Board Members


Senita Lenear President of the Board 1330 Rosewood, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506 Term Expires: June 30, 2013	Jon O'Connor 267 Leyden, SW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 Term Expires: June 30, 2014	Lisa Hinkel 1450 VanAuken, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49508 Term Expires: June 30, 2011
Rev. Kenneth Hoskins Treasurer of the Board 1051 Evergreen, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49507 Term Expires: June 30, 2012	Maureen Quinn Slade 1834 Broadmoor Ct, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49505 Term Expires: June 30, 2014	Catherine Mueller 2480 Lafayette, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49505 Term Expires: June 30, 2011
Tony Baker, Ph.D. 1450 Boston, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49507 Term Expires: June 30, 2013	Wendy V. Falb, Ph.D. Secretary of the Board 350 Cherry, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Term Expires: June 30, 2013	Jane Gietzen Vice President of the Board 848 Aberdeen, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49505 Term Expires: June 30, 2012

Our Superintendent

Dr. Bernard Taylor, Jr., is in his fifth year as Superintendent of the Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS), Michigan’s third largest Click here to read more....

Institute for Learning

Thanks to the generous support of the Doug and Maria DeVos Foundation, the Grand Rapids Public Schools is partnering with the University of Pittsburgh’s the Institute for Learning (IFL) on a three year process to establish effort-based schools where every child in every classroom has access to rigorous and coherent educational learning experiences. Click here to learn more...