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href="https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/04/cut-diversity-scholarship-program-will-not-impact-current-university-of-michigan-students.html"><img class="two-box-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Cut diversity scholarship program will not impact current University of Michigan students " src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/FGVLGEXVVBHVHMK2BRZG4UQJZ4.jpg?auth=4db842b4bef239410632849d38dc3a6600cac7b9573968320f41a1bb2f349864&width=500&quality=90" srcSet="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/FGVLGEXVVBHVHMK2BRZG4UQJZ4.jpg?auth=4db842b4bef239410632849d38dc3a6600cac7b9573968320f41a1bb2f349864&width=800&quality=90 960w, https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/FGVLGEXVVBHVHMK2BRZG4UQJZ4.jpg?auth=4db842b4bef239410632849d38dc3a6600cac7b9573968320f41a1bb2f349864&width=500&quality=90 308w," sizes="(min-width: 980px) 308px" width="300" height="200"/><h2 class="two-box-item__headline">Cut diversity scholarship program will not impact current University of Michigan students </h2><div class="two-box-item__meta"><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743770625">2h ago</time><span>Makayla Coffee</span></div></div></a></article><article class="two-box-item"><a class="two-box-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/04/groundbreaking-dates-set-for-major-construction-at-these-ann-arbor-school-sites.html"><img class="two-box-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Groundbreaking dates set for major construction at these Ann Arbor school sites" src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/ESFBE2ACG5BYFMNFTWVM3AMJCE.jpg?auth=ce717565a5e9327eb51ef94279961f05fff4ea6ce0a86754edbf7f993ec500fc&width=500&quality=90" srcSet="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/ESFBE2ACG5BYFMNFTWVM3AMJCE.jpg?auth=ce717565a5e9327eb51ef94279961f05fff4ea6ce0a86754edbf7f993ec500fc&width=800&quality=90 960w, https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/ESFBE2ACG5BYFMNFTWVM3AMJCE.jpg?auth=ce717565a5e9327eb51ef94279961f05fff4ea6ce0a86754edbf7f993ec500fc&width=500&quality=90 308w," sizes="(min-width: 980px) 308px" width="300" height="200"/> <h2 class="two-box-item__headline">Groundbreaking dates set for major construction at these Ann Arbor school sites</h2><div class="two-box-item__meta"><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743770572">2h ago</time><span>Jackie Smith</span></div></div></a></article></div><ul class="river" id="river" aria-hidden="false" aria-labelledby="tab-stories"><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/04/2-public-comment-changes-coming-to-ann-arbor-school-board-meetings-despite-criticism.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Ann Arbor Public School Board meeting at Skyline High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. Christina Merrill | MLive.com" src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/2L2JPQTXX5GQZBY7PVQNSVNV3E.jpg?auth=e0c542dfb87a5751a529c37ba0a3606eda28eb0eb79b09833d8d5cb7a3c2c9be&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"> <h2 class="river-item__headline">2 policy updates changing how public can address Ann Arbor School Board, despite criticism</h2><p class="river-item__summary">The changes limit public comment to those who appear at in-person meetings but post write-ins online and remove board designations from student and minority school groups. </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743767342">3h ago</time><span>Jackie Smith</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2025/04/new-superintendent-of-catholic-schools-selected-by-the-diocese-of-grand-rapids.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Sarah Grey will replace the retiring Dave Faber as the Superintendent of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Grand Rapids." src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/2WBO4W6MPVEAXFXEJHAT6IBIM4.png?auth=97ca66c54cd7b13d5b53357aec54b1dac6426be3e95889903b67a7298a46e52d&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">New superintendent of Catholic schools selected by the Diocese of Grand Rapids </h2><p class="river-item__summary">Sarah Grey, assistant superintendent for Catholic schools, will succeed Superintendent Dave Faber July 1. </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743766190">4h ago</time><span>Danielle James</span></div></div></a></li><div id="infeed-nativo1" class="river-item--nativo"></div><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2025/04/southwest-michigan-school-district-seeks-465m-bond-approval-for-innovation-center.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="A floorplan of the Otsego Public Schools proposed innovation center." src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/EJKPBTA7ZZAURCNYCSN2WWYDLI.png?auth=089e89044ed877fc985538dd4b6cc77bb1cd35f43f257d9e13cef5cb47b07844&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"> <h2 class="river-item__headline">Southwest Michigan school district seeks $46.5M bond approval for innovation center</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Plans include a new high school innovation center and converting an old elementary pool into athletic courts with a separate community entrance.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743761297">5h ago</time><span>Aya Miller</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2025/04/ferris-state-temporarily-relocating-500-students-after-storm-related-power-outages.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="An aerial shot shows Ferris State University's campus." src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/G4SJQMR4PNBJBJOE767MQCGAN4.JPG?auth=be268d76fb90b95a685a9318ecbd8d144e1b6fc24b45a5386ee0fbb42efd4bda&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"> <h2 class="river-item__headline">Ferris State temporarily relocating 500 students after storm-related power outages </h2><p class="river-item__summary">Ferris State University is temporarily relocating approximately 500 students after damage from recent storms caused power outages in two residence halls and a campus apartment complex.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743710446">19h ago</time><span>Danielle James</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/04/what-could-shutdown-of-regional-head-start-office-mean-for-29000-michigan-families.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="The regional office that oversees a federally supported preschool and early childcare program for thousands of low-income families in Michigan has been shut down. (File photo)" src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/KCRCATF4LNB6PO2TI4RUMAWYKI.jpg?auth=aca67ed42ef42d259f994d2a2a6caf1175b9913ea2c301502a192c461be8e16b&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"> <h2 class="river-item__headline">What could shutdown of regional Head Start office mean for 29,000 Michigan families?</h2><p class="river-item__summary">There are more than 50 federal grant recipients in the state for the preschool and early childhood program, which serves eligible kids up to age 5 at no cost. </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743697239">23h ago</time><span>Jackie Smith</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2025/04/jackson-schools-moving-on-tight-timeline-for-internal-superintendent-search.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="The Jackson Public Schools district is working alongside the Michigan Association of School Boards in its search for a successor for outgoing superintendent Jeff Beal. (Mitchell Kukulka | MLive.com)" src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/DDFOUO3CSJG5FKKQO7MNRWCXNM.jpg?auth=563ee493e2250c70a3d4fbb50692fb303d8008a49dabce0a74268ce08e6cd4df&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"> <h2 class="river-item__headline">Jackson Schools moving on ‘tight timeline’ for internal superintendent search </h2><p class="river-item__summary">Meeting to gather public input on for the search process will begin next week, school officials said.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743682956"></time><span>Mitchell Kukulka</span></div></div></a></li><div class="ad-wrapper ad-wrapper--river-ad"><div id="6" class="ad-unit" data-cy="InFeed_Center" aria-hidden="true"></div></div><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2025/04/flint-schools-respond-to-misunderstandings-about-reports-of-potential-covid-funding-loss.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="A photo of a Flint Community Schools bus. The district responded to recent reports that it could lose millions in federal Covid-19 pandemic relief funds. (MLive file photo)" src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/45WHC7ZCDVDCLHN4V2PZUXCU44.JPG?auth=a22487dfdbcb190dd0d93d66d49efc64d767c749f048c23f6d162c71b97f14ef&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">Flint schools respond to ‘misunderstandings’ about reports of potential COVID funding loss</h2><p class="river-item__summary">In a statement this week, Flint Community Schools Superintendent Kevelin Jones assured community members that the district has not received any requests to return or forfeit federal Covid-19 relief funds.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743679072"></time><span>Nick Taylor</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/04/families-hope-this-new-ann-arbor-school-is-built-away-from-m-14-closer-to-nature.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Families hope the new Wines Elementary School is built away from M-14 and closer to nature. (File photo)" src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/R7CPBLU565CR3MX3BTSMJY2KWY.jpeg?auth=86d65dd0ceb9e51705a7cc1884ce223dc0a3953e928b3d0f8f450ee4c9747821&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"> <h2 class="river-item__headline">Families hope this new Ann Arbor school is built away from M-14, closer to nature</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Wines Elementary built is on tap to be rebuilt as early as 2027 as part of Ann Arbor Public Schools' second phase of capital bond work. The district is still in the planning phase for the project. </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743669000"></time><span>Jackie Smith</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/04/dancing-travel-ai-ann-arbor-college-offering-100-classes-for-free-next-week.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Washtenaw Community College is hosting Free College Week from April 7-11. (File photo)" src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/A4YC5FHWYNFHHK7W6EACJANJWQ.JPG?auth=81520795d91a34993a1bef241e5d9dc1f385b45acfffb497b33f06e8eb0b9ac9&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">Dancing, travel, AI? Ann Arbor college offering 100 classes for free next week</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Washtenaw Community College is hosting Free College Week from April 7-11. </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743668100"></time><span>Jackie Smith</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/04/construction-tree-felling-rolls-on-at-ann-arbor-school-sites-after-judge-dismisses-lawsuit.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Logs from felled trees are piled up outside Clague Middle School in Ann Arbor where a new elementary school is slated to be built. Some Ann Arbor parents haven’t given up efforts to pushback against new school construction they believe is destroying natural areas since a judge dismissed a lawsuit." src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/DMAWAMKI3FFFNH5XN7TFC7SCD4.jpg?auth=e81898b5e3024f582f1633f43aace51124694cb7d8c360923773fc46766e5811&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"> <h2 class="river-item__headline">Construction, tree felling rolls on at Ann Arbor school sites after judge dismisses lawsuit</h2><p class="river-item__summary">A Washtenaw County judge tossed out a complaint that aimed to pause work around construction for two new elementary schools one week after families protested the associated removal of trees and greenery.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743665635"></time><span>Jackie Smith</span></div></div></a></li><div id="infeed-nativo2" class="river-item--nativo"></div><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/04/student-16-removed-from-eastern-michigan-program-amid-sexual-assault-allegations.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Students walk towards McKenny Hall with the Ypsilanti Water Tower visible in the background on Eastern Michigan University’s campus in Ypsilanti on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022." src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/QUTFSNLIKFE6FJ74CCIU23OAME.JPG?auth=54046fb93d4498d0bbb4ef5c386f3897e2489f29c419a3d393c59075a73c75fa&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"> <h2 class="river-item__headline">Student, 16, removed from Eastern Michigan program amid sexual assault allegations</h2><p class="river-item__summary">The boy was removed from the Early College Alliance program, police said. </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743612297"></time><span>Jordyn Pair</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2025/04/photos-of-student-with-gun-causes-lockdown-at-southwest-michigan-school.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Police were called to a high school in Plainwell on Wednesday, April 2." src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/2CHDW7LGTFEN3OECQIOM4FY744.jpg?auth=9c41cfc587d15db0c47c5ccbf8873cde8ba99fd0a7c9466e2351b2e7ebb42ff5&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"> <h2 class="river-item__headline">Photos of student with gun causes lockdown at Southwest Michigan school</h2><p class="river-item__summary">The school sheltered in place during the investigation. </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743608103"></time><span>Brad Devereaux</span></div></div></a></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.mlive.com/archives/education/">Michigan Education Archives</a></p></main><div id="sidebar" class="sidebar"></div></div></div><div id="footer" class="footer"><div class="footer_cookies_ad_settings"><ul class="footer_cookies_ad_settings_list"><li><button class="fides-modal-link" id="fides-modal-link">Your Privacy Choices<img src="/pf/resources/images/common/icons/privacyoptions.svg?d=1527" alt="California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Opt-Out Icon" height="14px" width="29px"/></button></li><li><a href="https://www.mlive.com/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a></li><li><span class="list-bar">|</span><a href="https://www.mlive.com/user-agreement/">User Agreement</a></li><li><span class="list-bar">|</span><a href="https://www.mlive.com/privacy-policy/#oba_top"><img src="/pf/resources/images/common/logos/ad-choices-arrow.svg?d=1527" alt="Ad Choices icon" width="10" height="10"/>Ad Choices</a></li></ul></div><div class="footer__divider"></div><div class="footer__disclaimer" aria-label="contentinfo"><h2 class="footer__disclaimer-title footer__disclaimer-title--hidden">Disclaimer</h2><div class="footer__disclaimer-wrapper"><div class="footer__disclaimer-column footer__disclaimer-column--1"><a class="footer__disclaimer-logo-link" href="https://www.advancelocal.com/" id="AdvanceDigitalLogo"><img class="footer__disclaimer-logo-image" src="/pf/resources/images/common/logos/AdvanceLocal_horizontal.svg?d=1527" alt="Advance Local logo" role="img" width="335" height="30"/></a></div><div class="footer__disclaimer-column footer__disclaimer-column--2"><p class="footer__disclaimer-text">Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our <a href="https://www.mlive.com/user-agreement/">User Agreement</a>, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our <a href="https://www.mlive.com/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a>,  and <a href="https://www.mlive.com/privacy-policy/#rights_top">Your Privacy Choices and Rights</a>  (updated 1/1/2025).</p><p class="footer__disclaimer-text">© 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. 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"},{"_id":"PB3DLLCC6JDE3AXE7RBDSGFAQQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Two rounds of trade contracts have been approved this year so far, totaling over $35 million. "},{"_id":"GBJWI7DAE5G2FAYKCABOVC344Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The <a href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/mi/aaps/Board.nsf/files/DEQQ556774C5/$file/AN2202-New%20Dicken%20Trades%20Part%202%20Memo-Bid%20Tab.pdf \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/mi/aaps/Board.nsf/files/DEQQ556774C5/$file/AN2202-New%20Dicken%20Trades%20Part%202%20Memo-Bid%20Tab.pdf \">second portion at $21.7 million</a> was for roofing, doors, frames and hardware, storefront glass and glazing, elevator work, fire suppression, plumbing, heating and cooling system work, geothermal installation, and electric and fire alarms. "},{"_id":"ATHAHLTU45HXNPSOCOWWEELQHQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The first at <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/02/first-round-of-costs-for-new-dicken-elementary-nears-13m.html \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/02/first-round-of-costs-for-new-dicken-elementary-nears-13m.html \">close to $13 million included</a> carpentry, site demolition and earthwork, structural concrete, steel, masonry, exterior wall panels and thermal protection. "},{"_id":"TUG7QXC5YRHLLNPBAA7AT2AENE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Dicken was originally constructed in 1957. 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"},{"_id":"2GMR4RRVXRFLZDNRPXBZCS73VI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Of the costs, the school board has approved a contract for mass timber at $757,236 and another for $864,173 for work associated with demolition of the pool building, "},{"_id":"LO7ODLPKMBDDFK6G2FTU65VUSM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Brush removal was <a href=\"https://a2schoolsbond.org/project/slauson-middle-school-renovation/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://a2schoolsbond.org/project/slauson-middle-school-renovation/ \">expected to begin this month with activities</a> to support summer construction kicking off in May. "},{"_id":"CJTR6PQBB5HY5NJQAOBMOSLDTI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The school was originally built in 1937 as a three-story masonry structure with a brick veneer. Sitting on 12 acres in northwest Ann Arbor, the original structure has experienced at least four additions. 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Marginalized folks in Ann Arbor need you now more than ever to show that you actually care.”"},{"_id":"JS66SFNJSFFKXBMPKK7MBO5ORA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Board President Torchio Feaster said that officials were trying to “be very sensitive to the concerns we received.”"},{"_id":"2CUEOZBX5FETHJJCHESG6LJGS4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Wilkerson said any changes in policies or procedures were not as a result of national orders and that they “remain consistent” in values to protect students and school community members."},{"_id":"RA7ARLLIXJCSXEU6XF2EMPRVBY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"On the in-person public comment requirement, he said, “I would like to see folks who actually come to the meetings have more time.” Previously, both comments delivered in person or read aloud by staff had to split 45- and 30-minute periods at regular and all other meetings when crowded, which meant each commenter received 30 seconds or less to address officials."},{"_id":"GOAHE42KFZBWHKSJNJNF3W4EUA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>If you would like more reporting like this delivered free to your inbox, </i><a href=\"https://link.mlive.com/join/6fh/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"><i>click here</i></a><i> and signup for our weekly newsletter: Michigan Schools.</i>"},{"_id":"DQ6V72NQPJCQDCC3KYCKKFUVBQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>Want more Ann Arbor-area news? 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In his email, Beal indicated he would accept the same $15,000 voluntary separation agreement offered to all district staff amid concerns of a roughly <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2025/03/3-things-to-know-about-jackson-public-schools-4m-budget-shortfall.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2025/03/3-things-to-know-about-jackson-public-schools-4m-budget-shortfall.html\">$4 million projected budget shortfall</a>."},{"_id":"SBITJEZB3FFLRAP2TIQZCQPJJY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>If you would like more reporting like this delivered free to your inbox, </i><a href=\"https://link.mlive.com/join/6fh/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"><i>click here</i></a><i> and signup for our weekly newsletter: Michigan Schools.</i>"},{"_id":"EYT2ZZTACVGZJIPQYJLIAZB4J4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>Want more Jackson-area news? 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The setback came a week after a small group protested tree felling near Clague Middle School and the Thurston Nature Center, where two new elementary schools are slated to break ground this spring."},{"_id":"TDKKBOCDIVEIBOBIMYASCGHXIE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Later on Tuesday, parent Catherine Archibald, who filed the dismissed complaint, said she was disappointed by the outcome and still mulling over next steps."},{"_id":"W5ZI4XBSMZCCXG6DZIM5UAHFZ4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“I’m sort of going to figure out what to do next. I don’t know at this point,” she said. “I do know that I’m not the only community member and parent (who is upset) with the way things are going.”"},{"_id":"RNAUADOBZZD7JCSF4VNW5M7HVE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Read more: </b><a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/how-ann-arbor-schools-could-turn-felled-trees-into-new-buildings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/how-ann-arbor-schools-could-turn-felled-trees-into-new-buildings.html\">How Ann Arbor schoosl could turn felled trees into new buildings</a>"},{"_id":"VDNUGARTVRADDEZUTUV7CW45WM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In the lawsuit, filed March 21, Archibald alleged the Ann Arbor School Board didn’t live up to its promise to engage with the wider community about rebuilding Thurston and Logan elementary schools, and key design elements were already settled before the board shared them with the public last year. "},{"_id":"XCNGEG3Z4ND2VNW4O2DUCKHSWE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://a2schoolsbond.org/school/thurston-elementary/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://a2schoolsbond.org/school/thurston-elementary/\">Thurston Elementary</a>, 2300 Prairie St., is set to be rebuilt north of the current school against the nature center, while the <a href=\"https://a2schoolsbond.org/school/logan-elementary/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://a2schoolsbond.org/school/logan-elementary/\">replacement for Logan</a>, 2685 Traver Blvd., will be built across Nixon Road next to Clague, where Archibald’s children attend school. "},{"_id":"MK2DG3RNUJBKZOB3BOSYR3DFZQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The mother of two also alleged the tree removals at Clague, and Thurston, where an oak savanna was being transplanted around construction, were detrimental to the community and kids’ outdoor learning environments. "},{"_id":"UDECUDSJA5GHRA7QICTCLOG644","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"However, Judge Patrick Conlin said he was surprised the issue was “just rearing it’s head right now” more than five years after voters approved AAPS’ capital bond."},{"_id":"JCYMW3OF65GBZKLDZJC7N2CPTQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Archibald, who appeared in court with fellow resident Dave Hutchinson, said she believes she was “representing a public interest” in addition to that of being a mother and a taxpayer. "},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"9514d0ae18a0b7931224f4d02ae2b2d0de95ae568ff1cb07fdcfb3632c564bf5"},"caption":"A protest sign saying, 'We speak for the trees,' is leaned up against a sign at the Thurston Nature Center on Monday, March 24, 2025.","source":{"system":"photo center","edit_url":"","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/I7MBDHPKRFCI5L6XC3O2SUYA34.jpg","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"Jackie Smith | MLive","type":"author"}],"by":[{"image":{"version":"0.5.8","url":""},"socialLinks":[{"site":"email","deprecated":true,"deprecation_msg":"Please use social_links.","url":"jsmith@mlive.com"}],"social_links":[{"site":"email","url":"jsmith@mlive.com"}],"name":"Jackie Smith","description":"","_id":"jsmith3","additional_properties":{"original":{"lastName":"Smith","secondLastName":"","image":"","education":[],"longBio":"","native_app_rendering":false,"fuzzy_match":false,"affiliations":"","bio":"","firstName":"Jackie","books":[],"podcasts":[],"contributor":false,"awards":[],"_id":"jsmith3","bio_page":"","last_updated_date":"2024-08-19T15:24:41.447Z","byline":"Jackie Smith | jsmith@mlive.com","email":"jsmith@mlive.com","slug":"","status":true}},"type":"author","version":"0.5.8","url":"","slug":""}]},"subtitle":"Thurston protest sign","width":3992,"creditIPTC":"Jackie Smith | MLive","_id":"I7MBDHPKRFCI5L6XC3O2SUYA34","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/I7MBDHPKRFCI5L6XC3O2SUYA34.jpg?auth=9514d0ae18a0b7931224f4d02ae2b2d0de95ae568ff1cb07fdcfb3632c564bf5","proxyUrl":"/resizer/v2/I7MBDHPKRFCI5L6XC3O2SUYA34.jpg?auth=9514d0ae18a0b7931224f4d02ae2b2d0de95ae568ff1cb07fdcfb3632c564bf5","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/I7MBDHPKRFCI5L6XC3O2SUYA34.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/I7MBDHPKRFCI5L6XC3O2SUYA34.jpg?auth=9514d0ae18a0b7931224f4d02ae2b2d0de95ae568ff1cb07fdcfb3632c564bf5","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/I7MBDHPKRFCI5L6XC3O2SUYA34.jpg?auth=9514d0ae18a0b7931224f4d02ae2b2d0de95ae568ff1cb07fdcfb3632c564bf5&width=300","version":0,"originalName":"20250324_094929.jpg","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"template_id":7,"galleries":[]},"created_date":"2025-04-02T17:45:11Z","last_updated_date":"2025-04-02T17:45:11Z","height":2852,"image_type":"photograph"},{"_id":"EIJES26OQZDWTGKZ7XCO2I3Q6Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Adam Schnatz, an attorney for AAPS, said Archibald had no standing to file the complaint, representing herself instead of a group, such as in a class-action lawsuit, adding, “She’s not any different than any other taxpayer” or parent."},{"_id":"UYEGABSJARH3TJE53CBRQYHZWE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“The time to challenge this was in the voting box,” Schnatz said. "},{"_id":"FA72H6ZTZJCVLMRBLOKKMHQPPM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Ultimately, Conlin rejected Archibald’s request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the district to stymie tree-felling and construction activities. "},{"_id":"UG3DY3QE7RHH3KO5HAPCGAWB7E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Read more: </b><a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/ann-arbor-high-schools-iconic-mascot-was-nameless-for-decades-until-now.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/ann-arbor-high-schools-iconic-mascot-was-nameless-for-decades-until-now.html\">Ann Arbor high school’s iconic mascot was nameless for decades — until now</a>"},{"_id":"KV35W5777RBS5IXDTJPSIEMB6U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"He said he didn’t think she sufficiently demonstrated the school district had “turned a deaf ear” to residents’ concerns."},{"_id":"MQWX27LPIRGCNCSMBIXM5PBLGA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Pointing to an area of <a href=\"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-380-1216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-380-1216\"><u>the state’s Revised School Code</u></a><u>,</u> which says money raised by tax cannot be used for anything other its intended purpose without voters’ consent, Hutchinson later said he thought the decision otherwise rendered the school board “immune” to pushback."},{"level":3,"_id":"G73UEKFHAZFZZJ77LTPQ6NDTNE","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"So, how did we get here?"},{"_id":"NBGAPP2UVJANRFVZJ3YIIUSDPI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Since last fall, AAPS has heard hours of public comment from hundreds of parents, neighbors and alumni about the Thurston rebuild. Some of the loudest wanted to preserve the nature reserve as is and stage students elsewhere while the school was built in place. "},{"_id":"H22W62NQGVG5PJFII76ENL4DY4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"By February, the school board <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/02/contested-thurston-elementary-rebuild-moving-forward-after-close-ann-arbor-school-board-vote.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/02/contested-thurston-elementary-rebuild-moving-forward-after-close-ann-arbor-school-board-vote.html\">agreed in a split vote to move forward with the existing Thurston plans</a>, which move the school."},{"_id":"GY7VIT7TDJHG7CVHNCZU7QH2SA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Despite the widespread criticism, the district has responded in other ways, including more detailed updates to its <a href=\"http://A2schoolsbond.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"http://A2schoolsbond.org\">A2schoolsbond.org</a> website and <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/5-ann-arbor-schools-to-host-open-houses-for-rebuilds-new-construction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/5-ann-arbor-schools-to-host-open-houses-for-rebuilds-new-construction.html\">hosting another round of open houses</a> for other future school construction projects over the last month. "},{"_id":"DK6LWPUIA5BNHKMWEBNJQ7A5NU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The board opened its regular bond committee meeting to all trustees in person instead of just the usual two or three members in virtual settings."},{"_id":"HTKR5BYGMRCLFEYH2U6BGFORL4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But Archibald said the problem arose last fall at open houses when residents were finding out about plans to rebuild Logan and Thurston for the first time — unable to offer input that could significantly alter the layout or construction timeline. "},{"_id":"NUQ6V6TB7FHTNCYZAQO5I7ZAGU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The district also hasn’t <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/12/bond-advisory-group-that-died-on-the-vine-may-be-resurrected-by-ann-arbor-schools.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/12/bond-advisory-group-that-died-on-the-vine-may-be-resurrected-by-ann-arbor-schools.html\">followed through on things like maintaining a bond advisory group</a>, she said."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"0bb622531de3487b64412db127abc435b041dc0c73dff91b0ddd5f8b1dc55b75"},"caption":"A group of protesters hold up signs, advocating for trees, outside the Thurston Nature Center on Monday, March 24, 2025, as crews readied to set up fencing where trees were expected to be removed ahead of construction of a new elementary school.","source":{"system":"photo center","edit_url":"","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/Z3ZUSDCTCBFB5LD6FUZX6K4UEU.jpg","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"Jackie Smith | MLive","type":"author"}],"by":[{"image":{"version":"0.5.8","url":""},"socialLinks":[{"site":"email","deprecated":true,"deprecation_msg":"Please use social_links.","url":"jsmith@mlive.com"}],"social_links":[{"site":"email","url":"jsmith@mlive.com"}],"name":"Jackie Smith","description":"","_id":"jsmith3","additional_properties":{"original":{"lastName":"Smith","secondLastName":"","image":"","education":[],"longBio":"","native_app_rendering":false,"fuzzy_match":false,"affiliations":"","bio":"","firstName":"Jackie","books":[],"podcasts":[],"contributor":false,"awards":[],"_id":"jsmith3","bio_page":"","last_updated_date":"2024-08-19T15:24:41.447Z","byline":"Jackie Smith | jsmith@mlive.com","email":"jsmith@mlive.com","slug":"","status":true}},"type":"author","version":"0.5.8","url":"","slug":""}]},"subtitle":"Thurston Nature Center protesters","width":3783,"_id":"Z3ZUSDCTCBFB5LD6FUZX6K4UEU","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/Z3ZUSDCTCBFB5LD6FUZX6K4UEU.jpg?auth=0bb622531de3487b64412db127abc435b041dc0c73dff91b0ddd5f8b1dc55b75","proxyUrl":"/resizer/v2/Z3ZUSDCTCBFB5LD6FUZX6K4UEU.jpg?auth=0bb622531de3487b64412db127abc435b041dc0c73dff91b0ddd5f8b1dc55b75","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/Z3ZUSDCTCBFB5LD6FUZX6K4UEU.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/Z3ZUSDCTCBFB5LD6FUZX6K4UEU.jpg?auth=0bb622531de3487b64412db127abc435b041dc0c73dff91b0ddd5f8b1dc55b75","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/Z3ZUSDCTCBFB5LD6FUZX6K4UEU.jpg?auth=0bb622531de3487b64412db127abc435b041dc0c73dff91b0ddd5f8b1dc55b75&width=300","version":0,"originalName":"20250324_095103.jpg","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"template_id":7,"galleries":[]},"created_date":"2025-04-02T17:45:11Z","last_updated_date":"2025-04-02T17:45:11Z","height":2562,"image_type":"photograph"},{"_id":"JUJGD3WN2RBEFGIIDP67WEI5GQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“I was trying as a community member, going to board meetings, telling the board, ‘Don’t do this. Pause, slow down, speak to get the proper input. We’re not happy with what you’re doing,‘” Archibald said last week. "},{"_id":"EIN672U3FFDWHNUNOF5PVEENJY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"When she received an email in March that tree felling at Clague was imminent, she said, “I was like, ‘OK, we’ve got to do something else. There’s got to be something else that happens. Because this is not OK.‘”"},{"_id":"3GSHH4XMBFEGDBJSITUUYDO7PI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Also, in her complaint, Archibald alleged cutting down 200 trees could damage the local water table."},{"_id":"FTWEKMWJLJAOJIK2A3QBX2RKGY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"AAPS capital bond officials were present in court Tuesday. Last week, AAPS spokesperson Andrew Cluley said they don’t comment on litigation."},{"_id":"RJOG74AC25C4XIT7VRXKVKS36M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"A couple residents who turned out early to protest tree loss at Thurston Nature Center on March 24 also contributed affidavits to Archibald’s lawsuit. "},{"_id":"F5CW6AW53VF3VG6K2DIMLZS7QA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Praveena Ramaswami, who chairs the nature center committee, was one of them. The group held up signs where crews readied to set up construction fencing. "},{"_id":"SSKNP5MKRFCBLE2U5UX5DXRSHU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“I think it’s just to make a statement. The community has a lot of sadness to see the trees go,” Ramaswami said. “Even though they’re relocating them now, we’re still going to lose something so important. "},{"_id":"PQ35PTAEQ5AH5A7V6UCXSHCHKY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“…. They were strategically placed 16 years ago by the Boy Scouts in connection with the Michigan (Department of Natural Resources) that funded these trees. It’s also part of the Millers Creek (Watershed) Improvement Plan.”"},{"_id":"EOA3KOS4TRCBJKG3WGATV3LO74","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>If you would like more reporting like this delivered free to your inbox, </i><a href=\"https://link.mlive.com/join/6fh/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"><i>click here</i></a><i> and signup for our weekly newsletter: Michigan Schools.</i>"},{"_id":"DD6UFQ7SVFH5LDEDXGIL6ZVNJQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>Want more Ann Arbor-area news? 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Michigan’s busy parents were slowly drawn out with the 2020-21 school year into new terrain, debating in often contentious meetings the virtues and downfalls of virtual learning, masking in schools, vaccines and the worrying effects of social isolation on developing kids."},{"_id":"Y4WIKPL26BHBPBCPTOHBZOYD5M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>RELATED: </b><a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2025/03/lockdowns-masks-and-death-looking-back-on-5-years-of-covid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2025/03/lockdowns-masks-and-death-looking-back-on-5-years-of-covid.html\">Lockdowns, masks and death. Looking back at 5 years of COVID.</a>"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"1a7294990c9eee7319755bf85cd506933181a430d19cc31ad7fd5115c2b223b3"},"caption":"Parent engagement and empowerment reached a peak during COVID. Dozens of Ottawa County parents and community members are pictured standing outside of a Hudsonville Board of Education meeting on four years ago, where they urged school leaders to make masks optional. The doors were locked, after the room reached capacity.","source":{"system":"photo center","edit_url":"","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/FMR3LIY3ONF3FKV53DDGTCE5HI.jpg","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[],"by":[{"image":{"version":"0.5.8","url":"https://author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub/advancelocal/5cfa316e-45f1-497c-9bbe-489f4332177d.jpg"},"socialLinks":[{"site":"email","deprecated":true,"deprecation_msg":"Please use social_links.","url":"mfrick@mlive.com"},{"site":"twitter","deprecated":true,"deprecation_msg":"Please use social_links.","url":"@frickmel"},{"site":"linkedin","deprecated":true,"deprecation_msg":"Please use social_links.","url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-frick-12400a163/"}],"org":"Grand Rapids, Michigan","social_links":[{"site":"email","url":"mfrick@mlive.com"},{"site":"twitter","url":"@frickmel"},{"site":"linkedin","url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-frick-12400a163/"}],"name":"Melissa Frick","description":"Local government reporter for MLive covering communities in West Michigan. 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Some ran for public office or aired newfound distrust for school board officials, learning the ropes in a once unfamiliar arena. "},{"_id":"TTAX33B6YNGSBFMZFKFER72JLE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Some of them, with cracks newly exposed in the public school system, pulled their kids out entirely. "},{"_id":"ELDD6A5FMBCBDJ324QCMYSTJBY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"COVID had indelibly changed the culture of local schools."},{"subtype":"youtube","referent":{"referent_properties":{},"provider":"https://www.youtube.com/oembed?maxwidth=560&maxheight=340&url=","service":"oembed","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFXR7xyEiTQ","type":"youtube"},"_id":"K2FXORKETRA7BHK2LZ56UQSTWI","raw_oembed":{"author_name":"MLive","provider_url":"https://www.youtube.com/","title":"Hudsonville parents urge school officials to make masks optional","type":"youtube","thumbnail_url":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BFXR7xyEiTQ/hqdefault.jpg","version":"1.0","thumbnail_height":360,"author_url":"https://www.youtube.com/@mlive","width":560,"thumbnail_width":480,"html":"<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/BFXR7xyEiTQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"Hudsonville parents urge school officials to make masks optional\"></iframe>","_id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFXR7xyEiTQ","provider_name":"YouTube","height":315},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"TUWEIPVZFBGLFCLSPV54NWEIWA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Don Wotruba, executive director for the Michigan Association of School Boards, agreed there was a renewed sense of engagement among parents that may have begun as a division between local boards and the public because of COVID."},{"_id":"LOEH2E63M5CMJOCWQ54PZH4BD4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"More people seemed to be “running on issues” or “with an unhappiness” over certain decisions in school board elections, he said, particularly in some of Michigan’s suburban districts. It’s a boost in engagement that is ultimately a good thing, he said, despite perceptions of the time that school boards were unhappy with public involvement. "},{"_id":"FSDGK2YNKJGMXIU26EBKMR53LM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“I think some of that is a relationship since COVID,” Wotruba said. “Like COVID became a political football. As did other things then and since then in the school realm that maybe weren’t before.”"},{"_id":"25UJ7UONDZFVNCODG3WXUPL6XE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Kauffman got involved with a movement to get kids back in classrooms after virtual learning dragged on in the 2020-21 school year. It was advocacy that transcended party lines in the progressive Ann Arbor, she said, pushing back against decisions that felt pre-determined by AAPS administrators and the school board."},{"_id":"PR67KU6W3BFGRKPADHKZLJ2JZA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In 2022, Kauffman took a run for school board herself. She didn’t win but had cemented a knowledge base about the district and connections to the school community. "},{"_id":"4HYRL4BVEVGEPD3OVLC7G2RZTE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"She spells it out clearly in <a href=\"https://x.com/lenakauffman?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://x.com/lenakauffman?lang=en\">her bio on X, formerly Twitter</a>, where she now regularly posts about education and decisions at Ann Arbor School Board meetings. She’s “just a COVID-era mom seeing her pandemic predictions come true.”"},{"_id":"ZC4TLBAGLVEWZNO2NYUDPQ2DME","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Part of the reason I stay involved and I post (to) explain things as best I can with the time I have is I just want other people to be able to stay connected and informed, especially parents of younger kids,” Kauffman said in a recent interview. "},{"_id":"QRZYKTRIUJFCZBI6GU2WMISCUU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“They know they can’t tune into school board meetings or follow anything super closely of what’s going on. And nothing impacts you as much as what happens in local-level politics.”"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"copyright":"Jacob Hamilton/MLive.com","address":{"locality":"Ann Arbor"},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"2e78f6213817f453ef4fe375a1964cb760d3e8f523a457195ce243dde92439bd"},"caption":"Jesse and Lena Kauffman pose with their children Michael, Maddie and Alison alongside Allison Plagens and her daughter Kany, at the Kauffman's home in Ann Arbor nearly five years ago. As school began during the COVID-19 pandemic, both families sought out individual solutions for their children, with classmates Alison and Kany participating in a learning pod, Maddie attending Ann Arbor Skyline online with in-person support from an EMU education student and Michael attending in-person classes at private school with a virtual backup curriculum.","source":{"system":"photo center","edit_url":"","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/QWM5ELAY4NDU7JDO46K5LB4OT4.JPG","licensable":true,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"Jacob Hamilton/MLive.com","type":"author"}],"by":[{"image":{"version":"0.5.8","url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/advancelocal/aa3f1496-1eba-4518-9888-1718d4dc18de.png"},"socialLinks":[{"site":"email","deprecated":true,"deprecation_msg":"Please use social_links.","url":"jhamilt3@mlive.com"}],"social_links":[{"site":"email","url":"jhamilt3@mlive.com"}],"name":"Jacob Hamilton","description":"","_id":"jhamilton1","additional_properties":{"original":{"lastName":"Hamilton","image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/advancelocal/aa3f1496-1eba-4518-9888-1718d4dc18de.png","education":[],"bio":"","mt_author_id":"12581569","firstName":"Jacob","books":[],"podcasts":[],"awards":[],"_id":"jhamilton1","last_updated_date":"2018-12-04T19:00:52.370Z","byline":"Jacob Hamilton | jhamilt3@mlive.com","email":"jhamilt3@mlive.com","status":true}},"type":"author","version":"0.5.8"}]},"subtitle":"The pandemic spurred many parents into action","width":1300,"creditIPTC":"Jacob Hamilton/MLive.com","_id":"QWM5ELAY4NDU7JDO46K5LB4OT4","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/QWM5ELAY4NDU7JDO46K5LB4OT4.JPG?auth=2e78f6213817f453ef4fe375a1964cb760d3e8f523a457195ce243dde92439bd","keywords":[""],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/v2/QWM5ELAY4NDU7JDO46K5LB4OT4.JPG?auth=2e78f6213817f453ef4fe375a1964cb760d3e8f523a457195ce243dde92439bd","link":"","takenOn":"2020-08-20T19:27:58Z","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/QWM5ELAY4NDU7JDO46K5LB4OT4.JPG","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/QWM5ELAY4NDU7JDO46K5LB4OT4.JPG?auth=2e78f6213817f453ef4fe375a1964cb760d3e8f523a457195ce243dde92439bd","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/QWM5ELAY4NDU7JDO46K5LB4OT4.JPG?auth=2e78f6213817f453ef4fe375a1964cb760d3e8f523a457195ce243dde92439bd&width=300","version":0,"originalName":"JH.PodFamilies.JPG","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"template_id":7,"galleries":[],"iptc_title":"Staff Photographer"},"created_date":"2020-08-21T15:52:46Z","last_updated_date":"2020-08-21T15:52:46Z","height":867,"image_type":"photograph"},{"level":3,"_id":"GV6H4BOQWJCI5I3CWX6SFY7FK4","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>COVID isolation is over, but its impacts aren’t</b>"},{"_id":"LUTWNEZH4FEYNK3VAMO5KM4RLQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The early pandemic had a lasting effect that families say they’re still getting through, and for some parents, it’s a newly heightened awareness of their children’s mental health."},{"_id":"NB3FKRBJUVHXPJKO4JOTG5DUGE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Rick Angstman saw the eroding impact in school communities from two vantage points: As a Grand Rapids Public Schools educator and father of three. His eldest was a senior at City High School and escaped relatively unscathed, but he said his two younger kids have suffered setbacks since the pandemic arrived."},{"_id":"NDPNSWY6XVCAFOF4RVQM4PKYPA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"At school — his Union High history class now less “loud and upbeat” and more “clique-ish” — Angstman said those who once thrived in social settings have retreated into technology-fueled habits exacerbated by COVID isolation."},{"_id":"UMJPYAZ4OVAOXADXE5DHVOEAK4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"One of his kids, he said, has<b> </b>missed more school. And parents overall, he said, seem to allow their kids to stay home for milder ailments more than they once did. "},{"_id":"O2GVTWRTWRHVFE3VARS4LCKW7A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"He knows because he calls them."},{"_id":"OJ2LDWWTBRGXHN2YEP6GCKAUWM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“The youngest one … her whole middle school career was basically wiped out. And anytime she feels sick, or she feels nervous going around somebody, she just can’t get past it,” Angstman said. “‘Why can’t I do this on a computer? Isn’t there a program I can do just to get it done?’ "},{"_id":"YRD7IQEZ6VBZLHW6AOAFON5OYM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“And that’s really been a hard struggle that my wife and I have been going through, trying to get her to (understand) the importance of being in school to get your education. It’s very conflicting with me as an educator.”"},{"_id":"3ERW23LAZBCLHCYXUD4KKLRYCM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>RELATED</b>: <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/education/2025/02/michigan-high-school-graduation-rates-peak-after-covid-era-dip-see-your-schools-rate.html#:~:text=By%202024%2C%20Michigan's%20four%2Dyear,from%2078.58%25%20a%20decade%20ago.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/education/2025/02/michigan-high-school-graduation-rates-peak-after-covid-era-dip-see-your-schools-rate.html#:~:text=By%202024%2C%20Michigan's%20four%2Dyear,from%2078.58%25%20a%20decade%20ago.\">Michigan high school graduation rates peak after COVID-era dip: See your school’s rate</a>"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"copyright":"Alie Skowronski | The Ann Arbor News ","address":{},"auth":{"1":"a9b9feefd030aca5991a277fc0cc5541fe907392a4dbefdad196a165a68f6a32"},"caption":"During the early years of COVID, Michigan parents often held rallies. Demonstrators pictured are at a rally in downtown Ann Arbor four years agao, urging leaders to open up Ann Arbor Public Schools. Some other counties in Michigan had a hybrid option at the time. ","source":{"system":"photo center","edit_url":"","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{},"type":"image","version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/6R7AHEB5TNCRTG5CDRSMO2Q5TI.JPG","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"Alie Skowronski | The Ann Arbor News","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Alie Skowronski | The Ann Arbor News","type":"author","byline":"Alie Skowronski | The Ann Arbor News"}]},"subtitle":"Ann Arbor parents rally to open schools","width":1300,"_id":"6R7AHEB5TNCRTG5CDRSMO2Q5TI","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/6R7AHEB5TNCRTG5CDRSMO2Q5TI.JPG?auth=a9b9feefd030aca5991a277fc0cc5541fe907392a4dbefdad196a165a68f6a32","keywords":[""],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/v2/6R7AHEB5TNCRTG5CDRSMO2Q5TI.JPG?auth=a9b9feefd030aca5991a277fc0cc5541fe907392a4dbefdad196a165a68f6a32","link":"","takenOn":"2021-01-30T17:33:10Z","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/6R7AHEB5TNCRTG5CDRSMO2Q5TI.JPG","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/6R7AHEB5TNCRTG5CDRSMO2Q5TI.JPG?auth=a9b9feefd030aca5991a277fc0cc5541fe907392a4dbefdad196a165a68f6a32","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/6R7AHEB5TNCRTG5CDRSMO2Q5TI.JPG?auth=a9b9feefd030aca5991a277fc0cc5541fe907392a4dbefdad196a165a68f6a32&width=300","version":0,"originalName":"AGS_AAPSrally_026.JPG","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"galleries":[{"headlines":{"basic":"Rally to open Ann Arbor Public Schools held downtown"},"_id":"FTDYN4SBQVA7DLV2ATAZSQ47IA"}],"iptc_title":"Staff Photographer"},"created_date":"2021-01-30T20:26:06Z","last_updated_date":"2021-01-30T20:26:06Z","height":900,"image_type":"photograph"},{"_id":"HDNXY2KWT5ENDNUJ66JIQVGNME","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2021/01/were-running-out-of-time-ann-arbor-parents-rally-to-advocate-for-option-of-in-person-learning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2021/01/were-running-out-of-time-ann-arbor-parents-rally-to-advocate-for-option-of-in-person-learning.html\">Ann Arbor parent Kim Monroe is a pediatric hospitalist</a> at University of Michigan Health and CS Mott Children’s Hospital and has examined the pandemic’s impact on youth mental health. She was also one of the lead authors of an open petition with close to 400 psychologists and physicians urging kids be sent back to school, following safety guidelines. "},{"_id":"HSXR3XC3BBGZTKDKPTZVCPHQCY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Ann Arbor, she said, took longer to return than other districts. Her family was lucky, she said — her husband a stay-at-home dad who “tried his best to teach the kids while their life was virtual.”"},{"_id":"JTXTFEXGFVBMNOEQ7NWE5PENIU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Not everyone was in the same boat. “Parents had to work,” she said. “There were not a lot of options.”"},{"_id":"PE23G4K4YNA4ZMRSJM7SC5VP3E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"When kids began to return in 2021, Monroe said “just that socialization is amazing.” But an 18% rise in initial psychiatry consults and a 2% rise in follow-ups had <a href=\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35081786/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">emerged over six months by early that year</a>. "},{"_id":"XRTWSJU3A5CBBBX6UL23OOS5ZE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“As COVID went on, my friend said, ‘I’ve never written so many psych meds,’ and she’s a pediatrician,” Monroe said. “The numbers climbed and climbed. … But I think it (will) take a little while to dig out of it.”"},{"_id":"PL23ANOR5BBKRI6QVY264WZAY4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Most parents in a 2021 Mott’s poll, or 73%, <a href=\"https://mottpoll.org/reports/how-pandemic-has-impacted-teen-mental-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">also reported COVID having a very or somewhat negative impact</a> on their teenage children’s ability to interact with friends. 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"},{"_id":"5UOFLSGHRNBO3EP62PXWKQ55ZA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In Ann Arbor,<b> </b>Kauffman said there’s been a bigger awareness about things like <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/parents-call-on-ann-arbor-schools-to-share-racial-equity-student-suspension-data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/parents-call-on-ann-arbor-schools-to-share-racial-equity-student-suspension-data.html\">achievement gaps for students of color and low-income kids</a>. She called it a “really positive thing” that people are more tuned in to talk about than before. "},{"_id":"2SB4GDWZYNATTMBZYLKUYDY2LU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"It also raised new concerns like a wider acceptance on virtual learning and an overuse of some technology."},{"_id":"HUP7DKDZQJF5VDD577VOSGBHUE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Instead of drilling into that magic that happens in the classroom,” Kauffman said. "},{"_id":"BP7QKO5XYZD6RA7X7RC4YUTVKA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But not every parent took away the same lessons from the pandemic — that learning best happens a certain way with varying degrees of parent involvement. "},{"_id":"2N5UGPSGIVCSXFA3DKKHSW77CY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Some parents have taken their kids’ education into their own hands. "},{"_id":"4OZGE6WJRBBSJLWJYAO4WHKKHA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>RELATED</b>: <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/03/michigan-schools-could-lose-40m-with-deadline-change-for-federal-covid-money.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/03/michigan-schools-could-lose-40m-with-deadline-change-for-federal-covid-money.html\">Michigan schools could lose $40M with deadline change for federal COVID money</a>"},{"_id":"SSQRROTLEZAKXDF56BG2ETJPXY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"An estimated 1.5 million students left K-12 public schools across the country the first year of COVID for both homeschooling and private schools, according to the <a href=\"https://nces.ed.gov/use-work/resource-library/report/compendium/condition-education-2022?pubid=2022144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">National Center for Education Statistics</a>. Other reports <a href=\"https://education.jhu.edu/edpolicy/policy-research-initiatives/homeschool-hub/homeschool-growth-2023-2024/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">suggested in the succeeding years that homeschooling numbers</a> only continued to rise. "},{"_id":"A6WKM534K5D4BDBHOICZEAZPFM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Genesee County parent Christine Fras said hers had long been a traditional public-school family, as her elder two attended Fenton Area Public Schools. "},{"_id":"EXYUOUXQ2VDHXPPTJKAIROAMQE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Their youngest had been pulled for an independent curriculum before COVID, the mother of three said. 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"},{"_id":"5JN3HPCFKVB4JIMSTNHUJ4W33Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“As a public institution, the University of Michigan benefits from millions in state dollars, and the decision to close its DEI office is a slap in the face to the taxpayers who help support university operations and the values we work so hard to promote here in our state,” she continued. "},{"_id":"ALMIO3LXZ5BCBH3RFUHOSTSO2E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"UM has a long history of promoting diversity on campus. While its efforts go back many years, it was in 2016 when UM made a visible commitment with the rollout of a DEI strategic plan to hold itself accountable to its stated goals."},{"_id":"QS22PINGG5ELTJQGTU2DFCSG64","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Read more:</b> <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/university-of-michigan-decision-to-curb-dei-is-sharp-turn-after-decade-of-work.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">University of Michigan decision to curb DEI is sharp turn after decade of work </a>"},{"_id":"PJR55RJCBJA7HNEJHWTVLCF5F4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Since last week, <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/university-of-michigan-faculty-contend-20-people-are-likely-to-lose-jobs-amid-dei-cuts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/university-of-michigan-faculty-contend-20-people-are-likely-to-lose-jobs-amid-dei-cuts.html\">students and faculty have been speaking out</a> and criticizing the university’s decision as it becomes one of many other institutions across the country to axe DEI programs."},{"_id":"BCIICZITYZE7JLCXF4ZDAN6QHI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Read more:</b> <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/reactions-vary-to-university-of-michigan-dei-purge-but-people-arent-surprised.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">‘Completely caved’: University of Michigan DEI purge draws fire </a>"},{"_id":"JJOIBWN3KZD2PKFUMJTR3OLFHY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"State Rep. Jimmie Wilson Jr., D-Ypsilanti, serves as secretary for the caucus. He believes people should be “celebrating” diversity and bringing equity to institutions at this time."},{"_id":"LQGTDCQ4AZESVLIIF7HOST2IRU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“From dissolving the Department of Education to the uptick on squashing dissenting voices, now to this with DEI offices — it’s too much and it’s not right,” he said. “This perpetual hate tears people and progress down.”"},{"_id":"3YZ63EZDPFARDEHCKJZ7YZ5GBA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"State Rep. Donavan McKinney, D-Detroit, said UM’s decision is not just “disappointing” but “harmful” for many students who rely on DEI-supported resources. "},{"_id":"KM6UN2XVWNDNPJEGU6SWEURSZY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“This move directly impacts underrepresented students who bank on these initiatives, making higher education less accessible and equitable,” he said. 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"},{"_id":"KJSXVRZJVVENPGP4HQSYA4RR44","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"An ongoing court case now before the Court of Appeals’ Third District in Grand Rapids is seeking to ban 14 “sexually explicit” books from the Rockford Public Schools’ district library. "},{"_id":"FD7RIPIVR5AKBDTOF6OO4URMCM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Olson, who has two children in 2nd and 4th grades in Forest Hills Public Shools, hauled a stack of signs decrying book bans to Calder Plaza. She spoke to press about the case about to begin oral arguments at the nearby downtown Grand Rapids State of Michigan Office Building. "},{"_id":"M6D2RY2ZR5BKDGP3K67FDNK4EI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Olson said she doesn’t believe obscene books are present in schools, and feels the books being targeted include important lessons on not bullying and seeking mental health support."},{"_id":"YX53VHUKYZFXNLSLMIADWXHPGM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“The goal posts just keep moving,” Olson said of the challenges. "},{"_id":"2UL2VUNTPFDGTBGFL4JFOFYMIU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The lawsuit was filed Aug. 30, 2023 in Kent County Circuit Court. It was dismissed in October 2023, and is now being appealed in the Michigan Court of Appeals Third District. "},{"_id":"RTJ43Q5VG5C5JILGQXWESFEGDY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>RELATED: </b><a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2023/10/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-michigan-school-district-over-explicit-books-in-library.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2023/10/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-michigan-school-district-over-explicit-books-in-library.html\"><b>Judge dismisses lawsuit against Michigan school district over ‘explicit’ books in library</b></a>"},{"_id":"W23ESY6UGRAQJAUM7K23BXVQUQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The anonymous plaintiffs, represented by Attorney Helen Brinkman, claimed the books in question were “pornographic,” and alleged that Rockford administrators committed a felony by disseminating the books to minors, according to court records. "},{"_id":"A6ENJ6DB3VHGXLA7SJMRWB7LOA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Many of the 14 books included in the lawsuit have been banned or challenged at schools across the country."},{"_id":"6ECSBEHV35BOHNGDPWC6MQQZYY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Everything just keeps getting stifled,” Olson said, “and we’re here to say that’s not happening. We have our parental rights too, to opt our kids in and out.” "},{"_id":"SI5YT6FLBZCHDEZINWFA6DXI7E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Olson added that she trusts credentialed librarians “who know what’s age appropriate, know what the laws are and know where to categorize things.” "},{"_id":"HXA4BKSBIVH6NMXSNLKS24W6F4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In October, Kent County Judge George J. Quist ruled that while he agreed with the plaintiff’s concerns about the sexually explicit nature of some of the books, they do not qualify as being “harmful to minors” because the books as a whole have literary value."},{"_id":"AHBTHICNLFA7PC3P5SADZ5PGCE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"He also dismissed claims that the school district violated state law by having “sexually explicit” books in the libraries that did not follow state guidelines related to sex education instructional materials. Quist said the books do not qualify under the definition of “sex education” instructional materials and are merely accessible in the school library."},{"_id":"2Z5PMZJ5VVCPBD5CFMJ7LV7ROA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"None of the books are required reading for students, Rockford district leaders previously stated. "},{"_id":"73JDWSGR2VDHBDQWKF3WAVPHKU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Brinkman argued during today’s hearing that Quist’s ruling did not properly interpret state law relating to sex education instructional materials. "},{"_id":"UIYRMSUT5JGNVM3C3DEB7MOC6Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"She also argued that a decision by the district’s librarian to advertise the challenged books on a bulletin board was a form of disseminating the material. "},{"_id":"MMGH3GPPFRDCNMUVAN6PVX5SIM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Court of Appeals Judge Michael Gadola said the bulletin board advertised specifically “banned and challenged books available” at the district’s library. "},{"_id":"E7JWOUMT2FFY5G54IGT3FFUT2U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“That was a choice,” he said, but added that he’s unsure of possible legal ramifications. "},{"_id":"RRJXGDPGLJCCVPY6IAJFXCCNPQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"According to the district’s legal counsel, all 14 books are available at the local county library and have won a literary award, an announcement that received boos from the courtroom crowd gathered in support of Blinkman’s appeal. "},{"_id":"XMGDOZFISBCV5K4R2OV3SFBDUQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Several posts on social media from the days before encouraged community members to show up in support of Brinkman and to fill the courtroom completely. "},{"_id":"36V44BRSWFBQNMG54N7MMD2L7E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In the lobby outside, Rockford resident Adrienne Urban was one of several dozen people who did so, after hearing about the case the night before. "},{"_id":"ZW57T36U3RACNKSF6SF4ESRDJM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"She said when reading excerpts of the books, “I almost fell over.” "},{"_id":"ENFOMBOHGJGLBGHEVYCLWD4EWQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“I have adult children,” she said. “I don’t want them reading (that) … I can’t get these pictures out of my head.” "},{"_id":"IEFFDD5HWJHWXI5YP3RITPCYOM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Urban said the books includes text descriptions and illustrations of sexual acts and violence. "},{"_id":"BKISXI3D5NHM3MIVXHJYH3NRCE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Several books on the list are also centered around LGBTQ themes, and some contain profanity."},{"_id":"4DNQVEQSZJEELETAO4RQG4ZTAM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Saying that a book is inappropriate for school is not book banning,” she said. “This is just saying it’s inappropriate for schools. There are plenty of things inappropriate for schools.” "},{"_id":"HII2JZBKBNGW5POYXECFYNATFA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Urban also disagreed with the argument that the literary value of the books exempt them from removal."},{"_id":"ENAGFK7U35EYNBMFQFNNSJUWSE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Then we can make anything ok, as long as we take, say a Shakespearean novel and then put a chapter of disgusting content in the middle of it,” she said. "},{"_id":"PSW3G7W4Q5GIHBLK37Y4QEHWLY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The lawsuit originally sought for Rockford Public Schools to lose 1% of its state funding over the last two years because of the alleged state law violations. It also argued Rockford administrators should be held criminally liable for disseminating sexually explicit material."},{"_id":"HEJJEIKODJH63COK54PK7ARWSM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Olson said many of the people challenging the books in Rockford, and those involved in a <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2023/07/aclu-argues-west-michigan-school-district-censored-lgbtq-books.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2023/07/aclu-argues-west-michigan-school-district-censored-lgbtq-books.html\">similar debate</a> at Forest Hills Public Schools, “don’t even live in the district that they’re complaining about or have children. They’ve either aged out or they don’t have children at all.” "},{"_id":"GRLEIRYZ2VCDBKKZDPNEEZVLTY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"She said these community members without kids aren’t seeing the “levels of approvals or paperwork that we, as parents, have to fill out."},{"_id":"446HYBQODNC4TMHQNBSMLIKPZA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“I have to fill out, every single year, a range of levels of library access,” she said, “from can’t access at all to I pick the books for the child. I also get to pick what lessons they’re part of.” "},{"_id":"FI32YYADEJDHXDKFDVMORPZITA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Previously, Superintendent Steve Matthews confirmed that the district has policies in place for parents who are concerned about specific books or instructional material allowing them to “opt out” and not let students check those books out. 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Carol Glanville, D-Walker, is reintroducing a package of bills largely disqualifying attempts to ban books from public library shelves. "},{"_id":"HKISRUOHTVFN7ORIN7JU43NAKQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>RELATED: </b><a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/politics/2024/12/michigan-librarians-back-bills-aimed-at-thwarting-book-bans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/politics/2024/12/michigan-librarians-back-bills-aimed-at-thwarting-book-bans.html\"><b>Michigan librarians back bills aimed at thwarting book bans</b></a>"},{"_id":"26VRLCT37VBOHHCIBRRD2B7RWA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The bills have been supported by the Michigan Library Association (MLA). 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"},{"_id":"KS454DIKGBBBBL6EL2XLGFC2U4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The release came after thousands of staff, students and faculty members showed up as community members spoke out against the changes in an online meeting Friday, March 28."},{"_id":"2PY5N23UCVF7VNGVRA3VFIIV4A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"UM officials have not said exactly how many employees will be impacted. In its<a href=\"https://president.umich.edu/news-communications/messages-to-the-community/evolving-our-approach-to-dei-and-moving-forward-together/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://president.umich.edu/news-communications/messages-to-the-community/evolving-our-approach-to-dei-and-moving-forward-together/\"> announcement</a>, UM reported student-facing services in the closing Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will shift to other offices focused on student access and opportunity. Other details remain unclear at this time. "},{"_id":"6P2Q4EUC65E23HRRSIDPEAYB5I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Spokespeople for the university did not immediately respond Monday to a request for comment."},{"_id":"L6PFQKYO3VGFZMF5X4MK6ROQP4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In the meeting, Rob Sellers, formerly the vice provost for equity and inclusion, called the university’s new policy “a severe disappointment,” according to the release, sent Saturday, March 29, by Professor and Faculty Senate Chair Rebekah Modrak."},{"_id":"BQQPPSFZMRAODJJ2GUDN5DCY5E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Many of us have worked for years to make the university more diverse, more equitable and more inclusive,” he said. “This was a strategy that led toward excellence.” "},{"_id":"YQDJGN3JZBFS5JC7IKKKXR3M7I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Thursday, the university said it is closing the DEI office and its Office for Health Equity and Inclusion, effective immediately, and discontinuing its DEI 2.0 Strategic Plan."},{"_id":"7K4EN5L42NAOBJS5KPFMLFTVVU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The move comes <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/dei-critical-race-theory-colleges-diversity-db8317ad37931558dd5a396cf5ab3d42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://apnews.com/article/dei-critical-race-theory-colleges-diversity-db8317ad37931558dd5a396cf5ab3d42\">amid threats</a> from President Donald Trump’s administration to cut federal funding over DEI programs at colleges and universities across the country. Trump contends such programs amount to illegal discrimination."},{"_id":"NNTRLNQA4BBY5OW3WNZCOPTQUE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The meeting, organized with the help of faculty leadership, allowed people to voice their concerns. Attendance was capped at 1,000, but many faculty, staff and students hosted watch parties or broadcasted the conversation online, according to the release. "},{"_id":"GIGM4ACHQJAMXJFQTQTFUVEWD4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Read more:</b> <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/university-of-michigan-curbs-dei-initiatives-amid-trump-threats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">University of Michigan curbs DEI initiatives amid Trump threats </a>"},{"_id":"TJW2JT6T3BGSNONGSR4OHNQJN4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“The meeting was the first step in the organization of strategic protest,” the release stated. "},{"_id":"QHOJMUWLRVCGLNG2OUBCVNEYGA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"There have been conversations of rallies taking place on UM’s campus, but nothing appeared to be set as of Monday, March 31. UM student Aidan Rozema, co-president of University of Michigan College Democrats, said the group is postponing its rally for now as it spends time building a coalition."},{"_id":"3VQIGYDE2BFRHKS2QQVRNYZZUU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Attendees who joined Friday’s online discussion listened as the University Staff Union, the Black Students Union, faculty government and other organizations shared their reactions to the changes."},{"_id":"HMTWITP5HJANLMOZ7VIXT7RQ4E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"A reporter’s request last week to join the meeting was denied."},{"_id":"5XEYG72SVJHJ7LB6542OLWCQRA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Related:</b> <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/what-we-know-so-far-about-the-university-of-michigan-axing-dei-initiatives.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">What we know so far about the University of Michigan axing DEI initiatives </a>"},{"_id":"V26WZA35LVEN3D263AR7LMLWJQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Others who spoke out at Friday’s meeting urged faculty to consider a work stoppage or students to walk out to show UM administrators their feelings about the decision. "},{"_id":"CMD2KZHTNVDARLMLA5VQ7JXG2E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Related: </b><a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/university-of-michigan-decision-to-curb-dei-is-sharp-turn-after-decade-of-work.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">University of Michigan decision to curb DEI is sharp turn after decade of work</a>"},{"_id":"L7I6BSAL3NAKXKTFGF7EFLDDWU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Some speakers encouraged the disruption of university operations since petitions and letter-writing don’t seem to be enough, according to the release. "},{"_id":"FF5BU6GVQ5BSXBSZMT4S6G2VLE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Several other student activists criticized the university decisions and linked them to the university’s response to pro-Palestinian activism on campus, according to the release."},{"_id":"PHPUSMO3DFCWJGKAMGRMLX6L3A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"A representative of the American Civil Liberties Union Undergraduate Chapter highlighted the “complete erasure” of groups such as Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, according to the release."},{"_id":"NYDOLF6TZVG65JKSR72EUWI3UY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In January, the university pro-Palestine group, <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/01/pro-palestine-group-shut-down-at-university-of-michigan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/01/pro-palestine-group-shut-down-at-university-of-michigan.html\">was suspended</a> for two years for alleged violations of conduct in a pair of 2024 demonstrations. The group had frequently demonstrated on campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in 2023."},{"_id":"7IKVGRTJ5NBUHDDVXPDALKV2TE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Related:</b> <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/reactions-vary-to-university-of-michigan-dei-purge-but-people-arent-surprised.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">‘Completely caved’: University of Michigan DEI purge draws fire</a>"},{"_id":"5WAZM4WA5ZAKDN7254K3N4SZYM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In the coming weeks, Modrak said there are several other events, including <a href=\"https://facultysenate.umich.edu/immigration-attorney-questions/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://facultysenate.umich.edu/immigration-attorney-questions/\">a seminar</a> that features a prominent attorney of the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, a <a href=\"https://facultysenate.umich.edu/film-screening-keeping-in-mind/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://facultysenate.umich.edu/film-screening-keeping-in-mind/\">film screening and panel discussion</a> about the Senator McCarthy era at UM and a <a href=\"https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SkU1SzCGRMqKUmsGJQqaKw#/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SkU1SzCGRMqKUmsGJQqaKw#/registration\">webinar</a> with legal and policy experts about DEI. 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"},{"_id":"DQGG6NJKG5BSZKGK4QKEO3M4A4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The state department later clarified $24.2 million had already been paid to local districts based on reported spending."},{"_id":"KQQ6IRQ5CNAPHF36PISVRCW55A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In a release on Tuesday, April 1, MDE said $17.8 million hadn’t been paid to other districts, that the state agency itself could stand to lose $5 million in administrative costs, and that all $40 million remained in jeopardy unless the U.S. Department of Education agreed to honor past funding extensions."},{"_id":"AXXS4JJUEBBQJE5SU43NI3SLVI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Read more: </b><a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/education/2025/03/michigan-schools-get-227b-from-the-feds-whats-at-stake-amid-trumps-spending-cuts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/education/2025/03/michigan-schools-get-227b-from-the-feds-whats-at-stake-amid-trumps-spending-cuts.html\">Michigan schools get $22.7B from the feds. 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"},{"_id":"P77QKP3QYBEK5MSVH37MCFKYKY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"There are just under 300 students that attend Beach Elementary, which serves students from kindergarten to fifth grade. There are 30 to 40 staff working in the building. "},{"_id":"M3UG7SOEHNFQRNUUHGZNBS2ODE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"On Monday, March 31, students and staff were told to stay home. Kennedy is hopeful that students can return to the school April 14 after the break. The gym will be closed for at least seven to eight weeks for repairs, he said. 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Smajda said district staff is planning to honor the buildings and their legacy with some type of memorial in the new facility, among other ideas of send-off ceremonies and tributes tying the old buildings to new ones."},{"_id":"LYMAOYHGSBGIBKMDTEEKFHGF3U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The Western School District was founded in 1959, though Bean, Parma and Warner existed as their own separate, smaller districts since the early 1950s, Smajda said. "},{"_id":"WV33N4VELZDAJHSOZBYFOGJ2FM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The fate of the buildings once students officially leave is also being considered. "},{"_id":"NRYB3HDVXRAA3OD7VM7ETD5Y6U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“In the next few months, we will look at all options,” Smajda said. “We might put them up for sale to see what the interest is. 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The south end of the building will be two-stories tall, with second- and third-grade students on the first floor and fourth- and fifth-grade students on the second floor."},{"_id":"PUB2FCTSJ5EKHKIZDEZECR7CWI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Smajda said this new layout, with distinct ‘neighborhood’ wings dedicated to each grade level, could help improve socialization among all the district’s elementary-aged students."},{"_id":"T3BUNDXQYZCEJD5VMNZRU3J62A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In May 2022, district voters approved a $46-million bond to build the new school."},{"_id":"6BY6ERO4NVFG3ABBVIKBGVBKMQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"R.W. 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