Coalition for Responsible Schools for All Students

Editor’s note: The following letter was submitted by Albert Berriz, the treasurer of Citizens for a Responsible Washtenaw, which opposed the countywide school enhancement millage on last Tuesday’s ballot.

First of all, thank you!

(Tuesday) night was the first step in ensuring the future of our public schools in Washtenaw County.

You have done great work, and made [...]

The recent school millage election shows that everything has shifted and real questions are finally being asked:

• What is the role of the MEA in funding candidates, in taking over school boards, in running public education in Michigan?

• Why do we not have competitive health insurance bidding that would provide quality health insurance at a [...]

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We are the new PAC formed by the leaders of the former Citizens for Responsible School Spending. 

The objectives of the Coalition are:

Transform local public schools into world-class leaders in public education by developing an educational model that is student-centered, sustainable and transferable to other communities.
Advocate for reform in [...]

Two mills is too much for all but the most fortunate in our community.  I urge you to Vote NO on the millage proposal.  However, more important than how you vote is how you make the decision regarding this millage and future decisions in your personal and professional life.

 In Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, What the [...]

If only we had listened then…but alas, here we are still…

This is a copied version of a guest editorial submitted to the Ann Arbor News in 2006 by financial analyst and consultant John L. Boyle.  (The original was in scanned format and not very legible, but is in the paper’s files.) 

Because of its relevance to [...]

The Politics of Education: Kathy Griswold On Why the Proposed WISD Millage Should Be Defeated

The Ann Arbor Citizens for Responsible School Spending Web site at www.A2CRSS.org tallies the amount each of the county’s 10 public school districts would receive from the proposed WISD millage. The site reveals that the recently negotiated teacher salary freeze in [...]

Mr. Tony Dearing
Ms. Laurel Champion
AnnArbor.Com

Dear Tony and Laurel;

Please permit me the opportunity to express my opinion on the proposed WISD Millage on the ballot, and why I will vote NO!

A.) THE ISSUE: It is about responsible spending not about taxes. If it were true this millage would [...]

Hello David Jesse,
 
First let me say that I have been actively involved with the AAPS for years.  I have served on AAPS committees, RAC, PTOC, my children’s school organizations, volunteered, etc.  I have 3 children who attend AAPS schools.  There are many troubling facts regarding this millage that have made me decide not to support [...]