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Game, Set, Match: The Continuing Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll (But continuing how much longer?)

Thursday , 5, March 2015 Up North Progressive Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 Leave a comment

Yesterday the Up North Progressive had the pleasure of eating lunch with a group of dedicated public school education professionals working at a juvenile detention program. While chatting over our turkey soup, pork fried rice, and pizza, a quick browse through the local headlines brought up the most wonderful news: Testimony from an attorney who […]

One City Two Cases of School Embezzlement: Guess Which One Gets Press?

Tuesday , 23, December 2014 Up North Progressive Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 2 Comments

Former Traverse City Area Public Schools Administrative Assistant Mary Gillison was arraigned on December 18 for allegedly embezzling between $1,000 and $20,000 over a five year period. It could be even more, but the statute of limitations is five years. Mary used to handle money at West Middle School dealing with yearbook sales, Scholastic book […]

An Interesting Thing Happened On Twitter Or What Happens When A Title Has An Acronym

Monday , 15, December 2014 Up North Progressive Dr. Ingersoll Leave a comment

Yesterday an article with the title, “He Stole Your Tax Dollars and GTA Tried To Cover It Up” was published on this blog. When a blog is published on Up North Progressive, it’s also published as a link on Facebook and Twitter. As soon as the article went live, @GTAReddit followed me. Obviously a bot […]

He Stole Your Tax Dollars and GTA Tried To Cover It Up: The Continuing Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll

Sunday , 14, December 2014 Up North Progressive Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 8 Comments

Miss Fortune once again provides readers with an exhaustive exposé of cover ups, shenanigans and denial going on with for-profit charter school Grand Traverse Academy and their former management company, Dr. Steve Ingersoll’s Smart Schools LLC. What the documents obtained through an FOIA request to Lake Superior State University, GTA’s for-profit charter school authorizer, shows […]