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Alpena High School Teacher Amy Brownridge, second from the left, talks with students in her classroom in November. Brownridge, and her colleague Bill Bright, are developing a project based learning course Perspectives of Democracy.
ALPENA A newly proposed project based learning course Perspectives of Democracy will go before the Alpena Public Schools Board of Education for approval on Monday.
The board’s Curriculum and Technology Committee on Tuesday recommended the proposed course move to the board for approval after hearing from two teachers who will instruct the class as well as the administrators helping to develop the course.
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Assistant Superintendent for K-12 Curriculum Meaghan Gauthier addresses the Alpena Public Schools Board of Education on Monday.
ALPENA Alpena Public Schools students in grades 6 to 12 at risk of failing a class will be required to attend school on Wednesdays when in-person learning resumes four days a week following spring break.
Assistant Superintendent for K-12 Curriculum Meaghan Gauthier told the district’s board of education on Monday Thunder Bay Junior High School and Alpena High School students earning a minimum of one F in a class would be required to attend school in-person on Wednesdays.
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Alpena Public Schools Superintendent David Rabbideau on Tuesday addresses the APS Board of Education during a special board workshop on Zoom.
ALPENA Alpena Public Schools students in grades 6-12 will return to face-to-face instruction four days a week starting on April 5.
The APS Board of Education on Tuesday voted unanimously to have students return to school on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays while leaving Wednesdays as a remote learning day. The board also included in its motion its intent to return to school five days a week in the fall.
Students in the district’s elementary schools are currently attending school face-to-face five days a week. Students in grades 6-12 currently go to school in-person two days a week and learn remotely from home the rest of the week.
Recent actions by boards of education in Northeast Michigan.
∫ The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education voted six-to-one to join the lawsuit against the vaping company Juul and other vaping manufacturers for marketing electronic cigarettes to students.
Trustee Eric Lawson cast the dissenting vote, saying he wanted more information on the lawsuit. He said the lawsuit casted a wide net, and he wanted to know which other companies were being sued because he was afraid they may be suing manufacturers who haven’t done anything wrong.
Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Meaghan Gauthier said disciplining students caught with vaping devices involves a lot of administrative costs.
We are impressed by the way Alpena Public School officials board members, teachers, and administrative staff handled a proposed new history course at th