Brandon, Goodrich enrollment
In February, both Brandon and Goodrich school districts expected to see a loss in state funding for the 2007-2008 school year after the statewide winter student count.
Brandon Superintendent Tom Miller anticipates the district is down about 25 students, the majority from the high school. The decrease will mean a reduction of about $175,000 in funding, and he expects the board will look at each line item in the budget to determine where cuts will be made.
In Goodrich, Joy Moll, executive assistant to Superintendent Kim Hart, said the district is down about 14 students, split nearly evenly between the middle school and high school. The loss will mean a decrease of about $97, 420 in funding for next school year.
Five acre minimum adopted
Atlas Twp-After months, if not years, of discussion and debate, a five acre minimum was adopted for areas of the township.
Several residents attended the Feb.19 township board meeting in an attempt to sway trustees from voting in favor of the change.
They were unsuccessful.
The board voted unanimously in favor of the re-zoning, which Township Supervisor Paul Amman said will affect slightly more than 25 percent of the township, or about eight square miles.