CADILLAC â Students aren t the only ones learning new things this current school year.
It is safe to say that anyone and everyone associated with schools are learning a lot during the 2020-2021 school year. That includes volunteers, parent-teacher organizations, custodians, maintenance, bus drivers, office staff, paraprofessionals, teachers, principals and superintendents. It also is safe to say this learning is the result of COVID-19.
The learning won t stop after the current school year is over. Districts have had a lot of ups and downs, opening and closings and some, albeit mostly downstate, have only recently returned to the classroom. With these changes, many in the world of education are worried about the future.
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Even when it comes to COVID-19 relief funding for schools, there are winners and losers.
A recent Bridge Michigan analysis by Ron French found funds received and expected to be received by Michigan school districts in federal COVID relief can vary by more than 100-fold on a per-student basis.
Cumulative federal aid allocated to Michigan districts in two stimulus packages passed by Congress in 2020, totaling more than $1.8 billion, averages $1,272 per student. But Bridgeâs analysis found the per-pupil amounts ranged wildly, from $13,232 per student in Flint City School District to $69 per student in Northville Public Schools in Wayne County.
There are 189 school districts and charter schools receiving federal relief funds equivalent to more than $2,000 per student, and 41 getting less than $200 per student. The reason: School COVID relief funding that passed Congress in 2020 was tied to Title I guidelines, which provides funds to help low-income students, French reported.
#5 Shepherd fires coach
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In February, Shepherd Public Schools fired its junior varsity baseball coach while he was under police investigation for a relationship he was rumored to have had with a student.
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Colten Mitchell, a former volunteer coach, who had been hired in July 2019, had not yet coached a game.
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He was informed of the school s decision in a letter, obtained by the Morning Sun through a Freedom of Information Act request, from former Shepherd Superintendent Steve Brimmer.Â
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The allegation was investigated by the Shepherd Police Department but no charges were filed because there was insufficient evidence that a crime was committed, according to a report from Chief Luke Sawyer, which was also obtained under a FOIA request.