The Lansing School District Board of Education has approved a resolution that adds mandatory coronavirus vaccinations for all faculty and staff into back-to-school health protocols.
Lansing School District Announces Tuition Free Pre-K Program
Finding childcare is already a stressful time for parents, figuring out how to afford it while also finding the place you can trust to give them the best early education is an added layer to all of it. That s where the Lansing School District is hoping they can help.
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Childcare Costs In Michigan
We ll say now, there is a difference between childcare and pre-k. However, career resource website, Zippia, broke down the average income it takes to afford childcare in each of the 50 states and Michigan falls pretty much dead-center.
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Under the plan okayed by the school board Thursday, instruction would be screen to screen in the mornings on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, with the option of in-person learning in the afternoons. Wednesday instruction would be done remotely from home or learning labs while schools are deep cleaned.
To prevent the spread of COVID-19, Deputy Superintendent Delsa Chapman says classrooms will have transparent, foldable desk shields for each student. “Classroom furniture, including desks and learning stations, will support learners being six feet apart, Chapman told school board members during Thursday s meeting. Desks and tables will face the same direction.”
At Thornton Fractional South High School in Lansing, this month s deliveries to students mark a milestone.
One cold morning s deliveries included a t-shirt dropped off a Janee Compton s house. The senior at TF South had no idea her principal and administrators would turn up at her front door. What schools did you get accepted to? asked Mr. Richardson. I got accepted to Bradley, and I got accepted to Bell State, and I got accepted to Iowa Wesleyan University and others. I can t remembered, she answered.
Later, during AP English class, Janee announced her pick, declaring I m going to Mizzou. She said it hasn t been a tough school year; E-learning just takes will power.