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Gov.Gretchen Whitmer has approved some financial incentives through the Child Care Stabilization Grant for Michigan Child Care workers which they should be receiving very soon. This new grant will help raise wages and salaries for child care workers making it more appealing for such an important field...

A new Michigan law has gone into effect allowing school buses to mount cameras on the arm of the bus stop sign. Michigan has a reputation for terrible driving and the only way to combat that is to just record and ticket everyone!  The new camera state law allows school districts to record vehicles driving by buses when the red lights are flashing.  ...

Michigan is getting a bit of a bump to get their literacy programs with an extra $70,000 in grants to help the Dollar General Literacy Foundation support teachers, libraries, and nonprofit organizations. I love stuff like this! “At Dollar General we’re committed to being here for what matters most to the communities we call home,” said Todd Vasos, Dollar General’s chief executive officer and Dolla

Students that attend Eastpointe Middle School will not be attending in-person classes at least for a little while anyway. Apparently, there was a wave of staff resignations last week that is forcing the school to go virtual for the week. According to the Detroit Free Press, a spokesperson with the district, said 22% of the district's teaching positions are vacant...

Starting next week the Saginaw Township School District will require everyone including students K-12, visitors, and parents to wear face coverings and will go into effect on September 20th. Now, this is for anyone that steps place in any of the district buildings...

The Health Department just released a new update for Genesee County schools stating that now all people will be required to wear masks during school board meetings and any extracurricular activities. I've got a feeling that this is another guidance update that's gonna lead to a fistfight in someone's future...

Michigan has been dealing with a teacher shortage for over a decade now and the pandemic just made things worst. Finding qualified staff to come and sit down and deal with your annoying kids is getting harder and harder by the day.  A lot of it has to do with pay cuts and the lack of input on current policies. Tea...

The current mask mandate in the Genesee County area has people up in arms. So much so that a group of people got together the other day to stand outside and protest with signs at a Genesee County government building. This is differently taking a turn for the worst when it comes to us working together to combat COVID and the new Delta strain...

Just the other day we got word that mold was found inside DoyleRider Elementary School and has since been shut down until the mold can be removed. New plans have quickly been put together to keep the youth in class and they're taking this opportunity to do more than just remove mold...

During a routine inspection, mold was found inside Doyle-Ryder Elementary School today that forced them to close down for remediation. If it's not a heatwave forcing our schools to close, it's something else. But mold? You would think that our schools would understand the importance of humidity control in such a big building...

Flint Community Schools will be closed for the rest of the week with Friday being undecided due to the current heatwave. Flint Schools have yet to get their air conditioning together for each classroom. Forcing the Flint schools to close down until the upgrades come through...

Walmart has announced that it will be helping associates with their college tuition.