http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/The latest news and notes on schools and education in the Jackson, Michigan area.enFri, 18 Sep 2009 13:35:53 PDTMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noThe latest news and notes on schools and education in the Jackson, Michigan area.citpat_takingnoteshttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/iSM2sbh2UB0/agenda_for_mondays_jackson_pub.htmlJackson Public Schoolsccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:35:53 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3657456 ]]>I'll try to post these more often. Here is the JPS board meeting agenda. When: 6 p.m. Monday Where: Jackson High School library Download agenda Check out tomorrow's CitPat for a preview of Monday's meeting....http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/09/agenda_for_mondays_jackson_pub.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/rNftiPNpNAY/challenge_day_contact_informat.htmlMiscellaneousccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:33:00 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3657417 ]]>If anyone would like to donate time or money to upcoming Challenge Days for local students, contact Catherine at, Catherine.brechtelsbauer@jcisd.org. Here is a story I wrote on the event last year....http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/09/challenge_day_contact_informat.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/4uBk8G0FoaU/jackson_public_school_puts_bon.htmlJackson Public Schoolsccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:21:54 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3548099 ]]>Some readers have asked for information on the upcoming Jackson Public Schools bond to be posted on the district's Web site. Today, it was posted. It's in bright yellow. You can't miss it....http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/09/jackson_public_school_puts_bon.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/UXknx6PzgfU/in_the_classroom_feature_retur.htmlIn The Classroomccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:17:51 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3497584 ]]>Our weekly feature highlighting the achievements and happenings in Jackson-area schools returns Sept. 14. And we'd like your help. Please send information on your ideas or scheduled events to lead education reporter, Claire Cummings, at ccummings@citpat.com. It is helpful if...http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/08/in_the_classroom_feature_retur.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/uGS8gHngD70/obama_answers_questions_from_a.htmlEducation issues & trendsccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:51:40 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3437000 ]]>http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/08/obama_answers_questions_from_a.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/0tUARtfRKOM/jackson_community_college_hous.htmlJackson Community Collegeccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:24:41 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3418678 ]]>Here are three commercials by JCC promoting its second on-campus housing facility:...http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/08/jackson_community_college_hous.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/Yyg4R5QHed8/proposed_jackson_learning_lab.htmlMackinac Center for Public Policyccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:33:23 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3377603 ]]>We've written a couple articles about Jackson Learning Lab, a new charter middle/high school in the works for Jackson. Charter introduction Charter gets grant Charter application denied Today, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy published an article featuring the school's...http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/08/proposed_jackson_learning_lab.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/FrPOxkWb_x8/breaking_news_leslie_teachers.htmlLeslie schoolsccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:09:02 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3376443 ]]>Here is the press release: Download file...http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/08/breaking_news_leslie_teachers.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/jaf4jp9TntY/leslie_recall_petitions_signat.htmlLeslie schoolsccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:06:09 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3376243 ]]>The Onondaga resident who collected signatures to recall two board members has informed me that he exceeded the 700 required signatures for each person -- Pat Fogg and Bill Myers. But the Ingham County Clerk's office just told me it...http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/08/leslie_recall_petitions_signat.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/QxvQEHGC6L8/jackson_public_schools_board_m_1.htmlJackson Public Schoolsccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:36:05 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3360593 ]]>Jackson Public Schools board meeting: 6 p.m. Monday at the Jackson High School Library Here's the agenda Download file...http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/07/jackson_public_schools_board_m_1.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/zIVi2LNbSE8/community_colleges_might_have.htmlJackson Community Collegeccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:06:00 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3359247 ]]>Community Colleges might have recently been elevated as a silver lining in this stormy economy. But the institutions often mocked as "Grade 13" might be given a dose of comedy this fall that isn't likely to further their reputations anytime...http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/07/community_colleges_might_have.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/utDIbwOdhmk/jackson_public_schools_arts_an.htmlJackson Public Schoolsccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:39:59 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3331912 ]]>Interested in the new Jackson Public Schools arts and music school? There is a meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Frost Elementary library, 1226 S Wisner St....http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/07/jackson_public_schools_arts_an.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/FObJFHb67yg/follow_me_on_twitter_1.htmlMiscellaneousccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:24:11 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3316277 ]]>Add me to your Twitter page (clairecummings) for updates on Jackson-area schools....http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/07/follow_me_on_twitter_1.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/WukpdUESzTc/one_shakespere_festival_actor.htmlJackson Community Collegeccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:05:39 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3303390 ]]>When Ed. Simone attended St. Bonaventure University in New York as a student a few decades ago, it wasn't uncommon to live in a dorm room with a roommate and a bathroom down the hall. "Really college wasn't any different...http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/07/one_shakespere_festival_actor.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/XBCUwjdhdL8/what_would_spring_arbor_univer.htmlSpring Arbor Universityccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:20:42 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3303078 ]]>On the heels of the anniversary of the first moon landing, Spring Arbor University has debuted a virtual campus tour that allows users to change the landscape from traditional to lunar to Egyptian (The site doesn't offer why it created...http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/07/what_would_spring_arbor_univer.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/iDxSWJGzyNM/graduation_rates_mixed_but_man.htmlMiscellaneousccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:22:33 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3198115 ]]>UPDATE: I somehow forgot to include Concord in the original story. I sincerely apologize. And as a recent correction indicates, Concord did, in fact, have the highest graduation rate in 2008 among Jackson-area schools. (The PDF below is also updated)...http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/07/graduation_rates_mixed_but_man.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/dO5UNyOMVPA/cutting_scholarship_money_is_o.htmlSchool Fundingccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:43:15 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.3025760 ]]>Lawmakers in a state Senate subcommittee tossed out one way Tuesday to help pare down a projected budget shortfall of at least $1.8 billion next year: Stop promising college scholarship money. The Michigan Promise scholarship awards up to $4,000 for...http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/06/cutting_scholarship_money_is_o.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/SzDAr6WRDEY/prodigy_magnet_school.htmlJackson Public Schoolsccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:28:16 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.2938719 ]]>You may recall the last story we wrote about Jackson Public Schools' new arts and music magnet school said the school had not been named. But a radio spot and postcards were recently sent out with the name "Prodigy Magnet...http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/06/prodigy_magnet_school.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/BEu53rREvHA/why_we_wrote_about_ta_wilson_a.htmlJackson Public Schoolsccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:12:00 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.2931598 ]]>For those who stuck it out all five days of our series on T.A. Wilson Academy, thank you. For those who have questioned the existence of these stories, allow me to explain the origins of this series....http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/06/why_we_wrote_about_ta_wilson_a.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citpat_takingnotes/~3/pxWkPZB3gVw/miller_elementary_goes_emerald.htmlColumbia Schoolsccummings@citpat.com (Claire Cummings | Jackson Citizen Patriot)Wed, 13 May 2009 13:52:07 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/taking_notes//1657.2756027 ]]>You've heard (a lot) about going green. But students at Miller Elementary have been working hard to become "emerald." The school was recently the only one in the county to be designated as an "Emerald School," a step above green,...http://blog.mlive.com/taking_notes/2009/05/miller_elementary_goes_emerald.htmlnonadult