On Jan. 27, the school board met for the second time to evaluate Superintendent Ken Gutman’s performance and had only positive things to say. Board members reviewed three areas of performance: progress within the district, the superintendent’s relationship with the board and his personal qualities. Words like leadership, excellence and poise cropped up throughout the […]
Putting stock in the company’s future, General Motors engineers met for the final time with Paint Creek Elementary second graders Feb. 6. The team of engineers had visited the students a total of five times over the past two months to teach them about science and engineering. In the program, the team of engineers covered […]
On Feb. 18, the school board voted to keep Board of Education elections in May. Eight Oakland districts recently moved their elections to November, but, despite the county trend, the board voted on the resolution without any opposition. ‘The push, especially in our county, is to move every [election] to November,? Orion Superintendent Ken Gutman […]
Over the last several weeks, Orion school district has collected over 1,200 school survey responses from its website and schools. The five-minute survey asked takers to identify the schools? strengths and weaknesses, the types of interaction they have with the school system and the overall grade they think the district deserves. The vast majority ? […]
Orion schools honored their three nominees for the Teacher of the Year award. The county-wide award is sponsored by Oakland Schools, Health Alliance Plan and the Oakland Schools Education Foundation. Stan Ford was selected from the high school’s applicants. There, he teaches physical education and health, and coaches track and cross country. ‘He’s a tremendous […]
Sorry, school board, I’m not buying it. How they came to the decision to keep elections in May seems a little sneaky to me. A little shady. The board discussed the possibility of swithcing election dates at a November meeting, and again in December. But at the end of each discussion ‘more information? was needed, […]
Residents will be glad to know they and their families are in good hands in case of emergency. Village administrators and law enforcement are updating and increasing emergency management resources to make sure citizens are accounted for and taken care of in possible natural and man-made disasters. Readers will remember the proposed shared services within […]
The village is examining a possible ordinance that would allow for cost recovery from DWLS (driving while license suspended) offenders. For years, local procedures for arresting DWLS and OWI (operating while intoxicated) offenders ran parallel, except in cost recovery. Costs recovered include money spent on arresting, booking, processing and possibly prosecuting ? to the tune […]
How did the community rate the school district? Overall, pretty well. Of the 1,237 who completed the district-made survey, 87.7 percent graded the schools with an A or B. Around 10 percent gave a C or D. And only five responders ? a miniscule percentage ? said the district deserved a failing grade. The remaining […]
The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is moving forward with Children’s Park renovations. This summer’s improvements to the 1.53 acre park will include better entries and stairways, terraced stone seating, a slide and landscaping. DDA Director Lois Golden is working in concert with the village, Paint Creek Trailways and Wade Trim Engineering, Planning and Surveying to […]