MARSHALL A new member of the Marshall School Board will officially take office in February. On Tuesday evening, school board members interviewed applicants
MARSHALL A new member of the Marshall School Board will officially take office in February. On Tuesday evening, school board members interviewed applican
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MARSHALL Â Everyone agreed it was a tough decision to make. The Marshall Area Childcare Center provided a much-needed service for local families, and the staff and programming were excellent, Marshall School Board members said.
At the same time, Marshall Public Schools leadership said they couldn’t ignore the financial impact the daycare was having on the school district. MACC has been operating at losses of $60,000 or more a year since at least 2015. Without a partner to run the center, the recommended option would be to close MACC effective July 1, said MPS Superintendent Jeremy Williams.
School board members, however, said they wanted to give Marshall community members a chance to be heard and possibly find an alternative. The board held off on making a final decision until Feb. 16 but any proposals community members come up with will need to be sustainable, board members and MPS district staff warned.