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shirts in a symbolic stand of unity. The red in the audience wasnt the only red the board saw as it received a budget update that did nothing to assuage fears of the districts finances. Saline Educational Support Professional Associated President Val Porter said she knows of four requests for proposal sent out to private firms. The school district could let go of nearly half of the unions 200 members, she said. Porter and several other members and teachers spoke during the two public comment periods of the meeting imploring the board to re-think its actions. I want you to look around, Val Porter said. This is your support staff. May I remind the board, these are people of the community. They pay into the community. They live in the community. They have the trust and respect of the parents in the community. What you are proposing will take that trust away. Privatizing four groups, maybe five, is not the answer. You only get
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Saline board to mull over cuts to school support staff

Privatization could lead to 100 jobs lost
By Jim Pruitt
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As many as 100 members of the support staff at Saline Area Schools could be out of a job next year if the Board of Education decides to privatize many of the unions functions. That was the concern at the boards June 12 meeting, where the gallery was filled with people in red

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Interim Finance Director Janice Warner informs the school board on the latest update on the school budget. The district soon will wipe out its fund balance and have a structural decit of nearly $3 million by June 2013.

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Educator eyes mayors position

Law served on City Council for many years
By Jim Pruitt
Special Writer

The American Cancer Societys largest fundraiser, Relay For Life, will take place at 10 a.m. June 23 and end at the same time on June 24.

Fighting cancer on mind of Relay racers with 24-hour fundraiser

Second annual event starts Saturday
By Amy Bell
Heritage Media

Believing in the future of Saline, Glenn Law has not only moved back to town, but hes running for mayor. Law announced his candidacy June 11. He will be running against Brian Marl in the general election in November. Mayor Gretchen Driskell has decided not to

seek re-election. She is seeking the 52nd District state House seat. Law, 47, served on the City Council for nearly eight years before resigning to take a full-time teaching job in Menominee in the western Upper Peninsula. After a year up north, he decided to come back and pursue a teaching career in this region. Law said he wants to be mayor because he wants to bring people together, not only on the City Council,
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23, hundreds of people will be relaying against one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Relay For Life, the American Cancer Societys largest fundraiser, will take place beginning 10 a.m. June 23 and ending 10 a.m. June 24 at Crabtree Field at
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Liberty School in Saline. Highlights of the second annual event include 10:30 a.m., Survivor Lap; 4:15 p.m., Fight Back ceremony; and 9 p.m., Luminaria ceremony. Keystone Community Church will
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Glenn Law decided to move back and is running for mayor of Saline. Law, a school teacher, served on the City Council for nearly eight years.

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