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Ready or not, school year begins as leaders adopt plans to teach, protect students

Back to School 2.0 Charles Honey

With most of Kent County’s public school districts opening next week, superintendents talk about their plans to educate students while trying to keep them safe from an unpredictable virus...

Most Kent City students heading back to classrooms this fall, but will wait until 9-8

Kent City Janice Holst

Kent City Community Schools will open school as scheduled on Wednesday, Aug. 26, with primarily face-to-face education, offering a virtual option for families who prefer to keep children home...

When school hits the road

Kent City Janice Holst

When the pandemic closed school buildings, the summer education program for migrant families brought learning to migrant housing camps...

Making school from home work for everyone

School 2.0 Janice Holst

Districts scrambled to aid families with connectivity and tech support from March to the end of the school year...

Taking a musical trip, all the way to California

Kent City Janice Holst

Musical theater student gets the nod to play at the 2021 Rose Bowl, selected to play with Bands of America Honors Band...

Food service director leads by loading students up with nutritious foods

Kent City Janice Holst

With two decades of experience in the school kitchens, this food director continues to find ways to feed the community she loves...

Athletes Stay in Shape During Time Off School

School 2.0 Janice Holst

An at-home athletic training program helps keep all students on the go during the school shutdown...

Student writers, we want to hear from you

School 2.0 Janice Holst

Budding journalists, poets and writers of all genres, now is the time for sharing your work on our many School News Network platforms...

Chalk up this neighborhood to hope

School 2.0 Janice Holst

Neighborhood with teachers and students from one district cheer each other up during school closures from the Covid 19 pandemic with a chalk walk...

Taking alternate roads to success

Kent City Janice Holst

A unique classroom option gives struggling students a new way to prepare for high school...

Come SEA what we are learning

Kent City Janice Holst

Coral reef activities help accomplish a Great Start Readiness Program goal of learning to predict, observe and record through drawing and writing...

Choose a chair and grab a new book

Kent City Janice Holst

First year teacher got off to a great start with new classroom seating and new books provided by a Michigan Literacy Grant through Grand Valley State University...

For first-year teachers, challenge changes to wow when ‘one thing works’

Kent City Janice Holst

First-year teachers find challenges and rewards as they rely on Leaders of Tomorrow support from Kent ISD...

Stretch, hold, relax, get ready to learn

Kent City Janice Holst

A Kent City school social worker uses yoga to help students with emotional challenges face the school day...

Honoring those who served, all year long

Kent City Janice Holst

For decades Kent City Community Schools has hosted a Veterans Day extravaganza for local veterans, complete with large donations for the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans...

Five districts win tax approvals, one weathers defeat

Multi Districts School News Network

Five Kent ISD school districts are breathing easier following voter approval of tax requests in Tuesday's election, but one, Cedar Springs, is weighing options after its proposed bond issue was defeated...

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School News Network reports on the 20 public school districts in Kent ISD, which enroll more than 102,000 students. Founded in 2013 as an initiative of Kent ISD, we are supported by local districts and community sponsors, and powered by an experienced team of reporters, editors and multimedia journalists. We specialize in covering classroom teaching and learning, analyzing the many issues facing students and highlighting the education magic that happens each day in our public schools.

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