Bloomfield Hills School (BHS) survey open to all residents through May 2

BHS survey open to all residents through May 2 Survey

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MEAP Scores for Lahser and Andover

MEAP Scores for Lahser and Andover – Good Enough? All Scores Posted at Michigan Department of Education

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Bloomfield releases employee Social Security Numbers to public

District Exposes workers’ data Bloomfield Hills School District accidentally releases 321 Social Security numbers Dear BHSD Employees – Chris Fellin BHSD_Letter_to_Affected_Employees Bloomfield Hills schools lets private data slip Data security incident update from Betsy Erickson and Christine Barnett

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Save Great Teachers

Save Great Teachers

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“Race to the Top” Board Update – Board declines to apply for funds

01-17-10 O&E: Schools spurn Race to the Top money 01-08-10 NYT: Some Michigan Schools Won’t Join ‘Race to the Top’ 01-08-10 FREEP: Districts shun federal money 01-08-10 DFP: Some Oakland school districts opt out of Race to the Top grant Jan-7 the BHSD board decided to not apply for Federal Race to the Top funds.  [...]

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Giggle a Little :)

School Phone Recording

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Has District Checked in on Consolidated Schools?

This comes from “Some other issues to consider”: Has the district met with staff members from the consolidated schools to get an update on how things are progressing? To see if more can be done to ease the transition and ensure that students are being taken care of? Is there a plan to stop and [...]

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Why is school consolidation the only option at BHSD?

This comes from “Some other issues to consider”. If the district is in such financial trouble, why is it not considering a better teacher buy-out retirement offer (which has saved other districts MILLIONS) or creating a more efficient energy plan? Other districts are doing it and are saving a lot of money. Why is school [...]

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Is district blind to varied levels of diversity between schools?

This comes from “Some other issues to consider”. The district is pushing to improve the achievement gap, but is not taking into consideration the varied levels of diversity between schools. Clearly, there are some schools that are more diverse than others (racially, socioeconomically, special ed programs, ELL programs, gender numbers, etc.). Why are they being [...]

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Is BHSD Ready for the Swine Flu?

This question comes from “Some other issues to consider”. What is the district plan for an H1N1 outbreak? Currently, we have not been included in the Oakland County plan for district-wide vaccinations. Is there a plan to change that? What precautions (if any) are being taken by maintenance staff to minimize risk/spread in classrooms? Due [...]

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What’s the Truth?

Truth Says: October 30, 2009 at 9:21 am | Reply The B.H.S.D. staff has been instructed to not to post messages on the bhsforum. Not Exactly Says: October 30, 2009 at 10:56 am | Reply This was what Betsy Erikson sent the entire BHSD staff…. From: Erikson, Betsy Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 6:55 PM [...]

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BHSD Employees Forum

What’s on your mind? Any suggestions for a poll you’d like me to post? Blog Moderator needs some help here.  Lots of people viewing this, but very few comments.  Suggestions?

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Tenured Teacher Asks: Is Pine Lake or Lone Pine Better for Children?

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PSA Texting while Driving

Viewer discretion advised.  Crash details may be disturbing.

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