Flint Board of Education approves student return to classrooms by mid-March Updated Mar 10, 2021; Posted Mar 10, 2021 The Flint Community Schools Board of Education approved a plan to return pre-K through 3rd grade students to the classroom implementing a hybrid in-person model Monday, March 15. Students in 4th through 12th grade will tentatively return Monday, March 22 with the hybrid model. (Screenshot from Wednesday, March 10 board meeting)Screenshot from Wednesday, March 10 board meeting Facebook Share FLINT, MI -- The Flint Community Schools Board of Education approved a plan Wednesday night to have students return to classrooms for the first time in the 2020-21 school year.