Portage schools officials consider health insurance decisions

PORTAGE | Upcoming changes to employee health insurance coverage have Portage Township Schools officials wrangling with how to meet new requirements in the most cost-effective manner.

Portage High School seniors donates $3,000 for upgrades

PORTAGE | The Portage High School class of 2013 will leave a significant imprint on the school as they depart its halls.

Portage schools put administrative pay increases on hold

PORTAGE | Pay increases for 18 Portage Township Schools administrators were put on hold Monday.

Portage schools look to fund $2.7 million in projects

PORTAGE | The Portage Township School Board was presented with a $2.7 million three-year capital improvements plan Wednesday night.

School officials protecting Title I from sequestration

SOUTH HAVEN | While the federal sequestration took affect early this month, Portage Township Schools officials still don't fully know what it will mean to programming.

Portage Township Schools recognizes academic teams

PORTAGE | The Portage Township School Board recognized two Portage High School academic teams for their recent successes.

PHIL WIELAND: Exercising freedom of speech got tougher in Portage

What is it with public officials who aren't all that eager to hear from the public during what is purportedly a public meeting?

Portage schools move forward with technology projects

PORTAGE | Portage Township Schools moved forward Monday night with technology projects, approving two and moving forward with a third.

Portage schools working on social media policy

PORTAGE | A Portage Township Schools committee will be working on developing a social media policy for students and employees.

Speaker forms approved by Portage School Board

PORTAGE | People wanting to speak at a Portage Township School Board meeting will have to fill out a form prior to speaking after a Monday night decision.

Portage school board eyes forms for meeting speakers

PORTAGE | The Portage Township School Board will consider requiring people who want to speak at a public meeting to fill out a form prior to the meeting.

Glenda Owens ends 28 years of service to Portage schools

SOUTH HAVEN | Glenda Owens described herself as a rather quiet, withdrawn and uninvolved person a few decades ago.

Raises approved for Portage administrative, non-union staff

PORTAGE | The Portage Township School Board this week approved raises for administrative and non-union classified personnel.

Portage school officials assure parents of safety

PORTAGE | Portage Township School Board President Glenda Owens' voice crackled at the start of Monday's meeting as she asked for a moment of silence in honor of those killed Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn.

School Board calls for fiscal cliff resolution by Dec. 31

PORTAGE | There has been a lot of talk about what is going to happen if the country falls from the "fiscal cliff" Jan. 1, but, said Portage Township Schools board members there hasn't been much talk about what could happen to schools.

Portage Township School Board resolution

The Portage Township School Board adopted this resolution Nov. 26 to urge Congress to avoid the drastic cuts in federal education spending that the Budget Control Act of 2011 now requires.

DOUG ROSS: Red Grover, red Grover, why don't you come over?

The fiscal cliff is not just a Republican invention. It's real. And avoiding it is going to require moving to the middle of the road.

Schools consider giving advantage to local vendors

PORTAGE | The Portage Township School Board on Monday gave approval to the concept of giving Portage-based vendors a 5 percent advantage when bidding on school contracts.

Four running for Portage school's at-large seat

PORTAGE | Three people are challenging incumbent Debra Ekdahl in next month's race for the at-large seat on the Portage Township School Board.

Portage teachers, School Board OK contract

PORTAGE | The Portage Township School Board unanimously approved a new teacher contract Wednesday night. The teachers had ratified the agreement the day before.