Health, school officials opening pop-up COVID testing sites as cases surge
Kent Co. Health Dept. and local schools districts are opening five sites at four different locations as COVID cases over the weekend topped 10,000 Videos
and last updated 2021-04-05 17:53:52-04
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â With COVID cases surging and students traveling for spring break, local health and school officials are planning to open five testing sites beginning this Friday April 9.
âItâs our hope that everybody in the county who has traveled and who fear that they might come in contact with it will pre-register and will get to these drive-thru sites for a quick COVID test before they return to school,â said Kent ISD Superintendent Ron Koehler. âBut, this would include students families, students and staff.â
Kent ISD reports their decision to suspend the search for a superintendent. The ISD School Board asked the interim Superintendent Ron Koehler to remain until the return to “some sense of normalcy”.
A Michigan high school may be closing, but its curriculum had a lasting impact on local schools
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
Posted Jan 13, 2021
The Kent ISD school board Monday approved closing Kent Innovation High School, which serves students from districts throughout the county. It will be phased out over three years. (Monica Scott|MLive.com)
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – When Kent Innovation High School opened its doors in 2011, school leaders had set out to offer students an instructional model gaining in popularity - project-based learning.
The high school, which serves students from districts throughout Kent County, embraced a teaching approach where students learned by actively engaging in real-word projects. They gained knowledge and skills by working collaboratively to investigate and respond to a question, problem, or challenge.