Subject: Muskegon Public Schools: Quality, Leadership and Reputation in question.

Muskegon Public Schools Board

Questions asked:

What were your 5 top priorities for the district?
What frustrations have you experienced that you didn't expect?
What will be your 5 top priorities if you are serving in the upcoming year?

​Thank you letter sent to Elected Official Responders below:
Cindy Larson, President 

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May 22, 2018

Subject: Muskegon Public Schools: Quality, Leadership and Reputation in question.

Dear Ms. Larson,

Thank you for your response of May 21, 2018 to my letter of May 21, 2018 attached below. I look forward to contacting you in the future.

Best regards,
Eunice Beck
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​Fourth Sendings were sent to Elected Official Non-Responders below:​
Billie Bruce, Secretary Pro-Tem; Tasha Bibbs-Oakes, Treasurer; Louis Churchwell, Vice President; G. Lynnette Marks, Secretary; Zachary Allen Anderson, Trustee; Bill OBrien, Trustee

Original and Fourth Sending Letter sent:​

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Fourth Sending: June 14, 2018
Third Sending: June 4, 2018

The MceZ Core Principle for May is EXCELLENCE!

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Second May 29, 2018
May 21, 2018

Subject: (Fourth and Final Sending) Muskegon Public Schools: Quality, Leadership and Reputation in question.

Dear __________,

Thank you for your public service.

I have been a Muskegon resident for over 30 years. My children attended Muskegon Public Schools. I have seen MPS at its worst, i.e. no African American teachers with a 50% African-American student population. Obviously, there has been a significant improvement in this area during the past 30 years.

I have been catching up on the challenges for the district including the video of the meeting on April 17. The links to the articles are below.

Muskegon school board approves $1.61M in cuts to start 2018-19 budget
Updated May 15; Posted May 15
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2018/05/muskegon_school_board_approves_1.html

Muskegon schools superintendent tired of being 'personally attacked'
Updated Apr 26; Posted Apr 25
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2018/04/muskegon_schools_superintenden_4.html

Muskegon schools gives administrators big pay raises in face of deficit
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2017/10/muskegon_schools_admins_get_la.html

Muskegon schools trustees violate Open Meetings Act by texting
Updated Apr 10; Posted Apr 10
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2018/04/muskegon_schools_trustees_viol.html

'Minimally effective' Muskegon superintendent not on improvement plan
Updated Apr 24; Posted Apr 24
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2018/04/minimally_effective_muskegon_s.html

Muskegon schools gives administrators big pay raises in face of deficit
Updated Oct 25, 2017; Posted Oct 24, 2017
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2017/10/muskegon_schools_admins_get_la.html

Updated Apr 12; Posted Apr 12
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2018/04/muskegon_schools_to_close_buil.html

I believe it's important to be an informed citizen, taxpayer, and voter.

My questions to you as you reflect on your term(s) as a member of the Muskegon School Board are:

1. What were your 5 top priorities for the district?
2. What frustrations have you experienced that you didn't expect?
3. What will be your 5 top priorities if you are serving in the upcoming year?

I look forward to hearing from you. If I don't hear from you by May 28, 2018, I will contact you again.
Thank you.

Best regards,
Eunice Beck
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Cindy Larson, President ​

Cindy Larson
May 21, 2018

Questions 1 and 3 are the same. My priority has been and will continue to be whatever is in the best interests of our students giving them every opportunity to succeed. My frustration is what appears to be dissension among our board members. While there are questions to be addressed which we are doing, all of us have our students first and foremost while we make very difficult decisions.

Cindy Larson