December 11, 2025

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A Dexter Grad takes on a Research Project in Hope of Strengthening Educational Accessibility

A Dexter Grad takes on a Research Project in Hope of Strengthening Educational Accessibility

When Morgan Marsh, a 2022 graduate of Dexter High School, set out to do her Undergraduate research project, she was motivated in part by what she was learning in her Anthropology courses and a desire to do work that went into a new depth she hadn’t covered before. Now over a year later, this work ...

Building Improvements are happening at Dexter Community Schools

Building Improvements are happening at Dexter Community Schools

This summer has seen a variety of work being done at buildings around Dexter Community Schools. From Mill Creek to Wylie and the high school, a lot of great improvements are happening. To learn more about these projects, the Sun Times News caught up with Craig McCalla, DCS’s Principal for Operations. McCalla said the projects are ...

Students, Staff and Parents Give Their Views on Saline Area Schools

Students, Staff and Parents Give Their Views on Saline Area Schools

The results are in for Saline Area Schools (SAS), and one of the main takeaways indicates that more than 80 percent of respondents – staff, students, and parents/guardians alike – rated the quality of education in the district as “Excellent” or “Good”. The results of Saline’s 2023-24 District Quality survey were presented at the Aug. ...

Milan Area Schools Give Bus Drivers an Increase in Wages

Milan Area Schools Give Bus Drivers an Increase in Wages

Milan Area Schools has a new contract with its bus drivers and transportation employees for the 2024-2025 school year. On Aug. 28, the Milan Board of Education met and approved the master agreement with the Milan Area Schools Transportation Association. The updates/changes made to the agreement include an increase in wages. In addressing the agreement, ...

Chelsea Schools Start the New Year with a New Plan and Logo

Chelsea Schools Start the New Year with a New Plan and Logo

Coinciding with the start of the new school year, the Chelsea School District has officially launched its Strategic Plan and unveiled its re-imagined Portrait of a Graduate logo. The school district updated the community on these two things the week before school began. In a letter to school district families, CSD Superintendent Mike Kapolka said ...

Aubree’s annual golf outing has again come through in a big way

Aubree’s annual golf outing has again come through in a big way

Aubree’s Pizzeria and Grill’s recent golf outing was able to raise $11,000 that organizers say will be donated to the Dexter Community Schools Athletic Department. This was the fourth outing for this annual event and each year it’s aimed to help support the Athletic Booster Club of Dexter. This now brings the total donated from ...

Wage increases coming to Dexter Community Schools Bus Drivers, Support Personnel and Administrators

Wage increases coming to Dexter Community Schools Bus Drivers, Support Personnel and Administrators

Support personnel, bus drivers and administrative staff in Dexter Community Schools (DCS) are all starting the new school year with new labor agreements in place. Each group is seeing an increase in wages. The Dexter Community Schools Board of Education approved new agreements the Dexter Educational Support Personnel Association (DESPA), West Washtenaw Bus Drivers and ...

Dexter, Saline and Chelsea Schools Set to Start Another Year of Free Meals

Dexter, Saline and Chelsea Schools Set to Start Another Year of Free Meals

Students in Dexter, Chelsea and Saline will continue to receive free breakfast and lunches this upcoming school year. The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) announced in early August that Michigan’s 1.4 million public school children will continue to have access to nutritious free meals through the Michigan School Meals program in the 2024-2025 school year. The MDE ...

In Plain English: Michigan Public School Funding Explained

In Plain English: Michigan Public School Funding Explained

How schools get their money is confusing and misunderstandings often lead to unnecessary contention. Public school funding in Michigan is complex and draws from multiple sources. Reliable funding directly affects the quality of education, the availability of resources, and the equity of opportunities for all students so having a clear grasp of how it works ...

Saline Area Schools Take In the Feedback from the Listening Sessions and Community Surveys

Saline Area Schools Take In the Feedback from the Listening Sessions and Community Surveys

With a goal of trying to do better and improve while making the school district an even more welcoming, inclusive and equitable environment for everyone, Saline Area Schools (SAS) is taking in what they learned from the recent Listening Sessions and Perceptions of Equity surveys and are aiming to put the feedback into action. At ...