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First-time presidential voters take ‘a very important step’
Students from six Kent County high schools share the experience of voting for president for the first time...
For school business officers, an ‘incredibly frenzied’ year
Being a school district business manager is a big job in the best of times. But doing the job during COVID-19? A challenge to say the least...
Better-than-expected K-12 budget brings relief, unknowns remain
State legislators approved a flat per-pupil foundation grant and a one-time increase of $65 per pupil following tumultuous months of uncertainty...
The year of learning differently
SNN asked a sampling of students from across the county how it’s going for them so far in a school year of multiple instruction models...
Food ‘angels’ support hungry kids through pandemic
They work all across Kent County, guardian angels with peanut butter on their hands and crumbs on their shirtsleeves...
Two local districts ask voters to approve funding proposals
The Cedar Springs and Lowell school districts are going to voters Aug. 4 with proposals to improve buildings, grounds and educational technology...
The Class of 2020: learning to roll with it
From 9/11 to the coronavirus, the Class of 2020 saw and experienced tremendous change within their school careers and young lives...
Students speak out on protests, call for ‘a better America tomorrow’
For area students, the ongoing protests over police brutality could be a teachable moment, a call to action or both...
‘I’m a 2020 grad, and wouldn’t want it any other way’
Across Kent County schools had to scramble to revamp graduation activities in a time of COVID-19...
A clean sweep: seven districts pass funding proposals
All seven school districts in Kent ISD that made funding requests to voters had them approved, despite the economic and health crises of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Supporting parents as teachers
Bright Beginnings was recently recognized by the national organization that sets standards for early childhood programs...
Districts come to voters with funding proposals May 5
Seven school districts in Kent ISD have funding requests on next week’s Tuesday, May 5 election ballot, ranging from major bond issues and sinking funds to non-homestead operating millage renewals...
Learning from a distance: ‘Keep them happy and keep them learning’
In this moment of social distancing, it’s an alternative way to get at the school’s aim of helping all students learn, yet in drastically different and varied circumstances...
Student homelessness tied to lack of affordable housing
AJ, 16, is one of nearly 2,500 students in Kent County who are homeless. She is one of many young people affected by the lack of affordable and available housing...
What does the 2020 Census have to do with school lunch?
With some funding dependent on census data, school districts help spread the word on this key count of residents...
Student award-winning artworks on display at Kendall
Numerous Kent ISD school district students are represented in an art display at The Fed Galleries until Feb. 29...
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