Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Farmington Supt. Susan Zurvalec is among the featured guests on The Craig Fahle Show Tuesday, speaking out against controversial education bills.
Three local school district superintendents spoke together Tuesday on WDET-FM's Craig Fahle Show against legislation currently in the Michigan House and Senate concerning public education. Farmington Public Schools Supt. Sue Zurvalec, West Bloomfield's Gerald Hill, Bloomfield Hills' Rob Glass joined Oakland Schools Superintendent Dr. Vickie Markavitch to protest House Bill 6004, Senate Bill 1358 and House Bill 5923, which could still pass through the "lame duck" session of the state legislature. Opponents say the bills would create a state-wide Educational Achievement Authority (EAA) or "super district" with little accountability, overseen only by the governor's office. The bills would also expand charter and cyberschools and allow per …
Friday, November 30, 2012
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 …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
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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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Dr. Theresa Rich is elected to a six-year term on the Intermediate School District board.
With votes cast Monday by representatives of public school boards around Oakland County, Farmington Hills resident Dr. Theresa Rich has been elected to a six-year term on the Oakland Schools Board of Education. Rich was appointed in 2010 to fill a partial two-year term that expires at the end of this month. According to the Oakland Schools website, she is a veteran employee of General Motors who works in human resources/organizational development. Rich has served on the Farmington Hills Commission on Children, Youth & Families, Farmington Pledge Committee and Farmington Hills/Farmington Foundation for Youth and Families board. She received her MBA/BBA in Accounting from Grand Valley State University, LL.M (Taxation) and JD from Wayne …
Tanya
11:12 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
I agree with you "a worker"! FYI- ask to see the cell phone bills and their charge cards that we taxpayers pay! Sue- there is no reason to get room service in a high class hotel! more ›