Ann Arbor Education Association

Despite some teachers moved around and other changes, the first day of the school year for the Ann Arbor School District went well on Monday. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The timeline for Ann Arbor teachers to agree to buyouts has been extended until Friday, June 7. As WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports, other changes to the deal have been agreed to, as well.

Ann Arbor School Interim Superintendent Jazz Parks is recommending a reduction of 94 teaching positions to help slice over $20 million from the district budget. The School Board will hold a special meeting Monday night to vote on the package. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Teachers and staff in the Ann Arbor School District are hoping for good news Wednesday night but bracing for the worst. Superintendent Jazz Parks is expected to lay out how the administration will address a $25 million budget shortfall at this evening's Board of Education meeting. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The Ann Arbor School Board is expecting a big crowd at tonight’s meeting beginning at 7 PM. As such, it’s been moved to Huron High School. As WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports, teachers want more information on how the districts' $25 million deficit will be addressed.

An overflow room full of teachers, parents, and students asked the Ann Arbor School Board last night to hold off on approving a resolution to allow the administration to layoff staff and teachers to help fill a $25 million budget shortfall. In the end, it passed narrowly. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

An overflow crowd packed into Wednesday night’s Ann Arbor School Board meeting with plenty to say about the district’s $25 million budget shortfall and the likely layoffs it will cause. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has the story.

As teachers and students in Ann Arbor Public Schools return to the classroom for the new school year, they do so with the future of their superintendent in doubt. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.

The fate of the Superintendent of the Ann Arbor Public School District remains undetermined after a nearly five-hour school board meeting Wednesday night. As Cathy Shafran reports, more than 60 people took to the podium to speak out on the potential termination of Dr. Jeanice Swift.

Six unions representing employees in the Ann Arbor school district are demanding the Board of Education rescind its decision to move forward with the process of termination of the Superintendent. They contend the process lacked transparency and failed to provide due process to Dr. Jeanice Swift. WEMU’s David Fair caught up with the presidents of two of those unions. Fred Klein heads the Ann Arbor Education Association, which represents district teachers, and Natasha York leads the Ann Arbor Administrators Association.