Waverly News

The Greater Lansing Ballet Company will be presenting its 10th annual performance of 'The Nutcracker Ballet' on Dec.

DELTA TWP. - Starlight Dinner Theatre, Lansing's own premier dinner theatre, will be presenting the family holiday musical 'It's a Wonderful Life' Dec.

Soon 12 teachers in the East Lansing school district could receive a pink slip. "The board of education gave the superintendent the go ahead for up to 12 layoffs of my members," Teacher's union president Pat Murray said.

An early morning accident sent three people to the hospital, leaving one with life-threatening injuries.

The Waverly Community Schools Board of Education on Wednesday decided to use $1.1 million from the district's savings to prevent midyear layoffs.

Downtown Lansing was illuminated with a holiday glow Friday as the streets were filled with light-covered trees, businesses and horse-drawn carriages.

Teenagers kept pressure on legislators Wednesday to restore money cut from the state education budget.

On Oct. 22, Gov. Jennifer Granholm cut $127 per pupil in aid to schools and gave the Legislature 30 days to come up with new revenue to restore it.

Zekiye Salman has some special after-school plans today: Exercising her constitutional rights.

LANSING - A crowd of about 1,500 gathered at the Capitol today for a "Save our Schools" rally demanding Michigan legislators restore education funding.

Brandi Thomas hopes her basketball and softball skills might someday earn her a college scholarship.

As Waverly Community Schools weighs options for cutting up to $1.7 million from this year's budget, the school board has authorized administrators to issue layoff notices.

Michelle Sneathen has been planning on her 9-year-old son, Zachary, walking to Glencairn Elementary School next year when he enters fifth grade.

Shortly after state Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, proposed legislation to cut legislators' pay when they slash education funding, the Democratic senator announced she would donate her monthly legislative stipend to the East Lansing Education Foundation, or ELEF .

LANSING TWP. - Britt Slocum, owner of Jersey Giant Subs on West Saginaw who also happens to be the vice president of the Waverly School Board, never believed in tip jars.

ST. JOHNS - Brianna Flowers had six aces and 31 assists Wednesday to lead Waverly to a Class A semifinal win over East Lansing 25-12, 25-13, 18-25, 20-25, 15-12. Carole Harris added 15 kills and four blocks for the Warriors , who advance to play Okemos at 7 p.m. Thursday.

As many as 200 people led by high school students gathered at the Capitol steps Monday to protest cuts to public school funding.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm vetoed more than 70 items Friday while signing the final six bills for a 2009-10 budget, but did not find enough funding to restore cuts to college scholarships, local government and Medicaid.

With local budgets already pared to the bone and facing deep cuts to the state's education budget, mid-Michigan school leaders are scrambling for new ways to save money.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm ordered another round of funding cuts on Thursday for public schools already hard hit by Michigan's state budget problems.