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50% of Traverse City’s opportunity 3rd graders are not proficient in reading
50% (229)* of our at-risk opportunity 3rd graders (452)** are not proficient in reading. Are we doing everything we can to help our kids who are furthest from opportunity succeed? Solutions We (our community) can do a better job of helping all of our kids succeed by: - Leveraging best practice policies to close the…
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Ty For TCAPS: Top Vote Getter in Board of Education Election
Thanks to a wonderful campaign team and fantastic community support, I am honored to have been the top vote-getter in the 2024 TCAPS Board of Education election. I am grateful for this opportunity and excited to work for our Traverse City area kids while focusing on my campaign priorities. READY TO SERVE IN A NEW WAY I believe in…
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Opportunity: 42% of Traverse City’s 3rd graders are not proficient in reading
42% of our 3rd graders are not proficient in reading*. On a state level, the gap between economically challenged kids and those who are not is around 30 percentage points (I haven’t seen TCAPS data on this but I expect similar challenges here). Student achievement equity is a critical issue Our recent study sessions on…
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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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