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News Photo by Crystal Nelson
Ella White Elementary School crossing guard Jennifer Huotari helps a family cross the intersection near 3rd Avenue and Ripley Boulevard on Thursday.
ALPENA Alpena Public Schools administrators recommend the district’s Board of Education stop emergency COVID-19-related sick leave to the district’s employees.
Federal coronavirus relief measures initially mandated employers to provide paid sick leave for absences related to the virus. When that mandate expired at the end of the year, Congress allowed employers to continue the sick leave through March 31, but employers would have to pay for the leave themselves.