Two Thumb Area school districts received MCAN grants in 2020
Helped keep students connected during 2020 pandemic
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The Caseville and Unionville-Sebewaing Area school districts received grants from the Michigan College Access Network this past year, helping students stay connected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The USA school district had received a $10,000 grant in the late winter/early spring of 2020 for acquiring Wi-Fi hotspots, which were given out to students who were at home during the lockdown of spring 2020.
George Rierson, the superintendent of USA Schools, said the district ended up with 75 hotspots total, with some of them purchased through another grant the district received. He said the hotspots have been helpful for seniors who were transitioning into becoming college students.
Vaccines to begin for school staff
Some relieved, others frustrated with timeframe
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With the Huron County health department looking to get school staff members vaccinated, some districts are relieved that they ve made the cut while others are frustrated it took this long.
In the state’s prioritization schedule for who gets COVID-19 vaccines, school and child care staff are in Phase 1B, along with essential frontline workers, corrections staff, and those 75 years and older not covered by Phase 1A of the schedule.
Bad Axe Superintendent Greg Newland said that he was informed by the health department that any school staff wishing to be vaccinated, whether they be teachers, bus drivers, or custodians, would have to register through the health department’s website, similar to what groups who already received the vaccine did.