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.
May 4, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (center) talks with a City of Holland staffer in front of an absentee ballot drop box outside of Holland City Hall while Ottawa County Clerk/Register of Deeds Justin Roebuck (right) looks on during an Election Day appearance. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
âYesâ the Word of Election Day Along Lakeshore By Gary Stevens
May 4, 2021 10:00 PM
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM) â Voters were in an approving mood along the Lakeshore on Tuesday, as all 12 proposals on the May 4, 2021 ballot involving Allegan & Ottawa county-based schools and municipal entities passed.
The only two measures that didnât get at least 60 percent approval was Zeeland Schoolsâ $75 million bond proposal, which passed with 59.7% of the vote (2,287-1,545), and Allegan Schoolsâ $87.5 million bond proposal, which passed with 54.1% of the vote (1,308-1,107).
Sentinel Staff
HOLLAND There were only a handful of measures on the local ballots for the Tuesday, May 4, election, but they were significant nonetheless.
Voters in the area had five tax proposals to voice their opinion on, including four for local schools, and all five passed based on unofficial results posted by Ottawa County Tuesday night.
All precincts in the county were fully reported by 9:24 p.m.
Ottawa County Clerk Justin Roebuck said it was a quiet day in terms of in-person voting, but there were a number of absentee ballots sent in ahead of election day. It s been a fairly quiet day, we re seeing in the precincts, because of the number of absentee ballots,” he said. “We ve had about a little over 10 percent turnout already, as of this morning with our absentee numbers before anyone ever walked into a precinct.