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Kalamazoo Public Schools will remain virtual despite strong pushback from some parents
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
Posted Feb 25, 2021
Kalamazoo Public School recommitted its decision to finish the school year virtually in a board Feb. 25 meeting despite strong pushback from some parents. (MLive file photo)Kendall Warner | MLive.com
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KALAMAZOO, MI – Michael Coats says his child was a straight-A student before the coronavirus pandemic.
But now, as Kalamazoo Public Schools continues online-only learning for almost a year, Coats has watched his straight-A student’s grades drop dramatically, he said.
“The reality is, the lack of in-person education and a lack of socialization is having a devastating effect on our children,” Coats said during public comment of a Feb. 25 Kalamazoo school board meeting.
Michigan coronavirus vaccine mandates unlikely amid shortage and legal, ethical questions
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
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One day, it’s possible that getting a coronavirus vaccine will be more than just a recommendation.
It may, like other vaccines for things like hepatitis, the measles and chicken pox, become compulsory. Should you want to attend university, public schools, daycare, play sports, go to camp, visit your grandparents in a senior living facility or even just work in an office setting, documentation of inoculation or a waiver may become necessary.
But that day isn’t here yet.
“We’re not going to have a mandate that says everybody in the United States has to get this vaccine,” said Dr. B. Keith English, chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development in the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. “But we do have strategies and it could be mandated in certain settings.”