The restrooms at Mason, Richard and South schools will be renovated after the Grosse Pointe Public School board approved bids Monday.
The restrooms of three schools will undergo renovations as part of a long-term capital project to update the older schools with Grosse Pointe Public School system. The school board approved the renovations for Mason and Richard elementaries and South High School Monday. The elementary schools are in phase one of the project and South is in phase three of the project. The renovations include the remodeling of both boys and girls restrooms in certain areas of the schools, new tile, plumbing, painting and flooring, according to the proposals presented to the board. The board awarded to the project for both elementaries to CAASTI Contracting Services, Inc., which was the lower bidder on both, and to NACE for South, which was also the lower …
In this Article:
Richard Elementary School was placed on a lock-in Thursday while Grosse Pointe Farms police searched for a man who broke into a business on the Hill. The man was not found.
The same man Grosse Pointe Farms police believe is responsible for a break-in last month made a re-appearance Thursday on the Hill, according to an alert sent to the community. A business owner happened upon the man going through her purse and confronted him, spurring him to run. The man ran out of the business and into the bank drive through area Thursday, according to the alert. Responding officers, who arrived within less than a minute, searched the area but could not find him. It is believed he may have left the Hill in a car, according to the alert. Police alerted Richard school officials about the search and recent crime and the school was placed on lock-in mode, which means no one is able to access the building and the children are…
In this Article:
A 16-year-old teenager who strenuously resisted being arrested earlier this week will face charges in the Wayne County Juvenile Court related to selling marijuana and battering two officers.
The 16-year-old Grosse Pointe Farms resident arrested this week for selling marijuana on Richard Elementary School grounds following a chase and altercation with an officer will go through the Wayne County Juvenile system, Grosse Pointe Farms Detective John Walko said. Arrested Monday afternoon near Cottage Hospital on the Hill, the teenager refused to follow repeated commands given to him by more than one officer and fought strenuously being put into handcuffs. He was eventually taken into custody and officers found he had 24 grams of marijuana in a glass jar. He had sold 1/8 of an ounce to another teenager from Grosse Pointe Park for $40--a transaction witnessed by a woman near the school who called police. Following his arrest, the …
In this Article:
The teacher, who is represented by an attorney, will appeal the board's decision to the Michigan Department of Education Tenure Commission.
A Pierce Middle School social studies teacher has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of a hearing before the Michigan Tenure Commission in his attempt to fight the Grosse Pointe Public School Board's unanimous decision to terminate him through tenure charges. Ernest Kalina, who also lives in the Grosse Pointes, has been with the district for 27 years. He first taught at Richard Elementary and later moved to Pierce Middle School, according to records requested from the school district. His suspension followed an incident in his classroom in which he is accused of throwing a shoe at a student, Grosse Pointe Education Association President Ranae Beyerlein said. Additional details about the circumstances of the shoe throwing are not…
In this Article:
11:07 am on Sunday, September 25, 2011
How are either of the above comments which you flagged NOT relevant to the issue? As a journalist, they are questions you should have asked: why is a 2003 evaluation still being referenced and does his salary have anything to do with increased evaluation? more ›
GP For Life
1:13 pm on Monday, January 28, 2013
That could be a procedural thing, as commenting too freely on an open investigation is generally considered poor form. more ›