Community Foundation Giving Out More Than $100,000 In Grants
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Community Foundation Giving Out More Than $100,000 In Grants
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May 11, 2021
The latest round of For Good Grants, totaling more than $100,000, has been announced by the Berrien Community Foundation. President Lisa Cripps-Downey tells WSJM News the BCF is continuing the For Ever Operational Sustainability Grants that were started last year in response to the pandemic.
“As we looked this year, we saw that there was still a need for that,” Cripps-Downey said. “Some of our organizations still just need basic operational support so they can hang on and continue to provide services during this time.”
Some of those grants are aimed at arts groups, like the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra and Shadowland on Silver Beach. The For Good Grants are also, in many cases, pandemic-related. For example, Cripps-Downey says St. Joseph Today is a recipient as many downtown businesses struggle to support the usual summer activities.
March 9, 2021
The average teacher salary in Michigan was up in 2019-20 for the second year in a row, rising to $63,553.
In the 2018-19 school year, the average pay was $62,170, up from $61,908 in 2017-18.
But that doesn’t mean every teacher in Michigan got a pay raise, and statewide averages aren’t a very useful lens for examining the overall teacher compensation landscape in this state.
For example, Liza Parkinson is on the Utica Community Schools payroll as a teacher, but her real full-time job is as president of the local teachers union. Parkinson gets paid by the district but is on a full-time release to the union, meaning she teaches no classes and instead spends all her work time on union business.