As budget crunches from the top begin to trickle down into county and local governments, everyone is beginning to feel the pinch – even Addison Township officials who just approved a five-year contract for law enforcement with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department at their Oct. 3 meeting. The township board of trustees approved the agreement, […]
And the report cards are here. School districts and administrators across the state received their first “School Report Cards” as a part of Michigan’s Education YES! legislation on Oct. 21. The goal of the grade cards are to give parents a measuring stick for reviewing their public schools. The official grades of each school have […]
The Oxford Schools Board of Education approved a three-year contract with the Oxford Administrators’ Association (OAA) at the last regular meeting on Oct. 28. The OAA approved the contract on October 21. “Their cooperative attitude and willingness to accept sensible trade-offs allowed us to reach an agreement very quickly,” said Superintendent Virginia Brennan-Kyro at the […]
Oxford Schools Curriculum Director Karen Eckert was not happy when she opened her newspaper last week and saw that MEAP scores for 2003 had been released to the public – and not to her yet. “I was very unhappy to read some information that was wrong and coming from the MDE (Michigan Department of Education),” […]
A total of $17,500 was raised by students at Clear Lake Elementary for the PTO’s first ever Fun Run “On the Tracks to Success.” For one day, over 500 students ran, walked and jogged a total of 7,128 laps. As a reward for not only reaching, but surpassing the $15,000 goal, the students were given […]
No longer will the site for Addison Township’s new 13,968-square-foot firehall, located in the Village of Leonard, along Rochester Rd., look like a big boy’s sand box. Instead, crews will soon be moving to begin installing the footings and foundation for the large building. “We don’t have a final construction schedule yet, but I expect […]
Are you looking for a way to meet new people? Interested in just doing something fun and special for yourself with a group of women looking for the same thing? Then the Oxford Women’s Social Club may just be for you. The goal of this brand new group, the brainchild of Addison Township resident Linda […]
Oxford High School junior Kenny White ran one of his best races ever – and managed to meet every one of his personal goals. White came in 71st with a time of 16:43.9 at the Cross Country State Competition held at the Michigan International Speedway. The placing is a vast improvement over his 150th place […]
Oxford Schools Assistant Superintendent Ron Franey is not certain yet how he’s going to balance this year’s budget with $784,000 in student foundation grant cuts looming on the horizon. “We haven’t exactly gone into this yet, but we’ve begun looking at the situation,” said Franey. “I’m not going to tell you though that we can […]
Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputies spent a little over two hours hunting for an injured man who ran away from an M-24 collision that occurred around 9:15 a.m. on Friday. According to Deputy John Dobrowiak, Christopher Roskey, 19, of Imlay City, left the scene of the accident where he supposedly struck Christopher Williams’ white Chevy truck […]