The school day start and end times for Sarah Banks Middle School and Pleasant Lake Elementary School in the Walled Lake Consolidated School District will be changing in the 2012-2013 school year. Superintendent Ken Gutman told district parents in a letter that this change is to “align transportation and streamline timing for maximum efficiency.” Sarah Banks Middle School’s start time will change by eight minutes. Instead of starting at 7:30 a.m., school will begin at [...]

Huron Valley Schools is in the process of changing specifications for food purchased and menu planning to comply with the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The changes will be rolled out for the 2012-13 school year. Food Services Supervisor Joan Steele informed the Huron Valley Schools Board of Education of the changes and the department’s strategies on Thursday, April 19. “Most of the changes are effective July 1 but some of the changes [...]

Two lakes area robotics teams will be competing beginning today, Wednesday, April 25 through Sunday, April 29 at the world championship in St. Louis, Missouri. Waterford Township Kettering High School’s FIRST robotics team, Team 3098, competed at the Michigan Championship Tournament held Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15 in Ypsilanti. The team placed eighth in the state. Huron Valley Schools’ Heroes of Tomorrow (HOT) Robotics team was crowned the victors at the state tournament, [...]

For the second time in less than three months, the West Bloomfield School District was forced to cancel school last week after a number of its school buses were disabled and vandalized the night before at the district’s bus garage lot in Orchard Lake Village. The district canceled classes for Wednesday, April 18 after it was discovered around 5:30 a.m. that 20 of its buses had fuses pulled and had some had wires cut. All [...]

The Walled Lake Consolidated School District has announced the winners of the Lakes Area Optimist Club Essay Contest, with Walled Lake Central High School student Sandeep Siva named the winner. The theme of the written contest was “How my Positive Outlook Benefits My Community.” “Sandeep Siva did a wonderful job of articulating this year’s theme,” said Scott Liebold, the chairman of the essay contest. “He expressed himself well through the essay and deserved the honor [...]

The proposed privatization of the West Bloomfield School District’s custodial and transportation services is expected to come up before the district’s Board of Education at its Monday, April 30 meeting. School Board President Bruce Tobin said that contrary to popular belief, the board has not yet decided to move forward with privatization. “We’re expecting a recommendation from the budget committee on whether to privatize or not,” Tobin said. “The committee has been reviewing bids, doing [...]

For the second time in 2.5 months, the West Bloomfield School District was forced to cancel school after a number of its school buses were disabled and vandalized the night before at the district’s bus garage lot in Orchard Lake. The district canceled classes for today, Wednesday, April 18 after it was discovered around 5:30 a.m. today that 20 of its buses had fuses pulled from their engines and had some wires cut. All district [...]

Walled Lake Central High School students will be performing “The Music Man” beginning this week. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 20; Saturday, April 21; Friday, April 27; and Saturday, April 28; and at 2 p.m. on April 21, Sunday, April 22, and April 28. More than 100 students are involved in the cast, crew and orchestra, including a “junior cast” consisting of 28 students from the Walled Lake Consolidated School District’s elementary [...]

Huron Valley Schools will be piloting American sign language at Milford High School (MHS) next fall as part of its World Language Program curriculum. The Academics, Arts and Athletics Committee had agreed to expand the World Language Program and subsequently informed the district’s Board of Education of the measure at its Monday, April 9 meeting. The class will benefit those students graduating in 2016 and beyond who must earn two credits in world languages, by [...]

The Pierce Middle School Drama Club will be presenting its production of “Alice’s Adventures with Poorly Cooked Cafeteria Seafood” on May 11 at 7 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium. The short comedy play, written by Don Zolidis, is a parody of the classic tale “Alice in Wonderland.” Zolidis describes the plot as Alice dealing with her genius brother, Waldo, as well as detention at school with Ms. Snodgrass. Alice tries to get sent to the [...]