Campus corgi dies, grassy lot for sale asking for close to $600,000: Ann Arbor headlines April 24-29
Updated Apr 30, 7:40 AM;
Posted Apr 30, 7:40 AM
Reggie the Campus Corgi, makes an appearance at the University of Michigan Diag and Michigan Union on Wednesday, October 4, 2017. His Facebook page has more than 2,800 friends. Melanie Maxwell | The Ann Arbor News ANN ARBOR NEWSANN ARBOR NEWS
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Here are some headlines you might have missed this week.
Reggie the Campus Corgi swam in the Pacific Ocean, hiked through Zion National Park and flew on airplanes across the country.
There was no place he was happier, though, than walking through the University of Michigan campus to brighten the days of students and staff alike, Reggie’s owner Michael P. Sola said.
Ann Arbor Public Schools doesn’t renew contract of Lawton Elementary principal who sued district
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
Lawton Elementary Principal Shannon Blick addresses the Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education during a hearing to not renew her contract as an administrator. The board voted unanimously to not renew the contract of Blick.Image provided | AAPS
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ANN ARBOR, MI - Ann Arbor Public Schools will not renew the contract of Shannon Blick, the Lawton Elementary Principal who filed a lawsuit against the district and has been on a paid leave of absence for nearly two years.
School officials could be subpoenaed for Ann Arbor janitor’s restitution hearing
Updated 1:25 PM;
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ANN ARBOR, MI – A hearing will determine how much restitution an Ann Arbor Public Schools janitor at the center of allegations in a lawsuit filed by an elementary school principal will need to pay as part of a no contest plea in a case alleging he stole nearly $25,000 from the district.
Willie Joe Johnson, 63, of Belleville, is scheduled for a restitution hearing on June 17 in Washtenaw County district court after a sentencing hearing he attended Thursday, April 22 was adjourned.
If an amount is agreed upon during the restitution hearing, a sentencing could follow immediately afterward, Judge Karen Quinlan Valvo said. Johnson’s attorney and the prosecution currently are trying to determine an appropriate amount of restitution Johnson needs to pay, in addition to the length of his probation term.
Spiders close library, in-person learning returns: Ann Arbor top headlines Feb. 20-25
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Here is that headline and some more you might have missed this week.
The University of Michigan’s Shapiro Undergraduate Library was temporarily closed after venomous spiders were found in the building.
Three Mediterranean recluse spiders were found in the library’s basement storage areas in late January, university spokeswoman Kim Broekhuizen said. The spiders were not in any public spaces, Broekhuizen said, and the library was closed on Sunday, Feb. 21, and Monday, Feb. 22.
Ann Arbor Public Schools students will begin returning to the classroom in a hybrid learning format beginning March 25.
Judge dismisses several claims in Ann Arbor school principal’s lawsuit
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
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ANN ARBOR, MI - Claims that an Ann Arbor Public Schools principal’s placement on leave was racially discriminatory have been dismissed from a lawsuit filed against the district and several of its administrators.
Judge Davis, however, did not dismiss Blick’s claim alleging violation of her First Amendment right to free speech, petition and assembly against the district and the lawsuit’s defendants.
Blick, who is white, ultimately failed to provide sufficient facts to show she suffered an adverse employment action, Davis said in her ruling.