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View Comments More than $28 million in new money is coming to Greater Lansing schools following the approval of a historic state K-12 funding bill. The bill will help close a district funding gap, an effort that started with the 1994 approval of Proposal A, which replaced property taxes with state taxes as the main source of school funding. The bill means an increase in base funding from $8,100 per student in some districts to $8,700 per student in all schools. The bill will bring millions of dollars in extra funding to Greater Lansing schools as they rebound from a year of remote learning amid COVID-19 concerns. Lansing School District alone could see more than $4 million in new state education funding.
Credit courtesy / Grand Ledge Public Schools Grand Ledge Public Schools has chosen its next superintendent. The Grand Ledge school board voted unanimously Wednesday to approve Dr. Marcus Davenport as its next academic leader. Davenport was formerly superintendent of the Beecher Community School District in Flint and a principal at Thomas Edison Elementary in Detroit. Davenport also has experience as a middle school educator in the Atlanta area. The hiring comes nearly a year after former superintendent Brian Metcalf was dismissed for writing insensitive comments regarding the killing of George Floyd. The Grand Ledge school board is expected to complete contract negotiations with Davenport by mid-June. He is expected to start as superintendent on July 1.
its next superintendent. Board members voted unanimously to make Davenport the district s next leader during a meeting Wednesday night. He is currently the superintendent of Beecher Community Schools north of Flint. Davenport was picked from a group of three finalists, including Hazel Park School District Superintendent Amy Kruppe and Steven Gabriel, Grand Ledge Public Schools assistant superintendent of human resources and operations. Each trustee expressed difficulty picking between the three candidates. But Davenport s infectious energy made him stand out to Board of Education President Sara Clark Pierson. “Sometimes it’s the tone at the top that makes all the difference and he has an undeniable fire, she said.