Lena Kauffman
@lena-kauffman.bsky.social
Just a Covid-era mom seeing her worst pandemic predictions coming true. I tweet about Ann Arbor, public schools and the dangers of replacing caring human teachers with zoom and for-profit tech companies. Opinions are my own. #a2schoolboard #a2schools
Skyline high school finals are Monday and Tuesday. Ask me how happy the students studying at @aadl.org Westgate branch are about today’s family drum circle. 😂
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Skyline high school finals are Monday and Tuesday. Ask me how happy the students studying at @aadl.org Westgate branch are about today’s family drum circle. 😂
So I guess republicans learned that if you need Democrat senators to cave, just cancel 5% of the commercial flights they, their staff and their donors rely on. 😢
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
So I guess republicans learned that if you need Democrat senators to cave, just cancel 5% of the commercial flights they, their staff and their donors rely on. 😢
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don’t blink @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
don’t blink @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
Hey Ann Arbor friends, it is Election Day tomorrow. Don’t forget to vote.
November 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Hey Ann Arbor friends, it is Election Day tomorrow. Don’t forget to vote.
Reposted by Lena Kauffman
Reposted by Lena Kauffman
We are so fortunate in the Fighting Five. Please empty to your pockets to keep Jenn our CM! #a2council
Oh, hey, #a2council, here we go again. I have been fortunate to represent Ward 5 since 2022 and am asking you to elect me to represent you for another four years starting in 2026. a2jenn.org for more info, to support my campaign secure.actblue.com/donate/reele...
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We are so fortunate in the Fighting Five. Please empty to your pockets to keep Jenn our CM! #a2council
I’m rather proud of the Pumpkin I carved for the kids this year. Go Skyline Eagles 🦅
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I’m rather proud of the Pumpkin I carved for the kids this year. Go Skyline Eagles 🦅
If you are trying to decide if it is worth coming out and voting on Tuesday as only the tech education milage that helps #a2schools is in the ballot, here is who is voting against it. #a2council #a2schoolboard
Full story in the @annarborobserver.bsky.social
Full story in the @annarborobserver.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
If you are trying to decide if it is worth coming out and voting on Tuesday as only the tech education milage that helps #a2schools is in the ballot, here is who is voting against it. #a2council #a2schoolboard
Full story in the @annarborobserver.bsky.social
Full story in the @annarborobserver.bsky.social
NIMBYs in posh Highgate, London. F them kids. My single family house comes first. #london #a2council #a2schools
October 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
NIMBYs in posh Highgate, London. F them kids. My single family house comes first. #london #a2council #a2schools
It’s game day in Ann Arbor and already the police are helping look for two different little kids that their families have lost in the stadium crowd. Unpopular opinion, but it is actually smart & necessary to put a child leash on little kids in situations like this. They can disappear in an instant.
October 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It’s game day in Ann Arbor and already the police are helping look for two different little kids that their families have lost in the stadium crowd. Unpopular opinion, but it is actually smart & necessary to put a child leash on little kids in situations like this. They can disappear in an instant.
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News | The AADL is acquiring the Observer, promising to continue to distribute it for free to all Ann Arbor residents. To find out how residents are reacting, we interviewed the owner of a failed downtown plant shop, who blamed the sale on the William Street bike lane. #a2council
September 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
News | The AADL is acquiring the Observer, promising to continue to distribute it for free to all Ann Arbor residents. To find out how residents are reacting, we interviewed the owner of a failed downtown plant shop, who blamed the sale on the William Street bike lane. #a2council
Grateful to Gov Whitmer for this letter to Superintendents but feeling embarrassed that @a2schools-mirror.bsky.social wasn't one of the districts that "operated as normal, and fed every child who walked through their doors." AAPS only reverse course at 3 p.m. content.govdelivery.com/attachments/...
content.govdelivery.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Grateful to Gov Whitmer for this letter to Superintendents but feeling embarrassed that @a2schools-mirror.bsky.social wasn't one of the districts that "operated as normal, and fed every child who walked through their doors." AAPS only reverse course at 3 p.m. content.govdelivery.com/attachments/...
Today, free school lunch ends in #a2schools for anyone not qualified due to low income. Students can run up a debt if their families haven’t put money in their lunch accounts. But will that debt be erased if the state gov passes a budget with school lunch for all? I’m guessing no.
#a2schoolboard
#a2schoolboard
October 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Today, free school lunch ends in #a2schools for anyone not qualified due to low income. Students can run up a debt if their families haven’t put money in their lunch accounts. But will that debt be erased if the state gov passes a budget with school lunch for all? I’m guessing no.
#a2schoolboard
#a2schoolboard
Blue state Rhode Island and Red state Montana are both increasing taxes on vacation homes that are neither lived in or rented out. When you take out Chicago, Michigan leads the midwest in luxury homes held by billionaires. Is this a tax we could do here too? www.cnbc.com/2025/08/31/t...
Rhode Island's 'Taylor Swift Tax' on vacation homes of the wealthy is spreading to other states
A push to tax the real estate of the wealthy has sparked a backlash among brokers and potential buyers, who say the taxes punish the most important local spenders.
www.cnbc.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Blue state Rhode Island and Red state Montana are both increasing taxes on vacation homes that are neither lived in or rented out. When you take out Chicago, Michigan leads the midwest in luxury homes held by billionaires. Is this a tax we could do here too? www.cnbc.com/2025/08/31/t...
#a2schools superintendent message on ICE picking up people dropping off their kids at school.
September 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
#a2schools superintendent message on ICE picking up people dropping off their kids at school.
If you follow school cell phone ban policies in Michigan, this is the second year of the Skyline High School test project within Ann Arbor Public Schools. Here's the 2025-2026 school year policy. Go Skyline Eagles. 🦅
#a2schools
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#a2schools
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
High School Cell Phone Policy: Pocket Chart Storage 4-22-24
Skyline High School Cell Phone, Headphone, and Electronics Policy Objective: The cell phone, headphone and electronics policy is established to create a conducive learning environment by minimizing...
docs.google.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
If you follow school cell phone ban policies in Michigan, this is the second year of the Skyline High School test project within Ann Arbor Public Schools. Here's the 2025-2026 school year policy. Go Skyline Eagles. 🦅
#a2schools
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#a2schools
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#a2schoolboard adjourns at 7:55 pm after a meeting of about 50 minutes in length. Nothing particularly new or unusual, but they did note that they are continuing looking at a cell-phone ban in the district and will be evaluating data from the Skyline High School pilot test of a ban last year.
August 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
#a2schoolboard adjourns at 7:55 pm after a meeting of about 50 minutes in length. Nothing particularly new or unusual, but they did note that they are continuing looking at a cell-phone ban in the district and will be evaluating data from the Skyline High School pilot test of a ban last year.
Log on for the Taylor Swift announcement. Stay for #a2schoolboard. 😆
August 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Log on for the Taylor Swift announcement. Stay for #a2schoolboard. 😆
😮OMG! Taylor Swift has set a countdown for #a2schoolboard meeting tonight. Watch on CTN or Zoom at 7 pm ET.
What else could it mean? 😆
What else could it mean? 😆
August 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
😮OMG! Taylor Swift has set a countdown for #a2schoolboard meeting tonight. Watch on CTN or Zoom at 7 pm ET.
What else could it mean? 😆
What else could it mean? 😆
🚨#a2schoolboard meeting tonight (8/13/25) at 3700 Earhart Rd, A2. To speak to the board, you have to sign up by 3 pm here: forms.gle/yN8tvpMxQRij...
Agenda➡️ a2schools.community.highbond.com/Portal/Meeti...
📺Zoom link ➡️ a2schools.zoom.us/j/81573210846
Notable things at meeting 🧵1/4 ⤵️
Agenda➡️ a2schools.community.highbond.com/Portal/Meeti...
📺Zoom link ➡️ a2schools.zoom.us/j/81573210846
Notable things at meeting 🧵1/4 ⤵️
Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing
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a2schools.zoom.us
August 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🚨#a2schoolboard meeting tonight (8/13/25) at 3700 Earhart Rd, A2. To speak to the board, you have to sign up by 3 pm here: forms.gle/yN8tvpMxQRij...
Agenda➡️ a2schools.community.highbond.com/Portal/Meeti...
📺Zoom link ➡️ a2schools.zoom.us/j/81573210846
Notable things at meeting 🧵1/4 ⤵️
Agenda➡️ a2schools.community.highbond.com/Portal/Meeti...
📺Zoom link ➡️ a2schools.zoom.us/j/81573210846
Notable things at meeting 🧵1/4 ⤵️
Today's distribution of MacBooks to #a2schools high schoolers was a little rough with kids at one school waiting in line over 2 hours. Parents asked how much it all cost. Answer: over $6 1/4 million. All $ from local bond.
#a2schoolboard link: a2schools.community.highbond.com/document/d54...
#a2schoolboard link: a2schools.community.highbond.com/document/d54...
August 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Today's distribution of MacBooks to #a2schools high schoolers was a little rough with kids at one school waiting in line over 2 hours. Parents asked how much it all cost. Answer: over $6 1/4 million. All $ from local bond.
#a2schoolboard link: a2schools.community.highbond.com/document/d54...
#a2schoolboard link: a2schools.community.highbond.com/document/d54...
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You are so right! We still live with the ghosts of NIMBYs-past. In Ann Arbor, we can’t build taller than 267ft because decades ago someone disliked tall buildings. They’re gone, but we still live with their fears and limits. Our community suffers because cities aren’t meant to be museums. #a2council
August 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
You are so right! We still live with the ghosts of NIMBYs-past. In Ann Arbor, we can’t build taller than 267ft because decades ago someone disliked tall buildings. They’re gone, but we still live with their fears and limits. Our community suffers because cities aren’t meant to be museums. #a2council
"Like a lot of private and faith-based schools, its enrollment increased during the rise of COVID-19, as parents sought alternatives to the isolation of prolonged virtual learning in larger public school districts."
#a2schools #a2schoolboard
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
#a2schools #a2schoolboard
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
A Christian school near Ann Arbor was on the verge of closure. Now enrollment has tripled.
Before the pandemic, they brought in just enough students to stay open. Now, after expanding into their space, they're reaching spatial capacity.
www.mlive.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"Like a lot of private and faith-based schools, its enrollment increased during the rise of COVID-19, as parents sought alternatives to the isolation of prolonged virtual learning in larger public school districts."
#a2schools #a2schoolboard
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
#a2schools #a2schoolboard
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
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TOP AI IN EDUCATION FAILS ... so far:
April 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
TOP AI IN EDUCATION FAILS ... so far:
A and B win, or are more absentee votes coming?
#a2council
#a2council
August 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A and B win, or are more absentee votes coming?
#a2council
#a2council