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MARQUETTE Ishpeming Public Schools has revised its 2021 Back To School Preparedness and Response Plan to continue dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We want to give flexibility to teachers to have the option of teaching remotely, either from their home or from their classroom,” IPS Superintendent Carrie Meyer said during Monday’s board of education meeting. “It previously was in the plan that they would report to their classrooms, but with the COVID pandemic, our team felt that it was best to give options.”
The board voted to provide that flexibility in the plan as well as another update regarding remote learning and connectivity at Ishpeming High/Middle School.
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Caroline Carlson | Daily Press Elaine Cousineauâs first grade classroom enjoys lessons in their pajamas on Pajama Day at Lemmer Elementary School in Escanaba recently.
ESCANABA The school year has been a challenge to both students and teachers.
Reflecting on the school year so far, area school superintendents praised their staff, saying that despite this being a difficult year, teachers are working harder than ever to give students the best education they can provide in difficult times.
Escanaba Superintendent Dr. Coby Fletcher said one challenge has been attendance. He notes the state changed the way attendance is taken in an effort, Fletcher believes, to make things easier. Instead, he said it has created another learning curve, amidst many. Gladstone Superintendent Doug Leisenring also remarked on the change the state made to recording attendance, sayingt it is measured via two-way interaction. It can be through text, online applications, e
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