Bleke Confronts Tough Times
By Daniel Schoonmaker
Published: April 24, 2005
Grand Rapids Public Schools Superintendent Bert Bleke says the urban school district brings more value to its students than some of its suburban counterparts. GRAND RAPIDS — Of West Michigan’s leaders, few can claim to have been handed a more turbulent situation than the one that greeted Grand Rapids Public Schools Superintendent Bert Bleke when he signed his five-year contract in May 2002.

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