The Detroit News 615 W. Lafayette Blvd. How to contact us Please send information about people, programs and events at your school to writer Lynne Meredith Cohn. An untested state law that threatens to heavily punish school teachers who go on strike will not stop Detroit's 7,700 teachers from walking off the job if a contract agreement isn't reached with the district before classes resume Aug. 31, a labor official said Tuesday. The teachers union Monday shot down several key proposals from Detroit Public Schools' reform model, including a longer school day and school year and tying merit pay to student test scores. The Detroit News Instructor Barry Scott gives directions to kids at the Britannia Soccer Camp at Canton's Heritage Park.
Instructors are semipro or professional soccer players from Europe.
As the ball drops onto the turf, dozens of little legs chug up the field, aiming a foot at angles toward the white ball. Luba Berg's long brown hair hung in wet strands down her back. It was just after lunch, and the fans just weren't cutting it in the 90-degree heat.