Some of the candidates in Detroit s highly competitive City Council race. Nearly half of Detroit City Council s members are not running for reelection, including President Brenda Jones, André Spivey, Raquel Castañeda-López, and Gabe Leland, who resigned after pleading guilty of accepting a cash bribe, creating a competitive race with more than 40 candidates. Candidates who did not respond to
Metro Times questionnaire include at-large candidate Nicole Small; District 1 incumbent James Tate and Darryl Brown, District 4 s Latisha Johnson, Daivon Reeder, and Virgil Smith; and District 7 s William Davis, Regina Ross, and JoAnna Underwood. Here are the ones who took the time to tell us all of us what they hope to accomplish on the City Council.
Nightside Report July 26, 2021: CDC considers recommending fully vaccinated wear masks in public, man ticketed after car stuck on side of road during floods
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July 26, 2021 8:45 pm
CDC considers recommending fully vaccinated wear masks while in public
DETROIT – As the delta coronavirus variant spreads and vaccination rates remain low across the country, more cities are reinstating their mask mandates even for the fully vaccinated.
The CDC is also considering changing its guidance on mask use. Dr. Anthony Fauci confirmed that the CDC is considering- revising their guidelines to recommend that the fully vaccinated begin wearing masks again in public.
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Public schools in Detroit will re-open for in-person learning in the fall, following an agreement with the city’s teachers’ union.
Detroit Public Schools Community District announced on Monday that it had established terms with the Detroit Federation of Teachers which “recognizes the need to return” to the classroom for all school staff, including teachers.
“This agreement signals that we are all on the same page to restart our reform efforts that had great momentum before the pandemic,” Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said in a statement.
Teachers will receive $2,000 in hazard pay for returning to classrooms, and another $2,000 if they teach in-person and remote learners simultaneously in what is often called “blended learning.” Additionally, the agreement requires that a committee that represents both the union and the administration will review safety concerns and COVID-19 infection-related information and recommend updates
July 26, 2021
The Detroit Public Schools Community District has not held back any third graders under a new state law that says children must be able to read before advancing to fourth grade.
The law came into effect in time for the 2020-21 school year. It has been been opposed by the Detroit district as well as the Michigan Department of Education.
The law contains many exceptions to the policy, allowing Detroit to not retain any third graders based on the new law for the just-completed school year. Detroit’s district held back 38 of its 3,973 third grade students in 2019-20, according to the state of Michigan, but none due to the new law which was waived in 2019-20 due to the coronavirus.
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