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This Week in Grosse Pointe: May 14

There are several meetings and events in the Grosse Pointes this week. Here are a few of the highlights.

Here are a few highlights of events happening this week in the Grosse Pointes: 1. The Grosse Pointe Woods committee of the whole will meet beginning at 7:30 p.m. Monday. According to the agenda, the committee will discuss: 2. The Grosse Pointe Farms city council will meet beginning at 7 p.m. Monday. An agenda is not yet post on the Farms web site. 3. The Grosse Pointe Shores city council will meet Tuesday beginning at 7 p.m. According to the agenda, the council will discuss the following: 4. The City of Grosse Pointe will meet Monday beginning at 7 p.m. for its public hearing on the 2012/13 fiscal year budget. 5. The Grosse Pointe Park city council will meet Monday beginning at 7 p.m. According to the agenda, the council will discuss:

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House Hunt: 5 Open Houses Sunday, May 13

Realtors from the Grosse Pointes will show five houses Sunday in the Woods, the Farms and the City. The homes range in price from $144,500 to $760,000.

There are five homes for sale in the Grosse Pointes that will host open houses Sunday May 13, according to the weekly list from the Grosse Pointe Board of Realtors. The homes are in Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Farms and the City of Grosse Pointe. They range in price from $144,500 to $760,000. More than 160 homes in the Grosse Pointes have sold since Jan. 1 and realtors in the area say the market is stabilizing. The homes to be shown Sunday, May 13, are:

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GP Assistant Superintendent to Lead Clawson Schools

The Clawson school board voted unanimously to hire the Grosse Pointe Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Monique Beels to replace retiring Clawson Superintendent Cheryl Rogers.

The Clawson Board of Education voted Thursday night to hire Monique Beels as superintendent of the school district. Beels has been with Grosse Pointe Public Schools for two years as assistant superintendent for instructional curriculum, technology and assessment. Superintendent Cheryl Rogers announced in February that she would retire after five years of working in the district. Her retirement will be effective in June. Clawson board members met for about one hour Thursday to discuss the qualities, experience, references and school community feedback on Beels and finalist Gerald Jennex, who is superintendent of Capac Community Schools. About 20 people attended the meeting and applauded the board after it voted for Beels. Neither Beels or …

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Why is Mom Special? Share Photos, Story: Win!

We want to see your photos and read your stories of mom, grandma, foster mother or other significant mother figure in your life. You might win her a nice prize!

MDE Plans for New Online-Based Assessments

The Michigan Department of Education will implement the changes for the 2014-2015 school year.

Paper and pencil for statewide tests will soon be a thing of the past for Michigan students as they prepare to take a new online assessment detailed during a roundtable Monday by the Michigan Department of Education. The exam will replace the standardized MEAP and MME assessments in math, reading and writing, beginning during the 2014-2015 school year. The MEAP and MME assessments will still be given in science and social studies. But unlike the tests students are used to, the new statewide exam will not have a common set of questions. Subsequent questions will be determined based on how a student answers the previous one. A correct answer yields a harder one. An incorrect responds yields a easier question. The goal is to have students get…

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Last Chance: South's Phantom of the Opera

Grosse Pointe South High School's last performances of the Phantom of the Opera are this week.

Grosse Pointe South High School's last performances of the Phantom of the Opera are this week: Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Phantom has more than 100 students involved in its production. Approximately 60 on are stage, 20 in the pit and other behind-the-scene roles. Tickets may be purchased through the choir's website, gpsouthchoir.org or by calling 432-3638. The show is performed at the Grosse Pointe Performing Arts Center, which is located on the campus of Grosse Pointe North High School. Performances include:

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This Week in Grosse Pointe: April 23

Here are a few highlights of important events scheduled this week in the Grosse Pointes.

There are a variety of events and meetings scheduled for this week in the Grosse Pointes. Here are a few of the highlights: 1. The City of Grosse Pointe is hosting a workshop for the public related to its upcoming update of the master plan. The workshop begins at 7 p.m. at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial and will feature an overview of the current city zoning and uses by the city planner. The public will then be broken into smaller groups where residents, business owners and others can provide feedback to help city officials in re-writing the master plan. 2. The Grosse Pointe Public School Board will meet at Grosse Pointe North High School beginning at 7 p.m. Monday. According to the agenda, the board will discuss: There will also be an …

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