Electric buses being deployed by Ann Arbor Public Schools to deliver meals to community
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
Posted Feb 03, 2021
Charlie Bogg charges an electric school bus at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School. AAPS recently deployed the four new electric buses into action, helping the district deliver around 9,000 meals, twice a week, to families - many of whom qualify for free or reduced lunch.Photo provided | DTE Energy
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ANN ARBOR, MI - While children in Ann Arbor Public Schools remain in remote learning, the district has made the most of some of its new fleet of electric buses to deliver meals to families in need.
Halfway into the school year, Michigan students are failing classes at higher rates, concerning educators who say it’s more evidence of the coronavirus’s disruption of learning.
About 20% of elementary and middle school students and up to 35% of high school students in the Detroit Public Schools Community District failed at least one class in the first quarter. Those rates are about twice the rates of the previous school year, according to district estimates.
Similar grading trends are emerging nationally. In Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, the percentage of middle and high school students earning F’s in at least two classes climbed to 11%, up five percentage points from last year. School districts in St. Paul and Salt Lake City are also seeing increases in failure rates.