Canton, Salem Fail Standards

Your hometown newspaper serving Plymouth and Plymouth Township for 119 years PLYMOUTH November? 2004 75 cents V o l u m e 1 19 N u m b e r 2 2 www.hometownUfe.com © 2 0 0 4 H o m e t o w n C ommunications N e t w o r k Canton, Fall Beauty Hair and makeup that suit the season This week in PINK Salem fail standards For details, see C5. BY TONY BRUSCATO STAFF WRITER Canton and Salem high schools - for the second consecutive year - failed to meet federal standards under the No Child Left Behind Act The 2004) School Report Card released this week by the state indicates 436 high schools failed to score high enough on theMEAP tests, have enough 11th- graders take the test, or graduate enough seniors to TOM HOFTMEVERI STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER earn a passing grade Kettle kickoff “Both schools earned an ‘A on the report card The Plymouth Salvation Stunning upset based on the MEAP test scores,” said Mike Bender, Army kicks off its annua! director of secondary education for Plymouth- Red Kettle fund-raising Canton running back Deshon McClendon couldn t elude the grasp of Novi linebacker Ryan Pritchard during the first quarter of Canton Schools “But, Canton and Salem didn t campaign with a celebra Friday night's Region 2, District 2 playoff game at Canton After cruising through their first 10 games the Chiefs were stymied by make adequate yearly progress, whidi caused our tion at noon Friday Nov the Wildcats 20 0 For a complete wrap-up of the game see page B1 overall grade to go down to a ‘B You can t earn an A 19, at the Salvation Army if you haven’t earned AYP ’ located at 9451 S Main Adequate yearly progress is Michigan s response to just south of Ann Arbor the federal No Child Left Behind Act to make schools Road more accountable for improved test scores A brass ensemble from For Canton, the problem was failure to reach the the Salvation Army will 95 percent goal for llth-graders taking the MEAP ? be part of the festivities Parking for dollars tests along with Christmas “We weren’t off by much,” said Bender We were carols Qoffee and hot very close ’ chocolate will be avail Com m ission OKs plan to keep retail spaces open In Salem’s case, the reason for not reaching AYP able stemmed from special education students failing to The Red Kettle cam BYTONYBRUSCATO new program, the DDA will fund a reach the standard of achievement on the MEAP paign begins in earnest STAFF WRITER The city has a variety of parking parking enforcement officer to patrol tests Monday Nov 22 with the downtown area 9a m to 8 p m We re m the process of digging very deeply on how bell cingers at stores Enforcement of time-limited free ordinances, and parking rules in Monday-Saturday, though not neces- those individual students did, and identify the areas malls and other locations parking in dovmtown Plymouth sanly full-time they need additional Support to help strengthen then: through the Plymouth could come in time for the holiday the downtown area are rarely The policy specifically states “at skills, Bender said ^ Canton Northville and shopping season this time die city shall not designate Starkweather, the districts alternative high school, Belleville communities iTie Plymouth city commission enforced due to the lack of any public parking as metered park failed to meet AYP standards m the English-language served by the Plymouth Monday night passed the policy ing However, it does give the aty arts portion of the MEAP tests Salvation Army which IS mainly an effort to keep manager the option of setting ‘ event Plymouth High School will take the 11th grade For more information business owners and their employees parking rates dunng major events, MEAPs for the first time this year because the 3-year- or to volunteer to ring from parking in pnme downtown including Art in the Park, the Fall old high school has its first junior class bells call the Salvation parking spaces Festival and Ice Spectacular The rate Last year, Canton and Salem both failed to meet Army, (734) 453-5464 Clearly employers and employees vill be $5 per vehicle for the day to AYP for failing to get 95 percent of students to shov^'^ working in die stores should be et wnters We 11 also want to have park m the downtown deck up for the MEAP tests The district is discussing the Walk of trees aware of the fact they shouldn t be signs made ” Because the aty doesn t have possibility of making the MEAPs mandatory for all The Plymouth parking m front of businesses, said While downtown street parking enough people to man die lots dur llth-graders Community Chamber of City Manager Paul Smcock They and the lower level of the downtown ing those events, the city manager We re considering making it a graduation require Commerce sponsors its should be parking m more distant parking deck will be limited to two has the option of partnenng with ment so that all students would at least participate in annual Walk of Trees locations so customers can have the hours, some areas, such as the upper service clubs for manpower, with the the MEAP testing, said Bender Its been successful Christmas event in first opportunity to get in and out level of the parking deck and the lot service clubs reaping some of die m other districts, and we re giving it some thought to Kellogg Park Smcock didn t have an exact behind the Gathenng, will have profits see if its the nght fit for our school distnct Cost is $50 per tree timetable as to when enforcement eight-hour time limits I wonder why we haven't done If a school fails to meet AYP for three consecutive with trees being assigned will begin, but said it could start in ‘Those are areas that aren t as high that before’’ said Jon Gary, chair years, consequences could range from providing a at random and sponsor December, during the holiday shop a demand,’ said Anthony Guilliom, man of die DDA and a proponent of change m curriculum, additional staff development, ship signs in place Dec 3 ping period crucial to die success of Plymouth city commissioner and paid parking It s a way to generate to replacing the principal and staff Trees can be decorated many retailers committee member We want to money and $5 wont hurt anybody Bender said the district is well aware of the possi Dec 3-5 “We want to develop the job keep the traffic flowing so businesses who wants to park m the pnmo ble consequences The chamber provides descnption for a parking enforce can facilitate dieir customers spots The st^ es are certainly higher, said Bender ‘The the tree with 200 white ment officer, Smcock said We The city has a variety of parking The DDA had considered daily standards for performance increase next year, and we lights and the sponsor want to hire people who will be ordinances, and parking rules in die paid parking m the lower level of the need to hit our target ’ sign ambassadors, to help people with dovmtown area are rarely enforced Any family club, Scout questions, not just be the mean tick- due to the lack of staffing With the PLEASE SEE PARKING, AS tbruscato@oe homecomm net | (734) 459-2700 group school class or business interested in decorating a tree should contact the chamber of commerce, (734) 453 1540 New bookstore on horizon for downtown Plymouth BY TONY BRUSCATO bookstore chain to fill the location for is involved, however, another downtown we’ve got a few already, and we need to STAFF WRITER merly occupied by Plymouth Office businessman familiar with the discus have some time to digest those We’d like Supply sions said It was Little Professor, which at to see some balance in the type of retailers The Little Book Shoppe on the Park ‘ It s part of a ch&n, they came to me, ” one time operated the former bookstore we have downtown used to be a gathenng place on Sunday said Reid, who operates Richard Reid Plymouth Office Supply closed opera Reid also owns the space^n:5qlitly mornings for a small group of reading Corp in Southfield ‘Based on the history tions at its Ann Arbor IVail and Forest occupied by Angelo’s Card & Gift, Breads enthusiasts before closing its doors May of the other operation, they feel fairly con Street location dunng the summer The & More and Milano Fine Apparel 30 fident a bookstore in Plymouth can fly 4,000-square-foot building has been The Little Professor francnise, which Does youf chanty However a new downtown bookstore ‘We d like to see that in Plymouth, it empty since opened on Mam Street m 19&4, was oper or or^aiMZatton seh could soon be m Plymouth’s future would be a good addition,” added Reid “We got a lot of inqmnes from restau ated by Jackie Powers until she passed Robert Reid who leases store fronts They want to get in, and we d like to get h^jday Cards to ratst rants interested in the space, but we were away m 1999 Aft^r hpr death, the store along Ann Arbor Trail, just west of Main them in ” hesitant to add another restaurant at this PLEASE SEE BOOKSTORE, A4 teletourrWers Street, said hes negotiating with a major Reid wouldn’t comment on which chain stage, said Reid Personally, I think know abodt the sefectioi) you're offefm g In fate November, Coming Thursday in Filter the Observer Life Election brings lessons section will feature SensHoys and an entire page of sopliisticated holiday cards in full Forever Tango color for Ist-time office seekers Send samples of traces the your cards with BY BRAD KADRICH each other, but both men agree on one evolution of this information about STAFF WRITER thing They learned a lot colorful dance your chanty and “I learned it s really all about making where to obtain The first time you do anything is a connection with people,

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