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Education Beat: Flint Schools adopt initiatives to retain students, boost test scores, improve graduation rate
10+ hour, 15+ min ago (912+ words) Apr 14, 2026 | Features, Local News By Harold C. Ford At the March 18, 2026 meeting of the Flint Board of Education (FBOE), initiatives were launched to address the school district's ongoing loss of students, lagging standardized test scores, and the district's approximate 50% graduation rate....
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Education Beat: Flint Schools in February saw revised plan for Flint Central, new playgrounds, and investigation into "felony charges
4+ week, 8+ hour ago (1173+ words) Mar 17, 2026 | Features, Local News By Harold C. Ford After numerous starts and stops toward reopening the deteriorated Flint Central-Whittier campus " shuttered in 2009 " a revised redesign plan was announced at the FBOE's Feb. 18 meeting. The plan will preserve a few more elements…...
Education Beat: Months-long church-state controversy leads to unanimous adoption of unifying statement by Mott College board
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1079+ words) Mar 8, 2026 | Features, Local News By Harold C. Ford A church-state controversy lasting four months at Mott Community College (MCC) " centering on charges of religious proselytizing by its president, Shaunda Richardson-Snell " morphed into a unifying statement unanimously adopted by the MCC Board of…...
Education Beat: Familiar leadership team for Flint Board of Education in 2026
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (588+ words) Feb 18, 2026 | Features, Local News There were no surprises at the annual organizational meeting of the Flint Board of Education (FBOE) on Jan. 21, 2026. The four executive officers that presided over the FBOE in 2025 will continue in their leadership roles into 2026." Joyce…...
Education Beat: Flint Schools continue to face student enrollment, test score challenges
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1001+ words) Jan 21, 2026 | Analysis, Features, Local News By Harold C. Ford Heading into the new year, Flint Community Schools (FCS) remains troubled by declining student enrollment and low standardized test scores." "We're going to have to look at enrollment," said a chagrined Joyce…...
Opinion: Demolishing our past isn't the only way to move Flint Central forward
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (432+ words) Jan 17, 2026 | Commentary, Editorials, Features By Ashly Harris and Ezekiel Harris Since the closure of Flint Central High School in 2009, our community has discussed what it would take to bring this site back to life " the beating heart of a reviving…...
Mott Community College president issues statement after weekend shooting on campus
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (274+ words) Jan 12, 2026 | Features, Local News, News Briefs Mott Community College (MCC) president Shaunda Richardson-Snell has issued a statement following a shooting on campus over the weekend. The shooting, according to an MCC press release on January 10, 2026, took place on Saturday at around…...
The East Village Magazine " December 2025
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (103+ words) In our December 2025 edition, Paul Rozycki reflects on a year of national political turmoil. Harold C. Ford reports the approved plan to open a reimagined Flint Central High School. Daniel Vela sha" The East Village Magazine " December 2025 In our December 2025 edition,…...
Education Beat: Board of Ed. confirms design, plans for Fall 2028 reopening of Flint Central High School
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (1264+ words) Dec 15, 2025 | Features, Local News By Harold C. Ford Over the course of two recent meetings, the Flint Board of Education (FBOE), unanimously adopted a design and timeline toward reopening the long-abandoned and deteriorating Central-Whittier campus at 601 Court St. by the fall…...