Board of Education

This week, East Lansing's School Board heard about inequities in special education funding. ELi's Alice Dreger summarizes that tax proposal presentation and tells you what else happened at the meeting.

At this week’s ELPS Board of Education meeting, Trustees voted through sex ed changes, heard from student contest winners, and talked about how to get better public relations for the District. ELi’s Alice Dreger reports.

The current East Lansing school curriculum does not provide children in younger grades with much foreign language instruction but MacDonald Middle School teacher Kimberly Floyd would like that to change. ELi’s Emily Joan Elliott reports.

How should East Lansing School Board members behave? Last week's election of officers has surfaced tensions around that question. ELi's Alice Dreger reports.

Marble will get busing to Donley; a trustee lost her officer position; resident student enrollment surged unexpectedly. All this and more at this week's East Lansing School Board meeting.

The issue of parents open-carrying weapons at off-site school events, however, will be tabled for now. ELi’s Alice Dreger reports.

The Red Cedar School Programming Survey shows families prefer to stay with neighborhood schools regardless of programming, Superintendent Dori Leyko says. ELi’s Karessa Wheeler reports.

The East Lansing School Board has yet to decide where to relocate the Marble Elementary community when its school undergoes reconstruction beginning in June 2020. ELi’s Karessa Wheeler reports that one parent hopes Donley is not on the list of host sites. 

At a special meeting that was not widely advertised, East Lansing's school board voted to take what could be a costly stand against a state law aimed at stopping abortion “referral” or “assistance” in schools. ELi's Karessa Wheeler reports.

The East Lansing Educational Foundation seeks nominations for its annual awards. The deadline to submit your nominee is October 18.

ELi’s Karessa Wheeler reports on the cancellation of classes at East Lansing High School due to a threatening email received by school administration officials early Tuesday.

Lots to report from East Lansing Public Schools' Board of Trustees' first meeting of the school year last night. ELi's Karessa Wheeler brings you up to speed.

The East Lansing Rotary Club and Foundation's annual golf outing to support high school scholarships will happen next Monday, Sept. 9, at Forest Akers West. Bob Page brings the details.

The first day of school at the newly constructed Donley Elementary will showcase a building with updates and upgrades galore for students, faculty, and staff. ELi reporter Mark Meyer and photographer Raymond Holt toured the building with Superintendent Dori Leyko to help capture an inside look.

Groundbreaking ceremonies at Whitehills and Pinecrest elementary schools generated plenty of afternoon excitement in anticipation of new building construction at both sites. ELi's Mark Meyer was on hand for both celebrations, amid flying sand and waving yellow plastic hard hats.