Cultural Art Strings summer camp memories
submitted by Cultural Art Strings Now in it’s 6th year, Session I of CAS Summer Day Camp finished out its week with a presentation for parents and friends on Friday, June 23 that included small group instrumental demonstrations, large ensemble pieces, advanced chamber music, singing, and artwork displays that tied together the camp theme “My Old […]
Fire siren sits silently waiting for residents’ feedback
Most village residents have probably noticed by now the absence of the fire siren that for years sounded every time the Manchester Township Fire Department was dispatched. In March, the Fire Department explained that all Washtenaw County Fire Departments still using them upgraded from older VHF pagers to 800 MHz (megahertz) pagers as a result of […]
Manchester Community Schools to hire interim superintendent
The school board officially accepted Superintendent Cherie Vannatter’s resignation at the regularly scheduled school board meeting last Monday night. Vannatter’s last day will be July 14th. After cake and praise for her service, the school board discussed how to proceed in the search for a new superintendent. The decision was made to hire an interim […]
Changes at the Co-op Preschool next year
Open enrollment has begun at the Manchester Cooperative Preschool for the 2017/2018 school year. And they’ve announced a new format for next year. Instead of splitting the 3 year-olds, 4 year-olds and Young 5’s into separate sessions, all ages will be combined into joint, all-day sessions which will be held Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8:30am […]
School board votes to disclaim member’s behavior but not to censure
Last Monday at the regularly scheduled school board meeting, the board went into closed session to hear the findings of the independent investigation into the actions that led to the formal complaint by a principal alleging verbal abuse by a school board member on May 10th. Afterwards, the board came back into open session and held […]
PALM bike ride to travel through Manchester this week
Thursday, June 29th, the Pedal Across Lower Michigan bike ride (PALM) will be passing through Manchester on Austin Road then veering south on Clinton Road on their way from Grass Lake to Milan on Day 6 of their 7-day ride from Saugatuck to the Lake Erie Metro Park. The total distance of the ride is between […]
Superintendent Cherie Vannatter accepts position at WISD
Last week, amidst the chaotic hustle and excitement of the end of the school year, teachers and staff of Manchester Community Schools learned of another change taking place in the district. They, along with the school board, were informed that Superintendent Cherie Vannatter will resign and beginning July 17th, take over the position of Assistant […]
The Beaufort Street Banshee – Manchester’s cryptid
Cryptid – noun. An animal whose existence or survival is disputeted or unsubstantiated. This word originated in 1990 with the rise in popularity of cryptozoology, a form of pseudoscience in which people “study” or search for cryptids. While you might not have heard the term before, many cryptids themselves are well known, such as the Yeti, Bigfoot, or […]
Manchester hosts gerrymandering presentation
Last week more than thirty Manchester Area voters gathered in the High School Library to learn about gerrymandering in Michigan. The Wednesday, June 14th event was hosted by local groups and brought the non-partisan Voters Not Politicians Regional Director, Andrew Banka, to town to talk about this widely-used but little-understood political practice. Banka’s presentation explained gerrymandering and the problems […]
21st Century Learning Hub to be built at Klager for 5th & 6th graders
While much of the building consolidation conversation has revolved around the 7th and 8th grades moving to the High School and the change for the recent 6th and 7th graders, who expected to be returning to the Middle School in the fall, the 5th and 6th grades moving to Klager in the fall means a big change […]
