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John Kingsnorth, Superintendent
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February 14, 2008 In The Loop
In This Issue;
- Packer Backers purchase
- Congratulations to Midwinter Court
- Girls Basketball statistics
- Governor’s School Aid proposal
- Middle School Girls sports
Packer Backers purchase scoring system for the pool
By Rick St. Peter
Good morning PBer's! FYI. We are pleased to announce that Packer Backers has agreed to purchase a new electronic scoreboard for the swimming program. This state-of-art board has all the 'bells and whistles', is upgradeable, expandable, and also displays dive scores at the touch of a button. Its program is linked statewide instantly with all other venues, and we have agreed to purchase a new laptop to go with it. Pretty cool, eh. A very fun new toy for $10,300. That was the somewhat painful part for our bank account, but much needed and well worth it. Now all I have to do is buy that new fridge today, and then I think we have spent enough for this week! :) Have a good one.
Rick
Congratulations to our Midwinter Court:
Midwinter festivities took place last week with the crowning of our court. Congratulations high school students for the great week and to the court members:
King & Queen is Xue Lao & Lisa Berens
Prince & Princess is Dustin Runions & Alyssa Welch
Girls Basketball statistics
By Coach Moon
Click here to view basketball scores
Govenor’s School Aid proposal
School Aid
The School Aid budget supports Michigan’s K-12 public education system with funding or basic operations, school readiness programs, and tools necessary to prepare students for tomorrow’s workforce. The Governor’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2009 recommends total funding of $13.5 billion, $11.9 billion of state funds and nearly $1.6 billion of federal funds. In addition, schools are estimated to receive nearly $4.1 billion from local property tax revenues.
Highlights of the Governor’s Budget Recommendation for School Aid
- Increases per pupil funding for schools funded at the minimum foundation level by $216, a 3 percent increase. Those districts with foundation allowances between the minimum and the maximum will receive a pro-rated increase depending on how large the gap is between their foundation allowance and the maximum. All K-12 districts will receive an increase of at least $108 per pupil.
- Authorizes $300 million in bond revenues to help districts replace large, impersonal high schools that have low academic achievement and high dropout rates with small high schools that use strong personal relationships, consistent discipline, and real-world relevance to help at-risk students achieve high academic goals. Related debt-service costs of $32 million are appropriated.
- Increases funding for Great Start preschool programs by $31.5 million to fund preschool opportunities for an additional 7,000 children, to increase Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC) local collaborative grants, and for innovation grants that focus on improving the educational quality of early childhood settings.
- Dedicates nearly $1.5 billion for children in need of special education services; targets over $850 million to aid children academically at risk; provides nearly $365 million for school meal programs; and increases funding for adolescent teen health centers to a total of $5.7 million.
- Increases funding by $4.3 million to continue the development of a seamless student data system that links preschool and higher education data to existing K-12 data, as well as upgrades to the educational personnel data system.
- Provides $1.9 million so that intermediate school districts can provide technical assistance to Michigan’s high priority schools.
- Provides $1.0 million in competitive matching grants for teams of high school students who participate in FIRST Robotics competitions and increases funding for Advanced and Accelerated programs to a total of $1.0 million.
Highlights of Fiscal Year 2008 Supplemental Recommendation
- The Governor proposes an additional $4.7 million to correct a funding shortfall in the Great Start Readiness Program; increases school loan revolving fund debt service by $2.0 million; provides $1.3 million to assist sparsely populated districts in the Upper Peninsula; increases funding for student testing by $600,000; and restores funding for the First Robotics Program.
A full copy of the governor’s proposal in bill form is available at http://michigan.gov/documents/School_Aid_84261_7.pdf.
Middle School Girls Sports
By Middle School office staff
Sports: The 8th grade volleyball White Team beat Tri-County last night 21 - 12, 21 - 8, and 21 - 7. The leading servers were Starla Nurmi with 12, Ilyon Flaquel with 9, Annie Niquette with 8.
The seventh grade girl's volleyball team started their season by defeating Tri-County in a pair of matches yesterday. Leading the way for the Lady Packers were: Ashley Taylor, Deanna Runions, Sam Bordeaux, Haley Twigg, Chelsea Braafhart, and Shelby Karnemaat. Great job, girls!
The 8th grade volleyball Red Team beat Tri-County 21 - 8, 21 - 9, and 21 - 18. The leading servers for the red team were McKenze Supernaw with 11, Cara Gerth with 6, Zoe Harmon and April McBride each had 5 and Arielle Gustman finished with 4.
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John D. Kingsnorth
Superintendent
Fremont Public Schools
(231) 924-2350
jkingsnorth@fremont.net