Sentences with phrase «appointed emergency managers»

The city's main district is now run by an elected school board after years of control by state - appointed emergency managers.

Attending Rhodes» ruling were Detroit's state - appointed emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, who took Michigan's biggest city to bankruptcy court, and Mayor Mike Duggan, who is now tasked with carrying out the plan.

Detroit parents still have very few high - quality options, despite a number of different reform interventions, including putting a state - appointed emergency manager in charge of the district, pulling the lowest - performing schools into a statewide turnaround district, and allowing a significant number of charter schools to operate.

That's when the district's newly appointed Emergency Manager Don Weatherspoon said the district couldn't afford to open school in the fall.

«Detroit's state - appointed emergency manager is painting a bleak financial picture.

Michigan is taking over Detroit's finances and will appoint an emergency manager to deal with the city's massive debt.

Not exact matches

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Kevyn Orr as emergency manager in March 2013, giving him extraordinary authority to fix the city's finances.

Nearly two years ago, Flint city officials, under the guidance of a state - appointed emergency fiscal manager, switched their city's water supply from Lake Huron to the nearby polluted Flint River.

More recently, Detroit has been under the financial supervision of an Emergency Manager, who was appointed by the state's Repubilcan Governer to help the cash strapped city.

The mayor also said he was concerned about the possible effect of an executive order from Mr. Cuomo declaring a state of emergency in public housing and appointing a manager to make repairs.

The state had appointed an emergency financial manager to handle the district's finances.

Roy Roberts, the state - appointed emergency financial manager for the Detroit district, has not determined which of the district's nearly 100 buildings would close.

The emergency manager appointed to put Detroit's troubled public school system on a firmer financial footing said on Thursday he was sending layoff notices to all of the district's 5,466 unionized employees.

The City of Allen Park is the latest to get a state appointed emergency financial manager.

Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) first appointed an emergency financial manager for Detroit Public Schools in 2009.

In particular, national outlets did not highlight the role of state - appointed «emergency managers» who made arbitrary decisions based on budgetary concerns, including the catastrophic decision to draw Flint's water from the Flint River instead of Lake Huron (via the Detroit water system).

I would also like to introduce Peter Velez, Shell's Global Emergency Response Manager, and also the industry - appointed member to the US delegation of the Arctic Council Oil Spill Response Task Force.