Superintendent’s Message
February 26, 2010
INCORRECT OAKLAND PRESS ARTICLE
Amendment to Bond Resolution
Please note that in Thursday’s Oakland Press on page 2, an article ran that INCORRECTLY stated that WBSD is eyeing a $15 million bond issue. This implies that the Board of Education is going to ask voters to approve $15 million for capital improvements and technology. THIS IS NOT TRUE.
At Monday night’s board meeting, the Board of education DID AMEND the November 2009 bond resolution proposal regarding the hoped for sale of $15 million in ARRA Federal Qualified School Construction Bonds through the Michigan Municipal Bond Authority.
The Oakland Press will be running a correction to this article in the Friday, February 26, 2010 edition.
Budget Amendments
At Monday night’s board meeting, the general operating budget was amended and we are preparing to go into deficit spending. As required by law, we have submitted a letter to the Michigan Department of Education notifying them that we anticipated ending the fiscal year, June 30, 2010, with a $3.1 million true budget deficit. As a result, we are preparing a deficit elimination plan that by law must be submitted to the state.
Culver’s and Pistons Game Event
The Culver’s and Pistons Game event this past Sunday was amazing! I want to thank all the parents, students, staff, and community members who came out to support us. Culver’s Restaurant was PACKED with enthusiastic Butter-Burger lovers, served by all of the Principals, Administrators as well as myself! We got MOST of the orders right! This one-day event was very lucrative for us in that we were able to raise over $500 from Culver’s and approximately $12,000 from the Pistons Organization. This is all for the benefit of the West Bloomfield Educational Foundation. We hope to make this an annual event.
American Idol Raffle Tickets
We are getting ready to kickoff the American Idol Raffle. This will be our biggest and best fund-raiser yet! The prize includes airfare, hotel accommodations for three nights, and tickets for four people to the American Idol Finale in Los Angeles, May 25-26, 2010. If you are interested in purchasing a raffle ticket, please go to the foundation’s website www.wbef.org Tickets are $50 each or 3 for $100.
Abbott Musical
Abbott Students will be performing “Big River” this weekend (Friday at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.)at West Bloomfield High School. Senior citizens are reminded that they can use their “Gold Card” to get into this event for free. If you do not have your card yet, you can obtain one from any of our school offices.
Phone Bank
Parents will be calling to solicit donations through our Phone Bank this Sunday for the West Bloomfield Educational Foundation. This was made possible through the generosity of Quicken Loan and Todd Lunsford who arranged for us to use the Quicken Loan facility.
It’s not too late to volunteer! Please call Heidi Tischer at 248-225-7037 or email at heidi.tischer@gmail.com and let her know that you are available to help out this Sunday, February 28, from 5-8 pm.
Quicken Loan is located at 20255 Victor Parkway, Livonia, MI 48152, on the third floor.
Enrollment
Throughout the district, we are planning for next year’s schedule of classes as we begin to look at enrollment numbers. In the next few weeks, you will be hearing radio ads for School of Choice openings for next school year. Due to the increase of resident student enrollment, it appears that we will have openings primarily in kindergarten and first grade.
