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What is the non-homestead tax, and who pays it?

All Districts Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Homeowners do not pay a non-homestead millage, so why are they required to vote on it? We take a look at the Headlee Amendment and Proposal A.

Opening career pathways through work-based learning

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
The third in our series of articles about CareerPrep 2030, a Kent ISD initiative to expand offerings and boost student enrollment in career and technical education over the next five years.

More meals, more options make for busy days for this lunch crew

Lowell Erin Albanese
Lowell High School has seen a 50% spike in students getting school lunch in the past two years, and the lunch crew is prepping, stirring, cooking, stocking and stepping up to the challenge.

What would closing U.S. Dept. of Education mean for special education in Kent County? 

Podcasts Charles Honey
President Trump has vowed to shut down the U.S. Department of Education. What’s at risk for special-education programs locally if this happens?

Into the wild: young adventurers test survival skills

Lowell Brett Atwood
Lowell fifth-graders use resources in nature as they learn about survival at the Wittenbach Wege Agriscience & Environmental Education Center.

Fifth-graders pull details from book to build dioramas

Lowell Erin Albanese
Fifth-graders used their imaginations and attention to detail to create dioramas of a cabin in a children’s historical novel.

Growth continues in free-to-all preschool program

Kent ISD Erin Albanese
The Great Start Readiness Program continues to add classrooms in anticipation of future growth.

State official ‘very concerned’ about possible threats to education funding

All Districts Riley Kelley
Rep. Carol Glanville talked with constituents about education budget issues while visiting Kent District Library’s Grandville branch.

State grant benefits school food programs, farmers

Comstock Park Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
The 10 Cents for Michigan’s Kids and Farms grant program connects students to local farms by providing funds to schools to purchase Michigan-grown food. 

A career in auto repair? For some students, it starts in high school

Podcasts Charles Honey
A Grandville High School teacher and student discuss the “motor skills” learned and career options opened by classes in automotive maintenance as well as in other career and technical education programs.

Lightbulbs are going on thanks to Home Essentials class

Lowell Erin Albanese
Should we call the plumber? No need; the Home Essentials class at Lowell High School has it covered.

Memo to teachers: grant funds available for your classes

All Districts Charles Honey
The Kent Association of Retired School Personnel is accepting proposals from teachers for grants to help them with supplies and projects. 

Medieval matches bring ancient Roman history to life

Lowell Erin Albanese
Seventh-graders learning about ancient Rome reenacted a portion of history — the Gladiator Games — shocking by today’s standards.

Future dispatcher: ‘Knowing you are helping people is amazing’

Lowell Erin Albanese
This junior’s dream is to be the behind-the-scenes connector, ensuring help gets to people in the event of an emergency.

Districts issue guidance, protocols in case of ICE visits  

All Districts Erin Albanese
Amid concerns about mass deportation and a change in federal policy that allows immigration officers to visit schools, administrators are communicating guidance and protocols.

Partnership expands CTE programs to local districts

Career Exploration Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
To meet its goal of 10,000 students in career and technical education classes by 2030, Kent ISD partnered with local districts to bring these programs to students in their own high schools.
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