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Despite the global pandemic changing how things are done in nearly every capacity, including tracking school enrollment, school districts across the Cadillac area held the second student count day Wednesday.
CADILLAC — A Cadillac High School teacher is on administrative leave and could face tenure charges after district leadership was made aware of a "concerning email."
Even when it comes to COVID-19 relief funding for schools, there are winners and losers.
A recent Bridge Michigan analysis by Ron French found funds received and expected to be received by Michigan school districts in federal COVID relief can vary by more than 100-fold on a per-student basis.
Cumulative federal aid allocated to Michigan districts in two stimulus packages passed by Congress in 2020, totaling more than $1.8 billion, averages $1,272 per student. But Bridgeâs analysis found the per-pupil amounts ranged wildly, from $13,232 per student in Flint City School District to $69 per student in Northville Public Schools in Wayne County.
There are 189 school districts and charter schools receiving federal relief funds equivalent to more than $2,000 per student, and 41 getting less than $200 per student. The reason: School COVID relief funding that passed Congress in 2020 was tied to Title I guidelines, which provides funds to help low-income students, French reported.
Since 1986, Shelly Marcusse has worked with area youth.
Her goal was to be an advocate for them when it seemed no one else would or could. In 2005, Marcusse started in her current position as the Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District truancy officer. It was compassion, caring and experience working with at-risk youth that Marcusse said led to her being offered the truancy officer s position.
During the last school year and before COVID-19, Marcusse said she had about 250 truancy cases. Of those cases, 130 of them warranted intensive intervention, which included assistance from outside agencies such as children protective services, the court system, community mental health and/or a family doctor. It also potentially included home visits, parent meetings and the establishment of behavior plans.