Jon Dean is the new GPPSS superintendent
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FARMS Jon Dean, deputy superintendent for the Grosse Pointe Public School System, was appointed superintendent at a special board meeting held May 12 at Brownell Middle School in Grosse Pointe Farms.
The school board voted 4-3 to name Dean superintendent.
Board President Joseph Herd, Vice President Margaret Weertz, Secretary Christopher Lee and Treasurer Colleen Worden voted in favor of appointing Dean.
Trustees Lisa Papas, David Brumbaugh and Ahmed Ismail voted against the measure. Papas and Brumbaugh were in favor of selecting the second finalist, Stephen Bigelow, current Bay City Public Schools superintendent, but the vote on that motion failed 5-2.
School board prepares to appoint new superintendent
Grosse Pointe Public School System Superintendent Gary Niehaus announced his retirement during a Sept. 14 board meeting held in a virtual format.
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GROSSE POINTES The Grosse Pointe Public School System Board of Education is on its way to naming a new superintendent.
The school board plans to appoint the district’s new top administrator May 12 after conducting final interviews May 11-12.
On April 28, the school board had narrowed the field of candidates down to two: Jon Dean, deputy superintendent for GPPSS, and Stephen Bigelow, Bay City Public Schools superintendent. School officials provided background information on both candidates on the district’s website at www.gpschools.org.
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Ali Guenther said she was lying awake in bed recently when the idea to bring back a COVID-friendly way to celebrate senior year came to her.
“I was like, ‘We should have a car parade,’” said the 18-year-old, soon to be a Port Huron Northern graduate.
“‘How did you even go about starting it?’” Ali recalled asking. “And she was like, ‘Girl, make a Facebook page. People will join it.’”
And they did. As of early last week, nearly 250 had RSVP’d to the May 22 celebration, which will follow Port Huron’s traditional parade route through the city’s downtown ending at Pine Grove Park.
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