Interview with David Sipka from Montague Area Public Schools
This week we talk to David Sipka, the new Superintendent of Montague Area Public Schools. He shares with us a unique view of what it is like to be half way into his first year as a new Superintendent of a Michigan Public School.
When asked about his most pressing issues, David advised, "Our district had been cutting into their fund equity for the last three years. In this past year, out of $1.2 million fund equity, they were going to take about $700,000 out of it just to fund the operations, and I said we just can't do that."
He goes on to say. "I stole Governor Granholm's line from her State of the State Address from a year ago. ""We need some reform, some restructuring, and some more revenue"". That has really been my mantra coming into the district."
Have you thanked your Superintendent recently? David thinks you should. "I really think the public needs to give a hug to all those educational leaders that are out there today, because there are a lot of great people in public schools that are working day and night, that sometimes wake up in the middle of the night with a shot of adrenaline, thinking about what they have to do the next day or what challenges lie ahead."
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