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BIRMINGHAM — Birmingham Public Schools found a major discrepancy in their budget, revealing that their estimated $1.58 million shortfall was really a $14 million shortfall.
Birmingham Public Schools is more than $14 million short in its budget this year, according to a district announcement.
While Birmingham Next and Birmingham Public Schools have a verbal agreement for meeting space, Next seeks a written agreement to help future plans.
BPS superintendent resigns after medical leave Mark Dziatczak Advertisement 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 be...
Birmingham school board OKs plan to return to in-person learning Jan. 11 Shutterstock image Advertisement BIRMINGHAM — The Birmingham Public Schools Board of Education voted 4-3 to approve a timeline to return students to a hybrid in-person learning format beginning Jan. 11. According to a presentation made to the board during its regularly scheduled meeting Dec. 15, the plan will be contingent on no further restrictions instituted by the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, and no drastic spikes in COVID-19 cases noted ahead of the return date. Data from the Oakland County H...