http://thelansingblog.com The premier source of Lansing news online. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:18:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/07/26/what-are-your-thoughts-about-paying-more-millage-for-lansing-schools/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/07/26/what-are-your-thoughts-about-paying-more-millage-for-lansing-schools/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:19:36 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1997 The Lansing School District is looking towards the Nov. 3 election to have voters give their approval to a 1.5 mill increase in their property taxes.  The 5-year extra millage would produce $20 million and would be used to pay for maintenance projects on district buildings. And, according to the Lansing State Journal, a majority [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/07/13/do-you-think-lansings-computer-based-model-for-alternative-education-will-work/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/23/lansing-schools-cut-16-million-and-take-6-million-from-rainy-day-fund-says-wkar-news/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/23/lansing-schools-cut-16-million-and-take-6-million-from-rainy-day-fund-says-wkar-news/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:49:48 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1875 Lansing Public Schools look forward to more major belt tightening in the upcoming fiscal year with its new budget adopted by the Board of Education. WKAR News says the board adopted a budget for the new fiscal year with a $16 million cut from the present year and with $6 million taken from the rainy [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/23/lansing-schools-cut-16-million-and-take-6-million-from-rainy-day-fund-says-wkar-news/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/05/03/lansings-windemere-park-charter-academy-students-featured-on-nbc-nightly-news/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/05/03/lansings-windemere-park-charter-academy-students-featured-on-nbc-nightly-news/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 19:52:39 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1546 Lansing’s students are the Windemere Park Charter Academy are teaching a lesson to adults around the country with this story on the NBC Nightly News.  They are learning and practicing how to give and serve others.  Mid-Michigan is struggling economically and lots of people are looking for hope.  These kids in a public school are [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/05/03/lansings-windemere-park-charter-academy-students-featured-on-nbc-nightly-news/feed/ 3 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/23/lansing-school-leaders-talking-about-four-day-a-week-classes/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/23/lansing-school-leaders-talking-about-four-day-a-week-classes/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:26:17 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1504 Lansing’s public schools are struggling big time because of a severe shortage of state aid from the Michigan Legislature and is considering a full menu of options including cutting the school week to four days, according to Dr. T.C. Wallace, the superintendent of the Lansing School District. He shared these concerns at the monthly meeting [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/23/lansing-school-leaders-talking-about-four-day-a-week-classes/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/19/calendar-item-hear-lansing-schools-head-wednesday-night-at-neighborhood-meeting/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/19/calendar-item-hear-lansing-schools-head-wednesday-night-at-neighborhood-meeting/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:31:03 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1484 Mark it down: Lansing school superintendent Dr. T.C. Wallace will be the main speaker this Wednesday night at the monthly meeting of the Colonial Village Neighborhood Association.  It’s starts at 7 p.m. and scheduled to end at 8 p.m. at the Grace United Methodist Church at Boston and Mt. Hope. Our public schools are going [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/19/calendar-item-hear-lansing-schools-head-wednesday-night-at-neighborhood-meeting/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/22/heres-a-smile-for-lansing-on-this-monday-a-m/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/22/heres-a-smile-for-lansing-on-this-monday-a-m/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:27:33 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1239 It no secret that the Lansing School District has been losing students and closing down schools.  Like other Michigan cities, this has been happening for a while. What’s happening to these closed school buildings here in our state’s capital city?  They’ve become an incubator for several high-tech companies.  Look at this story from the magazine [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/22/heres-a-smile-for-lansing-on-this-monday-a-m/feed/ 1 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/19/open-enrollment-is-starting-for-cole-academy-a-charter-school-at-1915-w-mt-hope-ave/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/19/open-enrollment-is-starting-for-cole-academy-a-charter-school-at-1915-w-mt-hope-ave/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:31:03 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1222 Are you looking for a school for your K-6 child?  Cole Academy, public school academy or charter school, at 1915 W. Mt. Hope Ave. has started open enrollment for new students for the 2010-11 school year. For a taste of the school, go to its website for details about the open enrollment and other events.  [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/19/open-enrollment-is-starting-for-cole-academy-a-charter-school-at-1915-w-mt-hope-ave/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/04/lansings-bingham-elementary-school-principal-freya-rivers-deserves-honor/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/04/lansings-bingham-elementary-school-principal-freya-rivers-deserves-honor/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:27:56 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1057 Read this Lansing State Journal story by John Schneider about Bingham School Principal Freya Rivers and her outstanding advocacy for three of her students.  She deserves to be called out and recognized in our community for taking the extra step of sharing her experience. Three of her very young students came to school sharing how [...]

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