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|By Cheri Hardmon
Those new restrictions are in place at Central Michigan University to decrease the possible spread of COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2020 at 5:52 PM EDT
|By Cheri Hardmon
The webinar will take place Wednesday at 5:30 pm. You can visit the Saginaw County Health Department for more information.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2020 at 4:54 PM EDT
|By Mark Bullion
Corunna Public Schools this past weekend announced its official return to school plans. Unlike other districts, administrators are requiring students K-12 to wear a mask.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 2:24 PM EDT
|By Michael Nafso
The district says teachers spent their day connecting with young scholars and their parents, making sure they have electronic devices, WiFi hot spots and other tools to succeed while learning online.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 8:49 AM EDT
|By Spencer Soicher
MI CORE is urging Gov. Whitmer to stop in-person instruction
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 5:57 PM EDT
|By Ann Pierret
In Flint, classes got underway Wednesday. Flint Community Schools is one of the first districts in mid-Michigan to start the fall term.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 9:36 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
Wednesday marks the first day of online classes for students with Flint Community Schools.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 6:58 PM EDT
|By Cheri Hardmon
The Carman-Ainsworth first grade teacher has also turned to another source that some teachers are now embracing.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 6:20 PM EDT
|By Cheri Hardmon
Grand Blanc recently released it's return to school plan for the upcoming school year
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 2:36 PM EDT
|By Colton Cichoracki
Last week, a school board meeting for Mt. Pleasant Public Schools lasted for more than four hours as parents and teachers weighed in on the school district’s return to school plans.
7 Day Great Lakes Bay Area
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 5:35 PM EDT
|By Mark Bullion
The proposal includes safety and security upgrades, making buildings more energy efficient, STEM upgrades to classrooms, a new performing arts center and athletic center, among many others.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 12:06 AM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
Community members believe the water crisis and the effects of lead poisoning have only added to the need for special education in Flint, which they say is not being acknowledged by the GISD. Both the GISD and FCS did not comment on the pending legal matter.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 6:54 PM EDT
|By Cheri Hardmon
Tuesday, the state’s largest teachers union laid out a list of demands that they say need to be met in order to return safely to a classroom.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 6:38 PM EDT
|By Cheri Hardmon
COVID-19 test results must released within 1 to 2 days.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2020 at 5:50 PM EDT
|By Cheri Hardmon
The plan includes having schools address what Pugh calls exposure risks.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2020 at 11:10 PM EDT
|By Elisse Ramey
Federal student loan payments are suspended through September 30, and there is also 0 interest accruing on those loans -- a result of the CARES Act.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2020 at 4:29 PM EDT
|By Mark Bullion
Parents of students in the Clio Area School District right now have two options for when kids go back in the fall, but depending on survey results, there could be three.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2020 at 6:26 PM EDT
|By Kevin Goff
Teachers get ready for a brand new learning environment, dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2020 at 10:58 PM EDT
|By Elisse Ramey
Friday the Michigan High School Athletic Association announced plans to play sports as scheduled this fall, and parents’ reactions are a mixed bag.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2020 at 11:21 PM EDT
|By Elisse Ramey
The beloved Flint youth program coordinator and retired firefighter has found another way to make his mark in the sport he loves so much by accepting a newly created position with the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
Updated: Jul. 16, 2020 at 2:15 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
Potential learning environments include face-to-face instruction, a hybrid of in-person and virtual learning and entirely virtual instruction.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2020 at 7:36 PM EDT
|By Cheri Hardmon
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Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 11:43 PM EDT
|By Elisse Ramey
Some Flint students will have to guard against COVID-19 while also managing the lingering and harmful effects of the Flint Water Crisis.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2020 at 12:26 PM EDT
|Protesters held signs and placed tree branches on the ground to try to prevent buses from leaving to pick up children.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 5:30 PM EDT
|By Mark Bullion
Corunna Schools Superintendent John Fattal has a lot on his plate like COVID-19, worried parents and staff, shrinking budgets, and now a threat from the president to cut federal funding if schools don’t reopen.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 11:12 AM EDT
|By Mark Bullion
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on Monday said students who attend classes completely online cannot stay in the U.S. -- and even face deportation.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 4:51 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
A total of 390 high school, college and other students received 586 scholarships worth $803,250.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 5:34 PM EDT
|By Mark Bullion
A Flint Township mother is strongly considering home-schooling for her 11-year old son, who is about to start 6th grade.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 5:06 PM EDT
|By Mark Bullion
Teachers, parents and students are reacting to Governor Whitmer’s news Tuesday regarding the safe reopening of schools come this fall.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 10:31 PM EDT
|By Elisse Ramey
You can find a link to the Return to School Roadmap inside this article.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 6:07 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released her MI Safe Schools Return to School Roadmap on Tuesday outlining recommendations and requirements for educators to keep everyone safe from coronavirus.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 12:48 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Team
University regents voted on the change Monday, raising tuition by $243 per semester.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2020 at 6:37 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Team
Parents want to know if students will be back in the classroom. Teachers want to know if there will be enough funding to pay them. Everyone wants to know whether it will be safe.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2020 at 7:25 PM EDT
|By Mark Bullion
Questions surround the vote by the board of education, including why they voted to fire Lopez and what's next for the struggling district.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2020 at 8:34 PM EDT
|By Elisse Ramey
"If all we do is rewind the clock back to February we're still going to have a system that drastically that underserves vulnerable students in the state," Brian Gutman said.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2020 at 6:21 PM EDT
|By Cheri Hardmon
The Return to Learn plan proposes sending students back to school with in-person learning for K-5 students. The plan also provides a one-time payment of $500 to teachers and adds funding of $800 per student.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2020 at 9:51 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Staff
'How is it going to be with all those children, how are they going to seat them and everything. That's a concern,' said great-grandmother Mazie Moore.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2020 at 8:55 PM EDT
|By Elisse Ramey
Former public health advisor Wendy Ringo, MD, MPH talked about some general safety measures she expects to be put in place.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2020 at 6:10 PM EDT
|By Mark Bullion
In just two weeks, public school budgets are due, and districts across the state are trying to figure out how to make the upcoming school year work.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 6:00 PM EDT
|By Cheri Hardmon
Davies apologized to the students, faculty and staff "who felt invisible or unwelcome" made "a promise to do better," Davies said.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 12:49 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Team
In a Facebook post, Davies says a number of students have reached out over the last few days to share their experiences.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2020 at 5:08 PM EDT
|By Mallory Pearson
The Flint and Genesee Literacy Network will host virtual events to prepare students for heading back to school.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2020 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By Mark Bullion
While Coronavirus cases continue to go down in the state, the anxiety behind it doesn't seem to be following suit.
Updated: May. 29, 2020 at 6:56 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Team
The Board of Directors says a recent financial audit showed the school was not fiscally able to operate any longer.
Updated: May. 27, 2020 at 4:59 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Team
Classes will begin on Sept. 2 as previously scheduled with both in-person and online components.
Updated: May. 13, 2020 at 11:11 AM EDT
|By Associated Press
Republican Sen. Wayne Schmidt, who chairs the Senate’s education budget subcommittee, said Tuesday that 25% is “certainly the high end,” but schools should brace for the worst.
Updated: May. 12, 2020 at 1:27 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Team
In Linden, the school will be holding a livestream graduating ceremony, but parents feel more could be done.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2020 at 6:34 PM EDT
|By Cheri Hardmon
Melanie, along with other parents and students waited outside the high school for a drive through and drop off.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2020 at 12:03 PM EDT
|By ABC12 News Team
Officials did not say what allegations are part of the investigation, but they say nothing criminal is involved.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2020 at 6:51 PM EDT
|By Cheri Hardmon
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