Governor Gretchen Whitmer has set a goal of March 1 for every district in the state to offer an in-person learning option. Ann Arbor Public Schools hasn't
Ann Arbor Public Schools holds off on return date to in-person classes
Updated Feb 10, 2021;
Posted Feb 10, 2021
empty classrooms at Bach Elementary, 600 W. Jefferson St. In Ann Arbor on Thuraday, July 23, 2020.
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ANN ARBOR, MI - Ann Arbor Public Schools will remain in remote learning as district leaders continue to stress the need to reduce the rate of COVID-19 in the community before bringing teachers and students back into the classroom.
Superintendent Jeanice Swift indicated the district would not be committing to a date for return during AAPS’ board meeting Wednesday, Feb. 10, noting the district has now been in the remote learning format for nearly 11 months since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Vaccination frustration: Washtenaw County has state’s lowest percentage of vaccinated teachers
Updated Feb 10, 2021;
Posted Feb 10, 2021
Ivan Macias, 25, a teacher at Cesar Chavez High School in Detroit, receives the COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru vaccination clinic in the parking garage under TCF Center in Detroit, on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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ANN ARBOR, MI - As Washtenaw County school employees wait their turn among 80,000 eligible residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine, limited access to supply have left it with the lowest percentage of vaccinated educators in the state, according to a survey from the Michigan Education Association.
AAPS approves $15.5 million for air conditioning, lighting upgrades at 5 schools
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021
Scarlett Middle School will undergo renovations to its air conditioning system while upgrading to LED lighting in a $10.5 million project that will be paid for with funding from the 2019 capital bond. Jenna Kieser | jkieser@mlive.comJenna Kieser | jkieser@mlive.com
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ANN ARBOR, MI - Ann Arbor Public Schools will spend approximately $15 million to upgrade lighting and provide air conditioning at five of its school buildings, with project funding from the $1 billion capital bond passed by voters in 2019.
The district’s Board of Education unanimously approved the improvements during its meeting last week. The projects will include replacing existing lighting with LED lighting, as well as the installation of air conditioning units in classroom at Carpenter, Dicken, Lakewood and Mitchell elementaries, with approved bids totaling $4.9 million.
Art, music and PE are wild subjects to teach online. But creative Michigan teachers are making it work
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
Teaching young students how to hold a trumpet or showing them how to glue an art project together takes patience and skill any time.
Doing so in the virtual learning space caused by COVID-19, however, takes even more, and that has taken teachers outside their comfort zones and pushed them to get creative this school year.
Many kids across Michigan still are attending school from home at least some days each week and classes, such as band, choir, art and physical education, require that extra dose of creativity to keep students engaged and learning.