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Assistant Superintendent for K-12 Curriculum Meaghan Gauthier addresses the Alpena Public Schools Board of Education on Monday.
ALPENA Alpena Public Schools students in grades 6 to 12 at risk of failing a class will be required to attend school on Wednesdays when in-person learning resumes four days a week following spring break.
Assistant Superintendent for K-12 Curriculum Meaghan Gauthier told the district’s board of education on Monday Thunder Bay Junior High School and Alpena High School students earning a minimum of one F in a class would be required to attend school in-person on Wednesdays.
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Thunder Bay Junior High School students board buses to transport them home on Friday.
ALPENA The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education plans to schedule a special board meeting to discuss how Thunder Bay Junior High School and Alpena High School students can have more in-person learning.
The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. March 2 on the online conferencing software Zoom.
Superintendent David Rabbideau provided the board of education with data showing students at Thunder Bay Junior High School and Alpena High School are not performing as well as they have in past years and some of their parents may not be highly satisfied with the hybrid learning model.
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Justin Hinkley, recently named publisher and editor of The News, poses in front of the building in downtown Alpena on Thursday.
ALPENA Justin Hinkley, the current managing editor of The Alpena News, has been named publisher and editor of the newspaper.
He will assume the new positions on Feb. 12, upon the retirement of longtime publisher Bill Speer.
Hinkley promises to continue the time-honored traditions of The Alpena News of providing readers what they want and deserve, with high-quality reporting, storytelling, and service.
“For more than 122 years, The Alpena News has been the leader in news coverage and the most responsive and effective advertising medium for Northeast Michigan,” Hinkley said. “We will continue to focus on local news reporting and providing quality advertising, both in our printed newspaper and our digital website, TheAlpenaNews.com. We take very seriously our role in informing our readers a
Recent actions by school boards in Northeast Michigan.
∫ The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education’s Property Committee on Monday learned the committee overseeing the district’s bond-funded renovations had reviewed the design budget for changes at Ella White Elementary School.
Trustee Steven Donajkowski, who serves on both committees, said the district is on track with its plans and the amount allotted for Ella White. He said bids for Wilson, Besser and Lincoln elementaries are expected in January and the committee will review those on Jan. 12.
Associate Superintendent for Business and Operations Mary Lyon recently shared with the full Board of Education that its insurance company paid the district $37,873 for 146 Chromebook laptops and 719 carrying bags damaged by mold when they were stored last summer at Thunder Bay Junior High School. She said the money would be put in the district’s long-range technology fund for future Chromebook purchases.