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Mason County Democratic Party Challenges Mason County Republicans with Canned Food Drive
Sunday , 6, January 2019 Community, Gateway To Success Academy Leave a commentThe Mason County Democratic Party want to prove there’s more than one way to positively impact their county. They challenged the Mason County Republicans to a canned food drive. Between January 5, 2019, to March 8, 2019, Mason County Democratic Party want to collect food for the Lakeshore Food Club. The losing party will donate […]
AAAAAAAANNNNNNNDDD It’s GONE: Gateway To Success For-Profit Charter School Learns Plagiarism is NOT Successful
Monday , 17, October 2016 Gateway To Success Academy, Section 16 Leave a commentThat didn’t take long at all! Yesterday Up North Progressive reported on discovering Gateway To Success by Plagiarism’s budget and salary report contained 90% of Holland Public Schools’ budget and salary report, right down to the HEA/MEA contract agreement! John Wilson just loves to rant and rave about how only 80% of high school students […]
Transparency Clear As Mud: Gateway To Success Academy Plagiarizes Holland Public Schools Salary and Budget Data
Sunday , 16, October 2016 Gateway To Success Academy, Section 16 3 CommentsSchools take plagiarism very seriously. Every public school has strict consequences for plagiarism, and all colleges and universities expel students for submitting someone else’s work without citation. There are tools available on the internet such as Copyscape or Grammerly that students, or anyone for that matter, can use to check and make sure their content […]
Already In Debt Before They Open Gateway To Success Struggles To Succeed
Friday , 17, June 2016 Gateway To Success Academy, Section 16 2 CommentsShoreline Media continues to provide free advertising to John Wilson’s new for-profit charter school, Gateway To Success Academy. The school that his wife, Anita, promised would “never be for alternative ed” has a new facade to hide the old grocery store while they hire staff and recruit students from cash-strapped real public schools. Jamie Bandstra […]
In Which We Instruct John Wilson That 1 Percent Below the National Average is Not A Bad Thing
Sunday , 14, February 2016 Gateway To Success Academy, Section 16 3 CommentsThe Up North Progressive knows that Western Land Services Owner John Wilson reads this blog (Hello!). The anticipated reply to Friday’s article did not disappoint. Oh good Lord! Both G2S and Oaktree Academy are 501c non-profit educational institutions. We’ve invested $250,000 into South Hamlin School to rehab a school that was literally falling apart. Our […]
Mason County Central Schools Makes Gateway To Success Academy Redundant With New Alterantive Ed Program
Saturday , 23, January 2016 Gateway To Success Academy, Section 16 Leave a commentThe Ludington Daily News recently reported on the fate of some of the former students of Journey Junior Senior High School. The alternative school was closed at the end of the 2015 school year due to maintenance of the building not up to code. All of the students relocated to their home districts, and MCC […]
Sarah B of Ypsilanti Insists Castlebond Never Managed Gateway To Success Academy: Who Cares?
Saturday , 7, November 2015 Dr. Ingersoll, Gateway To Success Academy, Section 16, Tea Party Charter School 2 CommentsApparently, the commenter from Ypsilanti does. Almost a month after leaving a comment on this story, she returned to leave another comment. Despite the Michigan Department of Education listing Castlebond Enterprises as the for-profit manager of Gateway To Success, it was never ever true. West Shore Education Service District has no clue what they’re doing […]
The Things You Find on the Side of the Road and Castlebond No More
Monday , 12, October 2015 Gateway To Success Academy, Section 16 2 CommentsAutumn is a season of changes. The days grow cooler, the leaves change color, and everyone prepares for the coming winter. On rare days when the air is clear and the weather is still pleasant, a drive along country roads to enjoy the color, stop at a farmer’s market to buy pumpkins, apples and fresh […]