Michigan Parents Demand Return to In-Person Learning as Failing Grades Rise
9 Feb 2021
Parents in Mason, Michigan, are organizing to demand students return to classrooms full time as coronavirus-related school closures drag on.
Students in the Mason School District currently go in-person two days a week and virtually the other three.
“I feel the options don’t work for everyone,” parent Amber Rodriguez, who was one of 514 parents to sign the petition, told WILX.
“These kids’ mental health is struggling a lot. Especially a lot of the older kids. They need to be in school. They need to have their sports,” she said, referring Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) ban on winter contact sports that was recently lifted after parents put pressure on the governor.
Jenison High School: 25% of students in virtual learning are failing at least one class
Students failing courses in virtual school required to return to in-person learning
and last updated 2021-01-01 19:13:26-05
GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP, MICH. â Jenison Public Schools made a tough call this week, but school officials say they had no other option.
The district says students who are attending their temporary extended traditional learning, the virtual learning program they created amidst the pandemic, are failing at a higher rate than students attending school in person.
âWe had about 25% of our students that were learning remotely that had failed at least one course,â Jenison High School Principal Brandon Graham said.