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Up North Progressive Secret Project Update: Pray for me
Monday , 26, July 2021 Section 16 Leave a commentStarting today, “Operation: This is a residential treatment facility not a teen swinger’s club” begins the education component. Two certified teachers out, a para pro gone in two weeks, and the Up North Progressive had an interview with another district last week. Pray for me. Last week, the charter school district CEO kept hinting at […]
Up North Progressive Special Project Update: Sending Signal Flares
Thursday , 1, July 2021 Section 16 Leave a commentIf you’re looking for a status update on Up North Progressive’s special project. This image sums it up. After numerous parents and former staff described what it’s like dealing with and working at one of these places, experiencing it first-hand makes the horror real. Perpetually understaffed, policies not being followed or changed on a whim. […]
Jamie Bandstra will be working at West Shore Community College
Friday , 21, May 2021 Section 16 Leave a commentInteresting how Jamie Bandstra feels the need to parrot his soon-to-be former boss and reiterate G2S is not nor ever has been an alternative school, not like Journey Jr/Sr School was an alternative ed program. He says it as if that school was a bad thing.
G2S Superintendent/Principal Hunt: Where Did Jamie Bandstra Go?
Friday , 21, May 2021 Section 16 Leave a commentIf you look at Gateway to Success’s website today you will notice that tonight is their prom. You will also see that there was an all-school meeting this morning at 11:00 AM. If you take the time to peruse the board meeting schedule you will see there was a special meeting today at 10:00 AM. […]
HAUNTINGLY ACCURATE: For-Profit Charter School Insider Cites Up North Progressive in Poison Pen Letter
Wednesday , 31, March 2021 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16, Uncategorized 3 CommentsUp North Progressive has been quiet lately due to working on a special project while occasionally coming up for air to tweetstorm anything with the hashtag #DefundBergman. Yesterday, Miss Fortune over at Glistening Quivering Underbelly shared a letter she received anonymously. The writer is a member of MAPSA and knows all of the inside dirt […]
Up North Public Schools are COVID-19 Super-Spreader Sites and It’s Time to Shut Them Down
Tuesday , 27, October 2020 COVID_19, Section 16 Leave a commentIf there has ever been a more irresponsible act during the COVID pandemic it’s attempting to keep Michigan public schools open. The Republicans successfully stripped the Governor of her executive authority to keep the citizens of Michigan safe and cases are on the rise. People refuse to wear masks in enclosed spaces and social distancing […]
Questions to Consider Before We Pack the Kids Up For School: COVID-19
Wednesday , 15, July 2020 COVID_19, Section 16 Leave a commentThese are the tough questions Betsy “Cruella” DeVos or Donald “Dick Cheney Finger Puppet” Trump never considered when making threats to open the schools or the kids get no money. The following is a copy-paste with permission to share as much as possible. If a teacher tests positive for COVID-19 are they required to quarantine […]
CDC Urges Parents Get Childrens’ Vaccinations up to date Before School Begins in the Autumn
Thursday , 9, July 2020 COVID_19, Section 16 Leave a commentMichigan’s schoolchildren may have missed receiving required vaccinations during the COVID_19 pandemic that forced closing down the state’s schools to keep students and school staff safe. Today the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reminds parents now is the time to vaccinate children before the 2020-2021 school year begins. It is crucial this school […]
School Millage Whack-A-Mole: How to Convince Voters Every Time to Vote NO Pretending to Be a Local Property Owner
Sunday , 10, November 2019 Section 16 Leave a commentAnother election day in Michigan fades from memory and people are either celebrating or trying to figure out what went wrong. In Baldwin, Michigan, dismally low voter turnout sank yet another millage vote for an aging school building with a leaky roof and crumbling infrastructure that would be cheaper to replace than repair. Baldwin Community […]