• From: Cindy Pangborn <PangboC@gpschools.org>
    Date: Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 12:41 PM
    Subject: Re: NEWS UPDATE--Whitmer: 'Very Unlikely' Kids Will Get Back To School Before End Of Year
    To: Gary Niehaus <niehaug@gpschools.org>
    Cc: Admin All <adminall@gpschools.org>, Denise Sharples <SharplD@gpschools.org>, Rebecca Fannon <FannonR@gpschools.org>, SchoolBoard SchoolBoard <schoolboard@gpschools.org>

     

    I think we’ve all been expecting it since the week before schools closed...especially areas in our state that are in the tourist trade in the summer...little to no chance of summer school makeup.

    On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 12:25 PM Gary Niehaus <niehaug@gpschools.org> wrote:
    Dear Board Members and Administrative Team,

    This is important information that you need to know is out on the street. We spent nearly 2 1/2 hours this morning talking about the "what if " and the details. It sounds like an announcement next week.

    Thanks,
    GCN
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    From: Gary Niehaus <gcniehaus52@gmail.com>
    Date: Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 12:22 PM
    Subject: Fwd: NEWS UPDATE--Whitmer: 'Very Unlikely' Kids Will Get Back To School Before End Of Year
    To: <AdminAll@gpschools.org>, School Board <SchoolBoard@gpschools.org>


    Dear Board Members and Administrative Team,

    This is important information that you need to know is out on the street. We spent nearly 2 1/2 hours this morning talking about the "what if " and the details. It sounds like an announcement next week.

    Thanks,
    GCN

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    From: Gongwer News Service <gongwerreports@gongwer.com>
    Date: Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 11:05 AM
    Subject: NEWS UPDATE--Whitmer: 'Very Unlikely' Kids Will Get Back To School Before End Of Year
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    Friday, March 27, 2020, 11:04 AM

    Whitmer: 'Very Unlikely' Kids Will Get Back To School Before End Of Year
    Governor Gretchen Whitmer said during a radio interview this morning that it is "very unlikely" the state's students will get back in the classroom before the end of the 2019-20 school year.

    "We are working diligently to come up with a plan to meet the needs of our kids. I think anyone who is watching what is happening globally with this pandemic knows it is probably very unlikely they're going to get back in school before the end of the year," Ms. Whitmer said on WWJ-AM. "I haven't made that call yet because I want to make sure we've got a plan to meet the needs of our kids and that is what we are working on."

    Ms. Whitmer said the plan is not something that can be developed "overnight" because she said the state has to meet the unique needs of varying districts.

    On Thursday, Ms. Whitmer indicated she is working on a plan for schools with lawmakers and other education stakeholders but did not elaborate on if the current four-week school closure would be extended for the rest of the school year.

    Gongwer News Service will have more on this story in Friday's Michigan Report.

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