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Schools in nine districts announce closures as COVID cases spike

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New temporary school building closures were announced by nine school districts in Kent ISD this week, as schools contend with a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in Kent County and Michigan...

CARES funding helps schools meet COVID-related costs

School 2.0 Phil de Haan

Across Kent County, schools are benefitting from an infusion of funds thanks to $2 million from the Kent County Board of Commissioners via the Kent County CARES Act School Grant Program...

Outdoor lover, zen seeker, middle-schooler hope-giver

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Bill Cataldo is the new K-8 principal for Cedar Springs’ new Red Hawks Online virtual school this year. School News Network took some time to get to know him better in this edition of Meet Your Principal...

From cruise director to the classroom

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Cortney O’Brien is the new interim dean of students for the 2020-2021 school year at Cedar Trails Elementary School. School News Network took some time to get to know her better in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

Cedar Springs ready to help students succeed

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Superintendent Scott Smith says preparations have been going well, thanks to the “grit and determination” of district staff...

Here come the students; schools try to be ‘prepared for everything’

Back to School 2.0 Charles Honey

Area school districts have to be able to switch instruction plans if the pandemic fires up again, and be prepared for the possibility of a COVID-19 outbreak in one of their schools...

Ready or not, school year begins as leaders adopt plans to teach, protect students

Back to School 2.0 Charles Honey

With most of Kent County’s public school districts opening next week, superintendents talk about their plans to educate students while trying to keep them safe from an unpredictable virus...

District approves $68 million bond by 12 votes

Cedar Springs Erin Albanese

Now the district will move forward on preparing for construction of 12 new classrooms at Cedar Springs High School, part of a $15.49 million project, with plans to break ground in March or April...

Two local districts ask voters to approve funding proposals

Multi Districts Charles Honey

The Cedar Springs and Lowell school districts are going to voters Aug. 4 with proposals to improve buildings, grounds and educational technology...

Dad helped daughter succeed through his actions

Grads with Grit Cris Greer

Larica Brown and her father, Lorenzo, worked hard to make a better life for themselves in the United States...

Farm family gets closer while business builds during quarantine

Cedar Springs Cris Greer

One farm family is all-hands on growing the business during the unfamiliar, uneasy time of stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19...

Counselors reach out to anxious students, stressed parents

School 2.0 Erin Albanese

From anxious students to stressed parents, school mental-health workers are addressing the social and emotional problems exacerbated by the coronavirus shutdown...

Family time includes virtual zoos, indoor gardening and arts & crafts

School 2.0 Cris Greer

How one family stays busy during home quarantine...

Districts face hard choices in timing of ballot requests

School 2.0 Charles Honey

District leaders have had to weigh whether to go ahead as scheduled, or postpone them because of the coronavirus health crisis...

When the music slows, the students scurry

Cedar Springs Cris Greer

Strategic use of music cuts down on late arrivals to class...

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Online story time, virtual PE keep students connected during shutdown

School 2.0 Charles Honey

'They need to see we’re smiling and happy and that we’re OK, and that they’re going to be OK too'...

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