Jul 29, 2021
Newaygo Public Schools will make masks optional this year.
Superintendent Jeff Wright says students and staff will be able to choose for themselves if they will wear a mask.
Classes will not be offered virtually.
Wright noted the policies are subject to change.
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Michigan student accidentally detonates homemade explosive device in classroom
Updated 6:20 PM ET, Tue March 9, 2021 (CNN)A Michigan high school student accidentally detonated a homemade explosive device he brought to school Monday morning, injuring himself and four of his classmates, police said.
Officers from the Newaygo Police Department responded to Newaygo High School in west-central Michigan at 8:52 a.m. after a report of an explosion inside a classroom, state police said in a tweet. A preliminary investigation determined a 16-year-old student had accidentally detonated a homemade explosive device he brought to school, police said.
The device went off inside a classroom, injuring the 16-year-old and four classmates sitting nearby. School administrators dialed 911, the school was immediately evacuated and students were transferred to the bus garage as emergency services arrived on scene, police said.
Police say a student who lost both thumbs after his homemade explosive went off in a high school has been released from a hospital in western Michigan.