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Just two superintendents have been in their position for 10 or more years — Spring Lake’s Dennis Furton (13 years) and Hamilton’s David Tebo (10.5 years).  With so many seasoned leaders exiting the room, how might that affect the educational landscape in Ottawa County? “Education is losing a number of champions,” Tebo said. “There’s so much institutional knowledge that’s leaving our community right now. Some of the best educational leaders I’ve ever worked with are stepping aside. It’s hard to get your head around.” Losing leaders Five of the six retired or retiring sup...

Sentinel Staff SAUGATUCK — A longtime Saugatuck Public Schools employee was recently recognized with a statewide honor.  Liz Wilson was named the 2021 Administrative Assistant of the Year by the Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administration Association (MIAAA). Wilson has been the athletic administrative assistant at SPS for the last 28 years.  She is also the schools' pupil accounting director, substitute teacher coordinator and has been a game manager for various athletic events. Wilson also coordinates officials and finances for sports and clubs, has helped organize MITCA and region...

Life after COVID: What will school look like post-pandemic? Local education leaders discuss what long-term affects COVID-19 could have on K-12 education. Mitchell Boatman, The Holland Sentinel Published 11:10 am UTC Apr. 8, 2021 The past year of education has been a constant wave of change, adjustments and uncertainty. Students were thrust into remote learning to close the 2019-20 school year due to COVID-19, before having to decide whether or not to return for the 2020-21 school year.  Schools have had to ramp up sanitization efforts in classrooms and buses, provide additional technology fo...

SAUGATUCK — Renovations approved in a 2020 bond effort are set to begin soon for Saugatuck Public Schools.  Voters approved a 1.6 mill, $35.6 million bond proposal March 10, 2020, to provide renovations at Douglas Elementary School and Saugatuck Middle/High School.  The first project to get underway will be renovations at DES, which are scheduled to begin April 2, when the district begins spring break.  Bids for that project were approved by the SPS Board of Education during its Feb. 1 work session meeting for $7.2 million in construction costs.  There were 110 bids submitted for the pr...

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