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Okemos Parents for Schools: February 2014

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Okemos Parents for Schools. Thursday, February 20, 2014. The Education Achievement Authority suffered a major setback Tuesday as the Michigan. Department of Education moved to end it's exclusive agreement with the takeover district. Flanagan gave formal notice to EAA Chancellor John Covington in a letter dated Tuesday, saying the state would be dissolving the agreement in one year. The provision to give notice is required under terms of the contract. February 19, 2014. Also Tuesday, four members of Michi...

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How do I get involved? | Michigan Parents for Schools

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Skip to main content. Join our email list. Join our advocacy list! Find us on Facebook! Visit our legislative action center. State budget and taxes. How do I get involved? Sure, I support my schools, but what do I do about it? Here are some things parents around Michigan can do:. Join the MIPFS advocacy mailing list. And get updates about what's happening in Lansing. We alert concerned parents and citizens around the state when important legislation is being considered at the State Capitol. East Grand Ra...

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Okemos Parents for Schools: April 2015

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Okemos Parents for Schools. Tuesday, April 14, 2015. M-STEP and opting out. Michigan has a new standardized test this year- the M-STEP. There is a lot to be said about standardized testing and the high-stakes associated with it. We hope to talk to you more about that in the future. For now, since M-STEP testing is nearly upon us in Okemos, we thought we would share the option of opting out. Sept 15, 2014. April 14, 2015. In West Seneca near Buffalo, 2,074 of 2,976 eligible students refused testing. Furth...

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Okemos Parents for Schools: March 2014

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Okemos Parents for Schools. Friday, March 21, 2014. A bill expanding the Education Achievement Authority passed the House yesterday on a largely party-line vote of 56-54. Although we haven't posted here a great deal about the fast-moving developments in this matter, we have emailed our list and our membership responded to speak out against this bill. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough. Final vote on EAA expansion. It's not clear where this stands in the Senate. We'll update as we learn more. There are two v...

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Okemos Parents for Schools: Mitchell Robinson - Pull the plug on standardized testing.

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Okemos Parents for Schools. Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Mitchell Robinson - Pull the plug on standardized testing. As a parent, I sit down and talk to my children's teachers at least twice per year at parent-teacher conferences about their work in school, and receive regular updates about their academic, social and musical development. I check their homework, help them with projects and talk to them about their studies every day. I can check their grades online any time of the day or night. The only purpose...

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Okemos Parents for Schools: House roads bill would cost OPS amost $1.9 million per year

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Okemos Parents for Schools. Wednesday, December 10, 2014. House roads bill would cost OPS amost $1.9 million per year. One of the issues with the most traction in this year's lame duck session of the Michigan legislature is funding road repair. That repair could come at a high price to schools. As we have previously reported, the House plan to fund road repair would shift the way gas is taxed in Michigan so that tax revenue would go into the general fund instead of the School Aid Fund. December 5, 2014.

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Okemos Parents for Schools: Prop 1 - We Recommend You Vote "Yes"

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Okemos Parents for Schools. Thursday, March 12, 2015. Prop 1 - We Recommend You Vote "Yes". On May 5 Michigan voters will make a decision on whether to increase education, municipal and road funding with a 1 percent increase in the state's sales tax. Okemos Parents for Schools recommend you vote "yes.". March 3, 2015. Critics of the proposal make two arguments. First, some critics argue against any. Second, some critics argue that while additional revenue is necessary to fund road repair, municipalities ...

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Okemos Parents for Schools: Lame duck: funding roads by cutting schools

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Okemos Parents for Schools. Friday, December 5, 2014. Lame duck: funding roads by cutting schools. Two years ago a slew of radical education bills reared their heads in the lame duck legislative session- and it's happening again. The plan would convert the state's 19-cent per gallon gas tax to a wholesale version and gradually increase rates over four years. At the current wholesale price, gas taxes could top 40 cents by 2018. [. November 13, 2014. Fuel taxes are one of the state’s primary funding ...

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Okemos Parents for Schools: November 2014

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Okemos Parents for Schools. Tuesday, November 18, 2014. Meridian Township putting schoolchildren ahead of profits. Meridian Township has recently taken the very positive step of passing a resolution putting schoolchildren ahead of corporate profits. Meridian Township Clerk Brett. Dreyfus introduced the Children. Ahead of Profits resolution. A RESOLUTION TO PUT SCHOOLCHILDREN AHEAD OF CORPORATE PROFITS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Governor and Legislature should to develop and enact an equitab...