Full Face-to-Face learning returning in March for Otsego Public Schools
New Instructional Model begins on Monday, March 15
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and last updated 2021-02-22 21:14:56-05
OTSEGO, Mich. â Otsego Public Schools (OPS) announced Monday evening that students will have the option to return to full face-to-face instruction for the 3rd Trimester, with the new instructional model beginning on Monday, March 15.
The revised model was approved at Monday s school board meeting.
Families with children in OPS can also participate in a full virtual option as part of a county-wide partnership with Virtual Academy of Allegan County (VAAC) for their instruction.
Students wishing to enroll into the VAAC program must do so by Friday, March 5
Feeling SAD this winter? How to cope with Seasonal Affective Disorder during the pandemic
Snowy landscape in Wyoming, MI
and last updated 2021-02-22 20:57:31-05
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich â If you ve been feeling down this winter, you may be battling seasonal affective disorder (SAD). SAD is a type of depression that usually starts around the fall and then will last until symptoms kind of clearing up in the spring, said Elizza LeJeune, a clinical social worker at Pine Rest. It affects about 20 to 40 percent of Michiganders, because, as you know, we get a lot of really harsh winters a lot of snow; it s very dark.
Local College Station family fights the cold, and the clock
âWe canât take Kyle to a hotel unless one of us goes because heâs got to be turned throughout the night, and he canât go to the restroom on his own or bathe, or anything like that,â says Kristen Cox of College Station.
and last updated 2021-02-17 16:40:14-05
COLLEGE STATION, TX â Tens of thousands of residents in the Brazos Valley are still without power, as many families try to pack up their belongings and go to a local hotel, but itâs not that simple for the Cox family of College Station.