In the first of three community forums, Flint School leaders discussed plans for realignment as part of their plan to battle a nearly $22 million deficit. According to ABC 12, the proposed realignment will save the district $1 million per year, or $7 million over the course of the district's latest deficit elimination plan...
The Flint School District has been offered $400,000 for the shuttered Bryant Elementary building. However, according to MLive, the Board of Education says they need more time to make the decision on selling it, along with a warehouse and a bus garage...
Wednesday was count day for school districts across Michigan and numbers were down for the Flint School District. According to MLive, Interim Superintendent Larry Watkins said the district had 6,571 students at school yesterday. That's a drop of 149 students and could mean the loss of $1...
The Flint School District's board of education will hold a special meeting tonight (Tues., Sept. 30) in which they will discuss asking the state for an advance on its annual aid payment. According to MLive, Flint school officials set a path towards this request when the board approved borrowing up to $17 million against its state aid...
The troubled Flint School District is reporting an enrollment jump of almost 600 students in the past week according to MLive. In a statement on Monday, interim Superintendent Larry Watkins said the district's enrollment was 6,323 after the second week of school, up from the 5,742 enrolled after the first four days of school...
The Flint School Board approved borrowing up to $17 million in a special meeting held Wednesday night. According to ABC 12, the money is needed due to a cash shortage and would hold the district over until it receives its state aid check...
The Flint School District will host a special meeting tonight (7/30) to discuss their plan to get of nearly $21 million in debt. According to ABC 12, the district must submit its revised deficit elimination plan to the Michigan Department of Education by Thursday...
The Interim Superintendent of the Flint School District has reportedly told other superintendents from around Genesee County that the financially troubled district may ask for more time to submit an updated budget deficit elimination plan...
Flint Schools Interim Superintendent Larry Watkins submitted a check for $893,000 to the Genesee Intermediate School District on Monday night for some of the money owed to the district for services provided to Flint Schools.
According to ABC 12, a portion of the money went to GenNet...