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WRIGHT TWP. — A $46.6 million budget that Crestwood School Board approved Tuesday by a split vote raises property taxes by 3% and lays off 11 teachers while cutting library
Crestwood schoolâs leaders havenât decided yet when elementary students will return to in-person classes, which the state recommended for the second semester that starts Feb. 1.
âWe will have an an announcement shortly,â Superintendent Bob Mehalick said Thursday during a committee meeting with the school board. âThere are a lot of things we are still working through. Our goal, our motivation is to get our kids back to some form of in-person instruction.â
If students return, Mehalick will recommend they spend a few days a week in classrooms and study from home on other days, as they did before Thanksgiving. After Thanksgiving, a resurgence of the virus led all classes to meet virtually. Buses and some classes would be too crowded for students to keep 6 feet apart if they returned five days a week, Mehalick said after board member James Costello asked how many days a week students would attend. If elementary students return a few days a week, Costello re