Michiganians in Grand Rapids, East Lansing and Brighton have opportunities in August to discuss K-12 education and reform in as part of the Center or Michigan’s ongoing townhall series on the topic:

WHEN: Aug. 15, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Option 1 Credit Union Office, 630 32nd St. SE, Grand Rapids

RSVP: Please RSVP by Aug. 7 with an email response or phone call to Jerri Schmidt, jerris@option1cu.org, or (616) 243-0125.

WHEN: Aug. 16, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Option 1 Credit Union Office, 2400 West Road, East Lansing

RSVP: Please RSVP by Aug. 7 with an email response or phone call to Jerri Schmidt, jerris@option1cu.org , or (616) 243-0125.

WHEN: Aug. 17, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m .

WHERE: Literacy Center of West Michigan, Training Room A&B, 1120 Monroe Ave.. NW, Suite 240, Grand Rapids

RSVP: Please RSVP to Lindsay McHolme, LMcHolme@literacycenterwm.org

WHEN: Aug. 28, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Brighton Chamber of Commerce, 218 East Grand River, Brighton

RSVP: Please RSVP to pamm@brightoncoc.org

Citizens unable to attend any of these sessions may still share their views on K-12 education by answering questions via the Center’s online survey. Click here to access the survey, which is anonymous.

The Center is in the midst of a year-long listening tour of Michigan aimed at collecting the thoughts of 5,000 residents about the future of K-12 education. Approximately 3,500 residents already have participated.

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Talk school stuff in Grand Rapids, East Lansing, Brighton

by Bridge Staff, Bridge Michigan
August 7, 2012

<h1>Talk school stuff in Grand Rapids, East Lansing, Brighton</h1> <p class="byline">by Bridge Staff, Bridge Michigan <br />August 7, 2012</p> <p>Michiganians in Grand Rapids, East Lansing and Brighton have opportunities in August to discuss K-12 education and reform in as part of the Center or Michigan’s ongoing townhall series on the topic:</p> <p><strong>WHEN:</strong> Aug. 15, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.</p> <p><strong>WHERE:</strong> Option 1 Credit Union Office, 630 32nd St. SE, <strong><strong>Grand Rapids</strong></strong></p> <p>RSVP: Please RSVP by Aug. 7 with an email response or phone call to Jerri Schmidt, <a href="mailto:jerris@option1cu.org"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="color: #0000ff">jerris@option1cu.org</span></span></span></a>, or (616) 243-0125.</p> <p><strong>WHEN:</strong> Aug. 16, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.</p> <p><strong>WHERE:</strong> Option 1 Credit Union Office, 2400 West Road, <strong><strong>East Lansing</strong></strong></p> <p>RSVP: Please RSVP by Aug. 7 with an email response or phone call to Jerri Schmidt, <span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="color: #0000ff">jerris@option1cu.org </span></span></span>, or (616) 243-0125.</p> <p><strong>WHEN:</strong> Aug. 17, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m .</p> <p><strong>WHERE:</strong> Literacy Center of West Michigan, Training Room A&amp;B, 1120 Monroe Ave.. NW, Suite 240, <strong><strong>Grand Rapids</strong></strong></p> <p>RSVP: Please RSVP to Lindsay McHolme, LMcHolme@literacycenterwm.org</p> <p><strong>WHEN:</strong> Aug. 28, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.</p> <p><strong>WHERE:</strong> Brighton Chamber of Commerce, 218 East Grand River, <strong><strong>Brighton</strong></strong></p> <p>RSVP: Please RSVP to pamm@brightoncoc.org</p> <p>Citizens unable to attend any of these sessions may still share their views on K-12 education by answering questions via the Center’s online survey. <a href="http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5o07lvxgzbbuif6/a017lh3orursi/questions"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="color: #0000ff">Click here</span></span></span></a> to access the survey, which is anonymous.</p> <p>The Center is in the midst of a year-long listening tour of Michigan aimed at collecting the thoughts of 5,000 residents about the future of K-12 education. Approximately 3,500 residents already have participated.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/talk-school-stuff-grand-rapids-east-lansing-brighton/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com&quot;&gt;Bridge Michigan&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/bridgemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-android-chrome-192x192-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=12157&amp;amp;ga4=G-1E2G9MSHX5&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/talk-school-stuff-grand-rapids-east-lansing-brighton/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bridgemi.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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