Top 5 Things to Know this Week

Top 5 things to know for the week of November 11-15, 2024

Millage Renewal passes - thank you for your support!

On Tuesday, November 5, voters approved the Farmington Public Schools' Millage Renewal with 30,410 yes votes versus 16,684 no votes. This Renewal will provide financial stability to the District for the next 10 years. We are thankful to all in the community who supported the Millage Renewal!

School Board members elected last week - Claudia Heinrich and Thomas Hull

On Tuesday, November 5, two community members were elected to serve on the Farmington Public Schools’ Board of Education.

For the two open six-year term seats, Claudia Heinrich was the top vote getter with 15,567 votes followed closely by Thomas Hull with 12,654 votes.

Heinrich will continue to serve on the FPS Board of Education while Thomas Hull will be a new addition to the Board of Education following the leave of Zach Rich who stepped down in July.

"We would like to thank all of those community members who were interested in serving on the school board," stated Interim Superintendent Kelly Coffin. "We look forward to continuing to work with Claudia Heinrich and welcoming Thomas Hull to the Board of Education."

The new members will be sworn in at the January 7, 2025 Board of Education Meeting.

Please join us in welcoming our new Board of Education members.

Claudia Heinrich

Thomas Hull

Former Beechview students' book is released on Amazon!

After a successful collaboration with Beechview Elementary School students last year in writing a book, author Andy Gutman returned to Beechview last spring to work with 15 fifth graders (now sixth graders at East Middle School) who were selected by their teachers to work with the author. Gutman mentored the students throughout the writing process, and helped them bring their stories to life. The title of their book is "From Fearful to Fearless." These brave authors decided to become introspective and look at their own fears and how they overcame them. We are very proud of their efforts to share their personal stories in hopes of helping others grow and overcome fears they have as well.

The book was recently released on Amazon and you can purchase a copy here. Proceeds from the book will benefit Beechview Elementary School!

Congratulations to our newly published authors and thank you to Andy Gutman for his support of Beechview Elementary School and our students!

Power Middle School Hackbytes and FSA STEAMBots compete this Saturday, November 16

The Power Middle School Hackbytes and the FSA STEAMBots will be competing this Saturday, November 16, in the FIRST in Michigan Robotics competition at Novi Middle School.

The students have been working hard, completing their robot builds, programming, and preparing for their judging presentations.

The matches begin at 1:00 PM. If you’re unable to attend in person, you can watch the event live via this link: Livestream on Twitch. More information can be found here.

Best of luck to our two teams that are competing!

We honor our veterans on this Veteran's Day - November 11, 2024

To all Veterans: THANK YOU for everything you do for our country and our freedom! Today and every day we thank Veterans everywhere for their service! There aren't enough words to show our gratitude for all the troops who served our country. We honor, respect, and support you!

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

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