LaJune Montgomery Tabron

Deputy Superintendent of the Michigan Department of Education Dr. Venessa Kessler says that Battle Creek's partnership agreement will see the state of Michigan providing "on-demand technical assistance", and support for issues with staffing; as well, the district is currently applying for state financial resources.

The WKKF says in a release Monday that Dr. Russell Mawby died October 20 at the age of 89. Mawby was brought on as CEO and Chair of the Board at the Foundation in 1970, and served in those capacities until 1995; he stayed on the board until 2000.

LaJune Montgomery Tabron, President and Chief Executive Officer of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, is among those community leaders rallying community support to advance the effort, which seeks to result in a strategic direction for change by next spring/summer...