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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 vehicl…

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 …

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 di…

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…

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 cu…

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…

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 humi…

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.

Swartz Creek Community schools just released a statement saying that they will not require people to wear masks for this school year.
They will leave that decision up to the families and I think that might be the safest route. Granted the new Delta variant has been causing some concern, but the polit…