Governor Whitmer has signed a new bill into law that will address the substitute teacher shortage and help keep schools open and students learning in person.
Lapeer community mourns death of longtime educator who was ‘more than just a teacher’
Updated Feb 20, 2021;
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Shannon Leigh Nichols died on Monday, Feb. 15, after battling melanoma. She was 46.
“A great mom, great wife, great employee,” Lapeer Community Schools Superintendent Matt Wandrie told MLive/The Flint Journal Thursday, Feb. 18. “This is a tough, tough time for our district.”
Jen Rondy, a teacher at Lapeer Community Schools and close friend, said Nichols “was there for everyone and anyone.”
“She was just so loving, so kind to anybody that she would ever meet,” Rondy said.
Nichols was born on July 3, 1974, in Lapeer to parents, Georgia Gibbons and Ed Gray, according to her obituary. She is survived by her husband of 25 years, Ray Nichols, and daughters, Alexis Hanton and Hannah Nichols.
Lapeer High School Returns to All Remote Learning After Outbreak
Students at Lapeer High School are now back to remote learning starting today.
As of today, all of the students at Lapeer High School will be learning from home for the next two weeks. In the last two weeks, the high school has reported 18 new cases of COVID-19. The new cases resulted in more than 200 students and staff having to quarantine. Because of this, the school is having difficulty keeping the building adequately staffed.
The District has made the decision to return to our remote learning plan for students in grades 10-12. This period of remote instruction will be for two weeks, from February 3 through February 16. Our plan is to return to face-to-face instruction on February 17. We will evaluate the status of our return consistently during this period.said Lapeer Community Schools Superintendent Matt Wandrie in a letter to the parents.