Pauline (Kenemuth)
Reichard , 92,
died Feb. 15, 2018.
Among her survivors are
her children Nola (David)
Soper of Houston, TX;
Donna (Gary) Westby of
Clinton Township and Dean
Reichard (Ivan Davila) of
Takoma Park, MD; grand-
children, Joshua and Ryan
Westby; Erica (Soper)
Smith and Ellen (Soper)
Mercado, and seven great-
grandchildren. She is also
survived by her sister Linda
(Dennis) Bowser of Clarion,
PA, four nieces and
nephews, and seven great-
nieces and great-nephews.
In addition to her parents
Alfred "Pete" Kenemuth and
Olive (Fye) Kenemuth, Mrs.
Reichard was preceded in
death by her loving hus-
band Donald E. Reichard,
her brother, Gail Kenemuth
and her sister, Ruth
Kenemuth.
Mrs. Reichard was raised
on a Pennsylvania farm,
graduated from Ashland
Township High School,
where she met, and later
married
Donald
E.
Reichard and moved briefly
to Washington State while
her husband served in the
U.S. Navy during World
War II, then to Michigan to
raise their family. Mrs.
Reichard was a wonderful
wife, mother, neighbor, and
friend to many, and she will
be greatly missed by many
friends and family, both
close and extended. Many
of her children's friends
thought of her as a second
mother. Mrs. Reichard was
generous and compas-
sionate, volunteering for
charitable work through the
FISH program and other
programs of the First
United Methodist Church of
Wayne/Westland.
Education was very impor-
tant to Mrs. Reichard. She
inspired her children to get
as much formal education
as possible, encouraged
piano lessons, marching
band, and other musical
endeavors, even tutored
students
in
the
Wayne/Westland school
system and attended class-
es at Eastern Michigan
University, until she learned
that a third child was forth-
coming. She was a ray of
sunshine to everyone she
met, never complaining to
anyone about anything,
even assuring her family
that she "felt fine" until her
final days.
A memorial service I
planned at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, May 19, 2018 at
the First United Methodist
Church
of
Wayne/Westland, located
at 3 Town Square Wayne
MI 48184, (734) 721-4801.
Memorial
contributions
may be made to the FISH
program, providing food to
needy families in the
Wayne/Westland commu-
nity by mailing a check to
the First United Methodist
Church of Wayne/Westland
at the address above with
"FISH Program - Pauline
Reichard memorial" in the
memo
line,
to
the
Alzheimer's Association by
visiting alz.org, or to the
Penrickton Center for Blind
Children, 26530 Eureka
Road, Taylor, MI 48180 via
mail or online at
rickton.com. To view the
full obituary and share con-
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Library millage to be on August ballot in Wayne
Wayne-Westland Community
Schools Superintendent Shelley
Holt has a clear message for vot-
ers thisNovember.
“It has to (pass) in order for us
to provide raises. It's not just
teachers, it's across the board,”
said Holt of a bond issue, noting
staffers have gone without raises
for years and lack pay parity with
neighboring districts.
“The bond issue is critical to
maintain our way of life,” Holt
said. She noted that unlike other
districts, Wayne-Westland hasn't
privatized services such as bus-
ing, food, and custodians.
Those staffers live in greater
numbers in Wayne-Westland dis-
trict boundaries, she said, noting
employing local residents is key.
“There are huge issues.”
Holt explained the infrastruc-
ture needed for a personalized
curriculum includes strong inter-
net access.
“We have to have an infra-
structure to support that,” the
superintendent said. Bond
approval by voters will allow
spending on staff salaries and
raises “to truly put the public
education at the forefront.”
“We are going to have to close
schools,” explained Jenny
Johnson, district director of com-
munications. Adams, Franklin,
Marshall, and Stevenson are all
former middle schools on the
possible closure list; Adams and
Marshall currently house fifth
and sixth grades while Franklin
and Stevenson currently house
seventh and eighth grades, she
said.
At the April 9 meeting, mem-
bers of the Board of Education
unanimously voted to reconfig-
ure schools into K-5, 6-8, and
grades 9-12. District leaders are
working with Plante Moran
Cresa on recommended closures.
The new configuration could
start with the 2019-20 school year
at the earliest, or the following
school year.
Johnson emphasized the spe-
cific decisions will include com-
mittee input from parents, staff,
community members and stu-
dents working with the board of
education members. “We're real-
ly trying to make sure our high
school students have a voice. We
are not closing a high school,”
including the William D. Ford
Career-Technical Center, Johnson
said.
“Chances are we'll have to do
some redistricting,” Johnson
said. The goal is as much as pos-
sible to have students transition
three times, from kindergarten to
the same middle school and then
withpeers ontohigh school.
“That's our goal because kids
do better when they can stay. It
gives continuity,” Johnson said.
This month, the district chief
financial officer is sending bond
language to the state, with a
school board resolution then
needed. In 2008, Wayne-Westland
closed six buildings and went to
the current configuration.
Johnson noted the previous
1998 bond means those purchas-
es are 20 years old. The CFO,
Plante Moran Cresa and finan-
cial advisers will determine the
bond amount and information
will be sharedwith the voters this
summer.
“We want everybody who pos-
sibly has an interest to be on a
committee,” said Johnson. The
newly restructured Office of
Academic Excellence focuses on
“competency-based learning for
our students,” said Johnson.
It goes beyond textbook selec-
tion into best classroomsettings.
Bondmoney legally must go to
update and renovate school
buildings, as well as buy and fix
buses. Buildings must be at 85
percent capacity “to qualify to
even ask for a bond,” said
Johnson, notingmany aren't now.
She emphasized that class-
rooms won't be overcrowdedwith
the CFO required to give enroll-
ment data now as well as project-
ed data for five years from now.
Cost savings are estimated at
more than $1.8 million annually,
centered on transportation, utili-
ties, and staffing.
Of staffing, Johnson said dis-
trict leaders hope “through
retirements and that we will be
fine,” rather than layoffs. That's
based on two fewer elementary
schools, with one less upper/mid-
dle school in the configuration.
Johnson agreed that students
often do just fine with a building
change.
“Yes, I absolutely think that. In
2008, my child's school was affect-
ed. It was fine. From personal
experience, yes, absolutely,” she
said. Her son, who was at
Madison then, graduated from
JohnGlennHigh and is in college
studying international business.
“He did fine and even mom
survived,” Johnson added with a
smile.
At an April 19 Westland
Rotary meeting, Holt also
touched on staff development
issues. “I have brilliant people
who have not been able to capi-
talize on their brilliance,” she
said.
Holt said that she is pleased
with starting to address that with
staff and others, as well as com-
munity partners to meet student
and family needs. “We don't have
a choice but to pass it (the bond
issue). I hate to think of the choic-
es I would have to make along
with the board of education.”
Johnson said that two new dis-
trict positions, Family and
Community Engagement super-
visors, partnerwith: a community
organization; a financial institu-
tion or organization; and a
church or other faith-based insti-
tution.
“Would you like to come in
and read to kids?” often gets peo-
ple into schools, Johnson said,
benefiting students and adults.
“They realize there are ways for
themto contribute.”
At the April 9 school board
meeting, Treasurer Tom
Buckalew said, “We have much
work to do. But I have faith we're
going to move in that direction.”
He noted funding gaps have hit
Wayne-Westland especially hard.
“We all know that buildings
and buses are not our district,”
said board member David Cox,
who praised a Plante Moran
audit. “Here we are on time and
more important, a unified
board,” he said.
Trustee Frederick Weaver
noted, “We must have support of
the parents at home aswell.”
Wayne voters will be asked to
double the amount they pay to
support the local library on the
August ballot.
Members of the Wayne City
Council agreed to place a request
for 1 additional mill on the Aug. 7
primary election ballot. If
approved, officials said, the addi-
tional millage would cost average
homeowners in the city about $35
on thewinter tax bills.
Library officials said that the
facility has been severely impact-
ed with the economic downturn
in the community. Library
Director Steven McGladdery told
the city council members that
while the 1 mill currently levied
to support the city library former-
ly generated about $750,000 in
funding, it is now providing only
about $350,000. He added that the
library pays $50,000 of that
amount to the city for administra-
tive fees.
If approved by voters, the addi-
tional 1 mill tax would expire in
10 years.
McGladdery said that the addi-
tional funding would allow the
library to restore hours at the
facility which is now only avail-
able 31 hours a week over five
days. He also said the millage
would allow for more staffing at
the library allowing for more
accessibility.
President of the library board
of directors Ed Marman told the
council members and audience
that while the additional millage
would not allow the library to
restore the hours it was previous-
ly open, it would allow the facility
to increasehours.
He said that people are inter-
ested in using the library in the
evenings and Sundays, hours that
are unavailable under the current
financial restrictions.
The library officials also dis-
cussed the reinstatement of the
volunteer program at the library,
which requires staff supervision,
adding more computers and WiFi
and new copiers should the mill-
age be approvedby voters.
Marman said that a campaign
committee would be formed to
promote the millage and would
distribute information about the
ballot proposal.
He said that the campaign
committee is “ready to roll.”
The motion to place the 1-mill
library funding question on the
ballot was approved by a unani-
mous vote of the council mem-
bers.
Julie Brown
Special Writer
We want everybody
who possibly has an interest
to be on a committee.
”
School district plans bond issue, realignment
