Emergency!

 HIGHLAND PARK

   Emergency manager to run schools

   Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Friday a former chief financial officer for the U.S. Department of Education to oversee thefinancially troubled Highland Park School District as its emergency manager.

   Jack Martin, a certified public accountant who is part of the review team studying whether an emergency manager is needed for the City of Detroit, will begin his job Monday.

   A review team recently recommended the move, citing the growth in the school district’s deficit to $11.3 million. State officials have said they’re unsure whether the district has enough money to keep operating beyond the middle of February.

   The district’s enrollment has fallen 58% since 2006, to 1,331 in 2011.