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Everything to know about COVID in Michigan before Gov. Whitmer’s Thursday (Feb. 4) briefing
Michigan under revised MDHHS order, as of Monday
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LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Gov.
Gretchen Whitmer is providing an update Thursday (Feb. 4) on the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
Youth contact sports
Parents, coaches and athletes involved in
Michigan high school contact sports that are currently shut down due to the pandemic have voiced their desire to return.
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Nikolai Vitti, the superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools Community District, wrote a letter to the governor urging her to let winter sports resume.
“The continuing suspension of winter ‘contact’ sports contradicts the message that it is safe to return to in-person learning,” Vitti wrote. “One only needs to ask any winter ‘contact’ sport athlete and they will tell you we are sending mixed and contradictory messages to them.”
New council to focus on helping Michigan students recover from COVID-19 education disruptions
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 04, 2021
Students wear their masks during class at All Saints Central Middle and High School in Bay City on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. (Kaytie Boomer | MLive.com)Kaytie Boomer | MLive.com
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With Michigan schools encouraged to resume in-person learning by March 1 and winter sports reauthorized, school is starting to look more familiar. But with students having been separated from school support systems for so long, a new council is tasked with examining how the state can help students recover.
The new Student Recovery Advisory Council, comprised of 29 members with a variety of educational, medical and labor backgrounds, will make recommendations on how to help students recover. Those recommendations will include addressing students’ academic, physical and mental well-being.
Extending Michigan’s school year? It could happen, teacher representatives say
Superintendent Rice says in-person learning can resume this winter as long as COVID cases remain flat
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The idea comes with several challenges, including getting teachers on board.
“This school year, in and of itself, can’t even last five minutes longer,” said Paula Herbart, the president of the Michigan Education Association. “We need a break. Educators need a break. Students need a break.”
It’s undeniable that the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years have exhausted teachers.
There’s a mammoth hill to climb in order to find a way to get students back 181 days of in-person education and caught up in a way that they can advance with core competencies.