Curriculum Committee Turns on Lighthouse On June 11, 2012, the Bloomfield Hills School District Curriculum Committee turned on its “lighthouse” for the summer season. The Curriculum Committee was established through the district’s partnership with the community. Twelve people braved the summer heat to brainstorm how the district could build a national network […]
Continue readingRedford Library Receives High Marks! In March 2012, Project Innovations was awarded a contract to develop a five-year strategic plan for the Redford Township District Library. The Redford Township District Library was established in 1994 to serve the residential and business communities of Redford Township as well as the South Redford and Redford Union School […]
Continue readingApril 16, 2012 Facilitating Town Hall Meetings for Results Recently, we helped the Bloomfield Hills School District design and conduct a series of twelve Town Hall Meetings. The District used the meetings to present their concepts for rebuilding Andover High School and to gather feedback from the community on the building design, the project’s cost, […]
Continue readingFebruary 23, 2012 For the past two weeks, I have been helping Bloomfield Hills School Superintendent Robert Glass conduct a series of Town Hall meetings. The objective of these meetings is to inform the community about the District’s proposal to build a hybrid high school. (Hybrid means 2/3 new and 1/3 old.) As the locals […]
Continue readingBy Pat Murphy • OBSERVER STAFF WRITER • October 3, 2010 People left the meeting enthused and optimistic. “I’m impressed that so many people, with such diverse backgrounds, can come together for a common cause,” said Kathy Abela, a parent with two youngsters in Redford Union schools. “This is very exciting,” said Patricia J. […]
Continue readingBy Eric Czarnik, C&G Staff Writer – Birmingham-Bloomfield Eagle (MI) – May 28, 2008 BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP – Bloomfield Hills Schools needs a 20-year master plan to chart out its school building strategies amid shrinking enrollment and changing educational patterns, according to a strategic planning firm’s report. Charlie Fleetham, president and top consultant at Farmington Hills-based […]
Continue readingBy Eric Czarnik – C & G Staff Writer – Birmingham-Bloomfield Eagle (MI) – February 6, 2008 WEST BLOOMFIELD – Expert analysis, brainstorming sessions and a mystical drawing called a mandala helped unite school activists behind the creation of a strategic plan for Bloomfield Hills Schools. More than 100 people – including invited guests and […]
Continue readingBy David Cole, Peter DeLorenzo, Arthur Wheaton, Steven Szakaly, & Charles Fleetham – Chartered Financial Analyst – March 2006 In recent times, the debate over the fate of General Motors (GM) has only heated up as time appears to be running out for the world’s no.1 carmaker while it struggles to save its future. Accumulating […]
Continue readingBy Alan Abrams – ForeWord Reviews – 2005 There’s a buzzword term in pop culture called “old school.” As a noun, it means a class of people favoring traditional ideas. Although it refers to the old ways of thinking and acting, it can also infer a sentimental attachment to outdated works and concepts. Charles Fleetham […]
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