Former Exec Sounds Alarm Over Turmoil at Troubled Fresno TV Station
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A former top leader with Channel 18/ValleyPBS is urging community action to save the troubled Fresno-based public television station.
In a commentary published Wednesday in the Visalia Times Delta, longtime station executive Phyllis Brotherton expressed her “grave concern” over turmoil within the nonprofit that runs the station.
Phyllis Brotherton (via Twitter)
“I have observed from afar the dizzying exit of talented and experienced staff, including the CEO and CFO, fundraisers, producers, cameramen, engineers, marketers, education and children’s services providers, and other support staff, out the door, either fired or left of their own volition, because ‘they just couldn’t take it anymore,’ ” Brotherton wrote.
HOLLAND As part of the district’s ongoing superintendent search, Holland’s school board asked the community for input on qualities and traits they think are important in the next leader.
The board reviewed results of the community survey Tuesday, April 27, with search consultant Bob Herrera of the Michigan Association of School Boards.
Holland’s survey received 253 responses, similar to the number Zeeland had with its recent MASB survey.
Board members expressed some concern about the demographics of respondents not reflecting the demographics of the student body with about nine percent identifying as Hispanic or Latino and eight percent with a household income level of under $50,000, compared to 20 percent over $200,000.
HOLLAND Holland Public Schools has a timeline set to select a new superintendent. According to a search timeline posted Monday, April 12, the school board has identified June 1 for final interviews and a possible decision date.
The district has already started the process of gathering input from the community in the form of an online survey and stakeholder meetings.
There are community stakeholder meetings scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, April 14 and 15. A meeting for Spanish-speaking families is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday in addition to community meetings at 4 and 7 p.m. Thursday.
Community meetings will take place via Zoom, with links available on the district website. The meetings are being conducted by the Michigan Association of School Boards (MASB), the firm hired by the HPS Board of Education to facilitate its search.
A man in the US has sued the Detroit Police Department for arresting him after he was falsely accused of shoplifting based on a faulty facial recognition match.
Man Sues Detroit Police After Facial Recognition Error
Detroit police s reliance on facial recognition technology ended in the wrongful arrest and imprisonment of a man from Farmington Hills, Mich., and now he s suing the department in relation to the mistake. by Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press / April 14, 2021
Detroit police s reliance on facial recognition technology ended in the wrongful arrest and imprisonment of a
Farmington Hills man, and now he s suing.
Robert Williams
, 43, was falsely identified as a suspect in a theft investigation in which a man shoplifted from a Shinola store in
October 2018. Williams was arrested in front of his family on