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.
The laws require schools to consider certain circumstances like a student’s age and disciplinary history before issuing suspensions or expulsions. In addition, the laws require schools to consider an approach called “restorative practices” (RP) as a disciplinary alternative for serious offenses, and they encourage schools to consider RP for lesser offenses, including bullying.
While some school administrators will interpret the word “consider” as just a brief, passing thought – opening themselves to challenges from parents and advocacy groups to show evidence of good faith in their considerations – others will want to embrace the opportunity to improve their school’s culture and climate with a solid implementation of RP.
April 6, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com
A Brighton Township man has been bound over for trial on attempted murder charges after authorities say he tried to electrocute his wife and poison his kids.
35-year old Bradley James Crainer was arrested last September after the Livingston County Sheriffâs Office determined that he had opened a natural gas line inside his vacant home in a failed attempt to destroy it. The investigation further revealed that he placed what was called an âinjurious substanceâ into a family memberâs meal that caused that person to become temporarily ill. That substance was revealed to be Benadryl he allegedly mixed into a smoothie for his wife and children, and later a glass of wine he urged his wife to drink.
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BPS superintendent resigns after medical leave
Mark Dziatczak
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BIRMINGHAM It’s been about five months since Birmingham Public Schools Superintendent Mark Dziatczak said he would step away from his role for an extended medical leave but didn’t share many more details than that.
But extended leave has turned permanent, as Dziatczak officially resigned as superintendent, according to the BPS Board of Education.
It was during the board’s regular meeting Feb. 23 that they accepted Dziatczak’s resignation, effective immediately.
Dziatczak could not be reached for comment before the Eagle’s press time. He shared a prepared statement regarding his resignation.