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Flint Community Schools Return to In-Person Learning In a meeting last night, the school board voted to transition back to in-person classes. On Wednesday night, the school board of Flint Community Schools took a vote on returning to in-person classes. The results of the vote were five members voting yes to return to in-person classes with only one member voting against it. We need to make our decision based on what is best for our kids and the parents and right now they are ready to go to school...said school board member Diana Wright. Moving forward, students in self-contained classrooms, ...

Red Cross asks for blood donations in honor of Black History Month MTN and last updated 2021-02-08 18:00:17-05 GREAT FALLS — The Montana Red Cross is asking people to give blood in honor of Black History Month. As an incentive, all donors who give in February will receive a $5 Amazon gift card, made possible by a one-million dollar donation from Amazon. Montana Red Cross director Diana Wright told MTN that when the temperatures drop this low, a lot of people tend to cancel their blood appointments. But despite the winter weather and potential decline in supply, the Red Cross still has a ...

Parents Plead: Hold Them Back A Year, They Haven't Learned A Thing After a year of unprecedented disruptions, some parents ― particularly those of children with disabilities ― are asking their school for a redo. By Rebecca Klein Illustration: HuffPost; Photo: Courtesy of Diana Wright Diana Wright (right), her partner and their family. Seven of the children are adopted, all with disabilities. An eighth child, who is being fostered, has her face covered. Jeanette Beasley’s stepson is in fifth grade and barely reads on a second grade level. Since March 2020, when schools shut down at the s...

Flint school board elects president and officers in contested vote, new board members sworn in Updated Jan 20, 2021; Posted Jan 20, 2021 Trustee Carol McIntosh, left, and Trustee Vera Perry at the Flint Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019 at Southwestern Academy in Flint. McIntosh and Perry were elected board president and vice president for the 2021 year Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (Sara Faraj | MLive.com) Sara Faraj | MLive.com Facebook Share FLINT, MI -- Carol McIntosh has been elected by the Flint Community Schools Board of Education to serve as board president for th...

Online shopping growth, COVID, sparks jump in store returns Returns have their own costs FacebookTwitterEmail ALBANY — The time-honored post-Christmas rush of gift returns is growing larger, but you might not know it by visiting your favorite mall or department store. You would see it, though, if you stopped by Corner Gateway, a family-run printing/shipping business in Slingerlands. "Our whole storage room was filled to the brim," Project Manager Greg Eberle said of the volume of packages they had leading up to Christmas. And after the holidays, they were still getting lots of boxes that pe...