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Superintendents will be counting Michigan students Oct. 5, but many children will be out of school observing a major Jewish holiday. It’s a crucial day for Michigan school districts trying to maximize state funding, but this year it coincides with Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year when the observant fast, pray, and abstain from work and school.

The average annual salary among statewide officials in Michigan is $68,298, according to...

Several school districts in West Michigan have already used the allowed number of snow days, but it's not just weather that's causing the closures.