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Event addresses youth homelessness, on the rise in Kent County

All Districts Erin Albanese
Organizations and community leaders are joining forces to end youth homelessness.

Learning how to budget earnings, expenses after high school

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
Balancing a personal budget is harder than it seems, Wyoming and Grandville high school students learned during a simulation.

Voters approve ballot measures in several districts, defeat bond in Rockford

Multi Districts Erin Albanese
Several school ballot proposals sailed to victory Tuesday, with the notable exception of a $230 million bond proposal in Rockford Public Schools.

Regional school millage renewed, will continue to benefit all districts

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
A millage that has provided funds for staff, intervention, field trips and other opportunities got a big nod from Kent ISD voters.

Local resources available as SNAP benefits face pause 

All Districts Erin Albanese
More than 77,000 people in Kent County receive SNAP benefits. Schools are helping them find resources if assistance is paused.

Tasting new book genres broadens reading palates  

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
In three minutes, these fourth-graders get “just a taste” of a book — and many walk away excited to read something new.

Regional enhancement millage, other education-related proposals up for vote

All Districts Erin Albanese
What’s on the ballot in your district this fall? Find out in this preview of school proposals.

Future teacher, baker inspired at school  

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
These Cummings Elementary students have some big plans for their futures.

Education budget a ‘decent’ outcome, with ‘asterisks’

All Districts Erin Albanese
With the state budget finally in place, school leaders look at its impacts for the school year in terms of increases and cuts.

Helping Ellie learn: ‘I want her to be a part of everything, just as she is’

Podcasts Charles Honey
A team approach enables a second-grader with Down syndrome to learn in a general-education classroom at Meadow Ridge Elementary. 

Operating, sinking fund millages on Nov. 4 ballot

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
Voters in Grandville are being asked to consider two district-specific ballot initiatives this fall.

Custodian’s artistry boosts school culture in many ways

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
Brett Davis contributes to West Elementary in meaningful, unexpected ways.

Taking a collaborative, project-based approach to math

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
Grandville’s elementary school leaders are excited about their new tool for teaching math, called Illustrative Mathematics.

Commentary: Michigan’s most vulnerable students deserve a budget that meets their needs

All Districts School News Network
The Wyoming superintendent weighs in on state budget priorities.

Governor talks school meals, stalled budget during district visit

All Districts Erin Albanese
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited a Kentwood school this week and explained the need for the state’s universal free school meal program to continue.  

K-12 education culminates ‘a full body of work,’ he says

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
As Grandville’s new athletic director, Charlie Kleinheksel looks forward to bringing his whole self to the role in order to serve students who are doing the same.
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