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Letter: Vote yes for HPS Build 2021
By Andy and Lois Mulder
Holland
We urge a yes vote on May 4 for the Holland Public Schools Build 2021 Millage. HPS has been a good steward of our tax dollars. Consider how HPS has handled the COVID-19 crisis. While many districts offered only remote learning, HPS provided the option of in-person learning for its students since August 2020.
Safety practices and best practice protocols were followed. Teachers galvanized around our students following these best practices to keep themselves and our students safe. Nationally, we have witnessed how many school districts were unable to agree on how to engage students in classroom learning. But not in Holland. Thank you.
Boerman has utilized strong community partnerships to help bring opportunities to his students that they wouldn’t otherwise have.
“I’ve just been humbled by the community in West Michigan,” Boerman said. “In reaching out to different businesses or organizations or churches, there’s just people who say ‘How can we help? What can we do?’ Because of that, we’ve been able to obtain a host of different equipment that has provided opportunities for our students that they normally wouldn’t have.”
That equipment ranges from 3D printers and virtual reality headsets to a mobile kitchen unit and the school’s greenhouse.