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Glen Lake’s School Nurses Navigate COVID; Leelanau School Boarding Students Head Home This Week
The Leelanau Ticker By Todd VanSickle | Nov. 18, 2020
Due to the increasing number of local COVID-19 cases, as of last Wednesday, Glen Lake Community Schools moved to remote learning for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade until November 30. Now, with the new Michigan Department of Health and Human Services emergency order temporarily halting in-person instruction at high schools for three weeks starting today (Wednesday), high school students will remain out until December 9, unless orders are updated.
At this time, the school is hopeful that pre-kindergarten through eighth graders will return on November 30, but school officials say much is dependent on local cases and any among the school’s staff, students, or families at that time, according to Glen Lake Community Schools Executive Secretary Bethany Pousho.
Prior to — and perhaps in part precipitating — Glen Lake schools switching over to remote learning, 45 students were out at one time due to quarantine and exposure...