American Federation of Teachers representatives walk by some missing ceiling tiles while touring Osborn high school in Detroit in January.
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Detroit public schools’ students are experiencing “serious and permanent” damage from Michigan governor Rick Snyder’s appointment of multiple emergency managers to run the district, according to an expansive federal lawsuit filed on Thursday.
The lawsuit, which aims to cover more than 58,000 students, said Michigan’s emergency manager law allows for Snyder to appoint an unelected individual to “rule by decree” over the school system.
“Michigan’s emergency manager law and related practices were used to compromise and damage the quality of education received by DPS students with lifelong consequences in the name of financial urgency,” according to the 110-page complaint.
The case comes amid a tumultuous period for Snyder, who was named on Wednesday in a
I am certainly not a supporter of Republican policies, but I think Rick Snyder is getting hugely blamed for circumstances that people of both party’s were responsible for. Rick Snyder ran as “a nerd” and has not been one of the crazy radical Republican governors. Of course, as the top official here in Michigan that may be where the blame ends up. I don’t think that racketeering charge has much basis. The incredible messes of the water in Flint and the schools in Detroit have a long history of neglect and mismanagement. People want to express their frustration and anger about it of course, and Snyder will be the punching bag. Then maybe we can finally deal effectively with the situations.