Grand Rapids Public Schools

Facing a $13.5 million deficit due to a projected enrollment decline of 400 students, Grand Rapids Public Schools may have to make some tough decisions.

When you're out shopping at your local supermarket, how about adding just a few extra items?  It's not difficult and it would mean the world to so many middle school students this coming school year.

Grand Rapids Public Schools have announced they are considering closing ten schools. The move would save $5 million per year. GRPS is also discussing requiring students to wear uniforms.

Senior photos are expensive. I don't know exactly how expensive, other than my mom joking about having to take out a second mortgage on their house just to pay for mine back when I was a senior. With the price being so high, some families are having to go without this time-honored tradition. Well, not if a group of local photographers has anything to say about it.

Just earlier this week we told you about the GRPS survey which asks the public to help them identify what they should be looking for in the next GRPS Superintendent.  Current Superintendent Bernard Taylor is set to remain with GRPS through the rest of this school year.  That may change.  Taylor is up for another job.

Grand Rapids Public Schools superintendent Bernard Taylor is set to leave GRPS at the end of the school year.  GRPS is beginning the process of the looking for his replacement and they want your help.

Bernard Taylor was one of two finalists for the job of Superintendent of Broward County Public Schools in Florida.  Broward County Public Schools is the sixth largest school district in the country. Taylor was not selected and will remain as Grand Rapids Public Schools' Superintendent until the end of the school year.

Grand Rapids Public Schools Superintendent Bernard Taylor is a semi-finalist for a job...again. Taylor is one of six semi-finalists to be the next Superintendent of Broward County Public Schools in Florida.  Broward County Public Schools is the sixth largest school district in the country.

The Grand Rapids Community Foundation announced yesterday that it will be awarding a $250,000 grant to Harrison Park School. The grant is to be used to encourage students to go to college. The grant is part of a partnership between the Grand Rapids Community Foundation  and the Grand Rapids Public Schools aimed to create a college-going culture at the school. The money is to be used to help pay f