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Monday, April 22, 2013  Flint school leaders need to tell the state how they plan to get rid of nearly $16 million in debt by 2016 and the deadline is fast approaching.

Friday, February 01, 2013  Flint school board hires a CPA to help with the finances.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012  The Flint school board appointed Flint native Larry Watkins to serve as the interim superintendent.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012  The Flint school board accepted an audit that shows a $4 million deficit.  Some on the board says the figure is more like $11 million.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  Flint Community Schools Superintendent Linda Thompson is resigning.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Flint schools were facing a mire of financial troubles until the school board approved a budget with deep cuts this past June, but one school board member says they aren't enough.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  December 28, 2006 – the day that forever changed Anita Baum's life.  A yearly mammogram and then needle biopsy showed Baum had Stage 1 breast cancer. She had no family history. She had just turned 50 years old.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  Some Genesee County schools are under the microscope to close wide achievement gaps after the state released revamped report cards Thursday.  The new ranking system rewards the top-performing schools in the state, while it warns the bottom 5 percent based on student achievement. It puts schools in one of three categories.  In Genesee County, 7 schools are designated Reward schools, 10 as Priority school and 7 as Focus schools.

Monday, January 09, 2012  The district must come up with a plan to try and balance the budget deficit

Thursday, November 17, 2011  Yeo & Yeo performed an independent audit on the district’s 2011-2011 school year, and reports the school district faces a $3.7 Million deficit this year.

Monday, October 17, 2011 

Friday, July 01, 2011  The budget cuts more than 460 people from the 2012 payroll. School leaders are hoping some of them will be called back to work.

Thursday, May 26, 2011  Superintendent Linda Thompson says MEAP test scores are up.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011  Thousands protest anti-union bill in Wis.; governor insists he has enough votes to pass it.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010  The government's giant bank bailout may well have averted a second Great Depression, economists say, but a lot of voters aren't buying it.