Schools
Area Legislators to Speak on School Funding
Event will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at Seaholm High School in Birmingham.
will be holding a legislative forum at 7 p.m. tonight in the auditorium of , where elected representatives from Birmingham and the surrounding municipalities will be on hand to answer the tough questions about school funding and Gov. Rick Snyder's proposed $470 per pupil cut.
At the meeting will be state Reps. Chuck Moss (R-Birmingham), Lisa Brown (D-West Bloomfield) and Rudy Hobbs (D-Lathrup Village), as well as state Sens. Vincent Gregory (D-Southfield) and John Pappageorge (R-Troy), who represent Huntington Woods and Berkley, respectively.
According to principal, Embekka Thompson, the district is hoping to pack the house tonight.
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"It does not matter what side of the aisle you are on, we all have a common goal of wanting our students/children to be prepared for their future and competitive in a global society," Thompson said.
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