Dear Editor, (In response to: ‘Brandon Middle School keeps ‘Eyes on Africa,? The Citizen, March 14, page 3).Brandon Middle School thanks The Citizen for their support in promoting our charity, ‘Eyes On Africa.? We have exceeded our goal of collecting 200 glasses. Because of your article, the local optometrist office of Baldwin Eye Care donated […]
Dear Editor: I’m writing to the BHS parents with children participating in the off-season conditioning program for football. Are you aware of the goals and expectations your child is required to meet? It’s being strongly promoted that they are to lift amounts of weight that risk their health. My son started complaining of pain in […]
Oxford Community Schools is performing below expected levels when it comes to student proficiency on standardized tests compared to their socioeconomic status, according to a study put out by Bridge Magazine. The study known as ‘Achievement Exceeding Predicted Proficiency? (AEPP) places Oxford at a state rank of 357 out of 540 districts assessed in the […]
Only in today’s world could a store that sells tobacco be equated with a business that deals in pornography. Case in point, the Oxford Village planner has suggested adding businesses that deal in tobacco to the ‘adult uses? category of the municipality’s zoning ordinance because there are some concerns about having ‘family unfriendly uses? in […]
Dear Editor: (In response to: ‘Debate over schools of choice: Boom or bust?? The Citizen, March 7, page 1). The amount of school of choice kids coming into the Brandon District has mainly to do with those who voted yes for the $74 million bond extension. That extension led to more classrooms and a new […]
Dear Editor, Thank you, Ortonville, for being the giving community I remember. The Ortonville Masonic Lodge Swiss steak dinner was a huge success, thanks to you. The BHS scholarship fund and OCEF will both benefit from this dinner. We as Masons have already given out three scholarships, one of them going to a senior who […]
Some thoughts from an ‘imperialist dog? As a Baby Boomer I always loved hippie rhetoric, but never really understood what it meant. Thanks to the Oxford School District and Confucius Institute now I understand the meaning of capitalist/imperialist dog. One has to credit Oxford Schools for Capitalism. The 2006 Michigan Merit Curriculum required students ‘entering […]
Leonard Elementary’s fourth and fifth-graders danced the night away Friday with a special dance party held by the school’s PTO just for them. What fun!
Brandon Twp.- Library cardholders here will have the option of checking out materials from more than 170 libraries across the state beginning May 1. The library board voted to join the MichiCard program during their March 23 meeting. ‘I think it’s a wonderful step the board has taken to give Brandon residents access to materials […]
Craig’s List loser On March 24, Michigan State Troopers from Groveland Township responded to the 8000 block of Buckell Road after a report of fraud regarding the internet. A 49-year-old township man reported he intended to purchase a $10,500 Harley Davison motorcycle on Craig’s List. The seller, a Jason Savage living in Washington, agreed to […]