The Detroit Moms Like Me forum members are taking about this scenario with the kids: “Ooops … I left it at school.”
It’s an annoying situation for the parents who are caught by surprise on project deadlines, concert dates and bake sale requests.
It’s an annoying situation for teachers who are waiting for papers to be signed [...]

If you have a college student in the family, you may run into a situation where the student drops a class or drops out of school after the semester begins.
One of the reasons that class drops happen is that the course is too difficult for the students’ abilities. That’s why so many classes have prerequisites, [...]

Tomorrow is back-to-school day for most of my local readers in Monroe County, Mich., and …
I don’t have much to report in the way of school supply shopping bargains any more.
This is what happens when Michigan students are among the last in the country to report to class. The retailers have moved their inventory over [...]

I don’t belong to Sam’s Club, so I couldn’t tell you whether it’s cheaper to shop there than the way I usually shop. The ones in southeast Michigan and northwest Ohio include Southgate, Novi, Southfield and Toledo.
However, if this is a retail option that you are considering, look for the Sam’s Club flier in your [...]

I know this situation is going to aggravate my local readers, since most students in the Monroe, Mich., area do not have their first day of school until Sept. 8.
But what I’m seeing on the retail market is: the back-to-school sales are winding down, or, at least aren’t as dramatic as they were in July.
The [...]

The Back-to-School section for Monroe County, Mich., is in today’s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News.
Depending on what your district or school sent to the newspapers, you can find information about building re-arrangements, school lunch prices, orientation dates, open house dates, uniform exchange dates, homecoming dates and dismissal times.
The advertisements include haircut coupons, [...]

There’s been a lot of chatter in the Michigan news media about the status of the Michigan Promise Grants and state budget cuts. Detroit Free Press has a front-page story today and I’ve discussed this situation several times.
Susan Tompor at the Free Press has some practical and realistic Plan B ideas in her column Need [...]

Given the fact that 45 percent of Monroe Public School students got free or reduced-price school lunches last year, you may be interested in how that program got started in the first place.
Here’s a paper that was written in 1971 about the history of the National School Lunch Program.

This post is for my readers in Milan, Mich.:
Milan Area Schools in Milan, Mich., has a Tools for Student Success donation drive taking place. The campaign started Aug. 20 and will continue to Sept. 11.
Requested items include pencils, pens, markers, highlighters, spiral notebooks and backpacks in good condition. Detailed supply lists are available at each [...]

This article is in today’s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News. Although the quotes and references are for my newspaper’s local audience in Monroe, Mich., the income guidelines are set by the federal government.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has established new household income guidelines for this year’s free and reduced-price meals.

Districts [...]