Dr. Vickie Markavitch urges parents, educators and others to contact their lawmakers and voice opposition to the bills, which would create a 'super school district.'
Nearly 200 people who attended an informational meeting Thursday on proposed school reform bills were told their voices are critical in battling proposals that could dramatically change Michigan's education landscape. Farmington resident Agnes Skrzycki walked into the meeting room at the Farmington Schools Ten Mile Building expecting to hear dry facts and statistics. But at the end of Oakland Schools Supt. Dr. Vickie Markavitch's presentation, she said was "very interested and concerned" about the legislation. Skrzycki said she was impressed by a dynamic speaker who used "black and white terms" and "quantifiable data." "There's nothing political about it," she added. "It's scary, as a mother, as a taxpayer and as staff, because this …
Oakland Schools Supt. Dr. Vicki Markavitch says participants at county-wide meetings are surprised to learn the extent of bills that will radically change education in Michigan.
About 200 parents and educators from Farmington, Farmington Hills, Novi, Walled Lake and Northville jammed into a meeting room in Farmington Thursday to hear more about legislation that school officials say will create "radical" and "dangerous" changes in Michigan's public education system. While it may have seemed she was preaching to the choir, Oakland Schools Supt. Dr. Vickie Markavitch said after the meeting that people are surprised by the depth and breadth of the proposed reforms. The bills "create a super school district, totally removed from oversight" by state and local elected officials and taxpayers. "Forty-six years in this business, and I have to tell you, unbelievable things are happening in Lansing," said Markavitch, who …
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Douglas Fairbanks
1:15 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
What district do you live in? In Clinton we have strong local control (board) whereby the Administration, Board and Faculty (unions) have negotiated and worked together. Result is a 5% qualified district. Do you think for profit corporations will have parents and students in mind. I think not. Tell this legislature our sate is not for sale. Especially our kids! Keep local control! more ›