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Split between counties, Holland Schools relaxes quarantine rules HOLLAND In a joint announcement Friday, county health departments in Ottawa, Kent, Ionia and Muskegon counties announced that schools are no longer required to quarantine students who are deemed close contacts to COVID-19 cases in most cases. This was welcome news for area districts, but left one in an awkward position. Holland Public Schools’ southern boundary dips into Allegan County, which did not participate in the joint release. As a result, the district held off on releasing students from quarantine over the weekend, like other districts in the area, including Zeeland and Black River, did. After receiving legal guidance over the weekend, HPS did take the flexibility given with the change to end most student quarantines, effectively immediately. ....
Holland schools requests $74M bond on May 4 ballot to renovate elementary schools, improve tech Updated Apr 14, 2021; Posted Apr 14, 2021 Jefferson Elementary School, pictured in this MLive file photo, would see $6 million in renovations through a $74 million bond proposal that Holland Public Schools is requesting on the May 4 ballot. (MLive file photo) Facebook Share HOLLAND, MI – When Holland Public Schools identified $140 million of school renovations in the district’s 2009 master plan, Superintendent Brian Davis couldn’t imagine asking taxpayers to pay for it all amid the ongoing recession. So the district cut that amount in half, instead only asking taxpayers for $73 million to fund the most immediate needs, which was paid for through a bond proposal approved by voters in the May 2010 election. ....
Life after COVID: What will school look like post-pandemic? Local education leaders discuss what long-term affects COVID-19 could have on K-12 education. Mitchell Boatman, The Holland Sentinel Published 11:10 am UTC Apr. 8, 2021 The past year of education has been a constant wave of change, adjustments and uncertainty. Students were thrust into remote learning to close the 2019-20 school year due to COVID-19, before having to decide whether or not to return for the 2020-21 school year. Schools have had to ramp up sanitization efforts in classrooms and buses, provide additional technology for students and find new ways to keep them connected during periods of remote learning. ....