Lansing School District

• Elizabeth Peck, By Her Next Friend Mark Peck, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lansing School District, Defendant-Appellant., 148 F.3d 619 (6th Cir. 1998)

Michael L. Bevins (briefed), Sharon L. LaPointe (argued and briefed), Beekman & LaPointe, Okemos, MI, for Defendant-Appellant. Jonathan E. Maire (argu...

• Federal Circuits

• Library Remains Strong Despite Changes

The Lansing School District had announced it would close the Downtown Lansing library at Kalamazoo Street and Capitol Avenue by the end of 1997 without a regionalism plan, according to newspaper accounts from that period in the Lansing State Journal. Supporters of the district library system claimed the combined entity would allow for longer hours, new technology and larger book sections, Redman said.

• Greater Lansing Business Monthly
• Vol. 21 Nbr. 6, June 2008

• Hazel Green Southwestern School has New Principal

A Lansing, Iowa, native is the new Southwestern School District elementary/middle school principal. John Costello replaces Carmen Burkum, who resigned to take the elementary school principal position in Fennimore.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• October 04, 2011

• Michigan Chamber of Commerce Supports Fiscal Accountability; Retaining Public Act 4

LANSING, Mich., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Michigan Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has voted unanimously to support retaining Michigan's Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act, Public Act 4 of 2011. The Chamber believes repeal of this law would severely hinder state government's effort to improve the fiscal health of local governments and public schools. The state of Michigan is well on its way to economic recovery, but some local communities are still struggling financially," said Rich Studley, President & CEO of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. "The purpose of Public Act 4, often referred to as the state's emergency manager law, is to encourage fiscal responsibility and to prevent city or school district bankruptcies.

• U.S. Newswire
• April 30, 2012

• The Place to Be Seen

When his wife got a job teaching in the Lansing School District, Tim became a stay-at-home dad for about ten years, during which time he did freelance artwork, wrote art columns for "What's On" in the Lansing State Journal, and became increasingly involved in the local art scene. [...] to date the space is not self-sufficient, although one of their goals is to become so through additional fundraising efforts, and increased sales and rentals in order to reduce the city's subsidy.

• Greater Lansing Business Monthly
• Vol. 22 Nbr. 2, February 2009

• Middle School Official Fatally Shoots Two, Then Kills Himself

BLACKMAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A school administrator shot to death his ex-wife's boyfriend and another man, and wounded a third person before turning the gun on himself, police said. Michigan State Police identified the shooter as Anthony Dixon, 34, of Holt. Dixon was the assistant principal at Gardner Middle School in the Lansing School District.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• December 28, 2006

• ARAMARK's Breakfast Programs Jump-start Students' Minds and Metabolisms.

...school children skip breakfast, a problem that medical ex... the country, is helping its school district partners offer breakfast through innovative progra...Lansing School District (MI) . Lansing School District and...

• Business Wire
• March 01, 2010

• Teachers Battle Nea Over Politics ; Some State Affiliates Make It Difficult for Objectors to Redirect Dues

State affiliates of the National Education Association, a sponsor of last weekend's pro-choice March for Women's Lives, are fighting members who have invoked federal antidiscrimination laws against the union's use of their dues to support abortion, contraception and homosexuality. Shawn Austin, a part-time school-transportation secretary in Saranac Community Schools District near Lansing, Mich., was ordered to appear before a four-member local union committee yesterday to convince fellow NEA members of her "bona fide religious-objector status.

• The Washington Times
• April 27, 2004

• Assistant Principal Kills 2, Then Commits Suicide

BLACKMAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A school administrator shot to death his ex-wife's boyfriend and another man, and wounded a third person before turning the gun on himself Saturday night, police said. Michigan State Police identified the shooter as Anthony Dixon, 34, of Holt. Dixon was the assistant principal at Gardner Middle School in the Lansing School District.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• December 25, 2006

• Schools Need More Social Workers

If all that schools had to worry about these days was setting common standards for the curriculum and agreeing on how to measure student progress and teacher effectiveness, our national educational picture would be downright rosy. But add in the social problems that are increasingly challenging students and the shortage of school social workers - usually the only resource dedicated to helping students with personal concerns - and you're looking at another major, but rarely noticed, education issue.

... courses for students and make school districts codify a comprehensive policy on anti-bullying and...Philip Barker, a Lansing School District social worker and president of the...

• Press Telegram
• December 12, 2010