penny Salisbury retiring from senior volunteer job
Penny Salisbury Penny Salisbury, who has been volunteer coordinator of the Wayland Community Education Leisure Life program for local senior citizens since 2014, is retiring at the end of this…
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Wayland schools start new year with healthy budget
It isn’t often that a public school system starts an academic year with a healthy fund balance, but Wayland is doing just that. Assistant Supt. for Finance and Operations Patricia…
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 11, 1997 New asphalt has arrived for application on North Main…
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Opportunity knocked, but ‘It’s Too Late’ for Wayland
ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “But it’s too late, baby, now it’s too late, though we really did…
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Sam Ball to succeed Supt. Ballee-Stone at Martin
Samantha Ball Brooke Ballee-Stone Brooke Ballee-Stone, superintendent of Martin Public Schools for the past three years, will step down effective Sept. 1 and Samantha Ball, current chief financial officer, will…