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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. […]
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 […]
Aubrey McClendon’s Northern Michigan Connection: “Drilling a Dry Hole Changes Things”
Monday , 7, March 2016 Section 16 Leave a commentOn Tuesday, March 1, 2016, The Justice Department indicted fracking developer Aubrey McClendon for bid-rigging over land deals. Less than 24 hours later, Aubrey McClendon drove his SUV at a high rate of speed into a wall and died instantly. Condolences to the family of Aubrey McClendon. Up North Progressive chose to not publish this […]
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 […]
I’m In Your District Stealing Your Tuition: Gateway to Success For-Profit Charter School Announces Open Enrollment
Friday , 12, February 2016 Section 16 5 CommentsFor-profit charter school of the future Gateway To Success Academy announced open enrollment for their program scheduled to begin in the fall of 2016. Gateway is the brain child of former Journey Alternative High School Principal, Jamie Bandstra, and Western Land Services owner John Wilson. Bandstra began working and promoting the project while still principal […]
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 […]