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By Katelyn Crain Review Intern Historically, teachers are well respected in the community for the work they do in the classrooms. Locally -- and across the nation -- there are a group of retired and active teachers who are going beyond the classrooms and working to make their communities better places to live....more >> |
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It is official: the 2011-2012 Lake Orion Community Schools budget was approved. The big last act of the "old" board of education, consisting of president Mary Jo Burchart, vice president Janet Wolverton, treasurer Jim Weidman, secretary Tiffany Weber-Phillips and trustees Steve Drakos, Bob Gritinger and Kelly Weaver was a unanimous vote to accept a budget with $80,173,093 in expenditures -- $4,411,844 over revenues that are expected to come in next year....more >> |
Four part-time teachers for Oxford Community Schools received layoff notices, effective June 10, as a result of changing enrollments needs and shifting schedules. The arts seemed to have the biggest hit, as both Oxford High School and Leonard Elementary lost a part-time art instructor....more >> |
A 6-0 vote was all that was needed for Oxford Community School to pass the proposed $42.2 million dollar budget for the 2011-12 school year. Assistant Superintendent of Business and Operations Tim Loock informed the board at the Board of Education meeting on Monday, June 20 this was the "first time in many years the Legislature has enacted a school aid bill prior to the end of the fiscal year," meaning the district would be facing proposed cuts of $470 per student....more >> |
For five long-time Oxford Schools employees, the end of the 2010-11 year constituted the end of their careers as they retired from the district. For Pamela Brooks, who had been working as a paraprofessional for 17 years, the moment was bittersweet....more >> |
It looks like Oxford Superintendent Dr. William Skilling is sticking around for a few more years. At the Board of Education meeting on Monday, June 20, the board voted 6-0 to extend Skilling's contract by two additional years until June 30, 2016....more >> |
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| 1868: Nicholas II, the last Russian czar. |
| 1872: Bertrand Russell, English mathematician, philosopher and social reformer. |
| 1897: Frank Capra, film director (It's A Wonderful Life). |
| 1902: Meredith Willson, composer and lyricist (The Music Man). |
| 1911: Joseph Vernon Big Joe Turner, blues singer. |
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| 1917: The U.S. Congress passes the Selective Service act, calling up soldiers to fight World War I. |
| 1931: Japanese pilot Seiji Yoshihara crashes his plane in the Pacific Ocean while trying to be the first to cross the ocean nonstop. He is picked up seven hours later by a passing ship. |
| 1933: President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Tennessee Valley Authority Act. |
| 1942: New York ends night baseball games for the rest of World War II. |
| 1944: The Allies finally capture Monte Cassino in Italy. |
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