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Ty’s Responses to the Traverse City Record-Eagle For Story On TCAPS School Board Candidates
*UPDATE*: My responses were added to the story’s online version. My responses were left out of today’s Traverse City Record-Eagle story on the candidates for our school board. Here they are: How do you think the district should respond to conflicts with parents over cultural issues like book bans, religion in classrooms, and LGBTQ+ rights?…
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3 Important Issues Facing Traverse City Area Public Schools
Prior to interviews with the Traverse City Educators Association and Michigan Educators Association, school board candidates were asked to submit responses to several questions. One question was, “What do you see as the three most important issues facing Traverse City Area Public Schools?” Here’s my answer. One: Declining Enrollment We’re down 75 kids this year…
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On Mission-Based Budgeting & Decision Making at Traverse City Area Public Schools
Last week, I sent this email to the community as a heads-up about a special Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) school board meeting that was called the night before (four days before school was to start). The Traverse City Record-Eagle followed up with a great story about that meeting in last Sunday’s paper. In…
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