School Trustees Prepare For Next Meeting In Lansing

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Another meeting between members of the Benton Harbor Area Schools Board of Education and the administration of Governor Gretchen Whitmer is set for Wednesday in Lansing. Board Vice President Joseph Taylor told us Tuesday night he’s optimistic, but doesn’t quite know what to expect.

“We’ll wait and see tomorrow,” Taylor said. “No one knows anything right now because we haven’t had the meeting so we can’t speculate. But we do know from that letter the potential and the wherewithal to work together is there.”

Local school trustees are trying to sell their district turnaround plan to the governor so the high school can stay open. Taylor said they’ll present more details. In the meantime, the school board continues to plan for next year. At Tuesday’s meeting, the board approved a new catalog of course offerings for high school students.

“We’re planning because the high school is still open. You gotta plan. I think that what we’ve got to do is create structure, and so we’re creating that structure. We’re doing things differently than we did last year.”

We’ll have more on the new catalog for the high schoolers Wednesday. Also Tuesday, the school board approved a reconfiguration plan for the district heading into the new year. It includes moving the central administration office to the third floor of the high school, moving the Steam Academy at MLK to 1995 Union and renaming it Fairplain East Elementary School, and moving the technology department to the cosmetology building at the high school.