Spread the loveA guest post by Scot Graden After voters had rejected two bond measures, Saline Area Schools used online surveys and a virtual listening station to give the community easy access to school leaders. The third measure passed with 60% of the vote. In 2010, Saline Area Schools, where I serve as superintendent, introduced a bond measure to fund our first infrastructure updates since 2000. Our district is in a relatively affluent, relatively conservative area of the state, 40 miles west of Detroit. Of our 32,000 residents, more than 50 percent don’t have kids in the school system, and … Continue reading How Community Engagement Helped One Superintendent Win Passage of a $67.5 Million Bond