I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
The tension between the Detroit School Board and the Detroit Public Schools (DPS) Superintendent Connie Calloway has grown, ever since they argued over the approval to cut $500 million in spending to plug a gaping deficit. Calloway, who will receive her one-year evaluation from the school board in a closed meeting tonight, may be voted out by the school board.
The school board just removed Joan McCray, an appointee of Calloway’s, from her position as treasurer (she’s still the chief financial officer).
Could it be that boss lady is next?
It’s probably all talk.
In a school district that’s so deep in the hole they can’t even pay their vendors or buy new books, they’re not in a position to blow money on breaking a contract with one of the highest-paid officials in the state.
That’s right, Calloway gets a whopping $280,000 a year, making her better paid than Gov. Jennifer Granholm. If they fire her, her contract could keep a nice check coming from the lint-lined pockets of DPS until 2010.
While $250,000 may sound like a lot of money, she’s getting paid about average, considering what some school supers get, according to an article in The Washington Post.
Calloway’s claim to fame in her position thus far is that she exposed a gigantic deficit that was previously being squirreled away from the state’s attention. The $400 million deficit was not good news for DPS, but it had to get out.
So, all politics aside, is Calloway bad enough to get fired? The board will probably realize voting her out’s not worth it, even if they don’t like her.
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