Hope College music students seek answers three weeks after rally
Hope College students demand transparency as unexplained staffing changes in the music department continue. Two full-time professors were suspended and two part timers not asked to return since summer, with demotions and cancellations of popular classes. Students report no administration updates and fear continued uncertainty for next semester.
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Ope College
Robert Hodson
Chapel Choir
Brad Richmond
Adam Briggs
Genevieve Beaulieu
Brian Coyle
Jennifer Wolfe
Wolfe
Women’s Chamber Choir
Hodson
Richmond
Ava Massarella
Hope
Jillian Wade
Michigan House committee approves lead water testing bill for schools
Michigan House Committee of Natural Resources advances House Bill 4124 to require periodic lead testing in school and day care drinking water. The measure, introduced by Rep. Sheldon Neeley, would fund testing and remediation programs and publish results through the Department of Education and each school, aiming to expand mandatory testing beyond wells and address contaminants such as PFAS.
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Lansing
Michigan
Sheldon Neeley
Flint
Michigan State House
Committee of Natural Resources
Neeley
Michigan Department of Education
United States
Vaccine scares rise as diseases reappear in Michigan schools
In Jenison and West Ottawa districts unvaccinated students were excluded after chickenpox diagnoses. Ottawa County reports 2013-17 totals of 123 chickenpox and 156 pertussis cases, with 21 chickenpox and 18 pertussis cases in 2018. Health officials note underdiagnosis and rising waiver rates fuel ongoing risk and vigilant vaccination tracking.
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Kids First
West Ottawa
Waukaroo
Michigan
Allegan
Ottawa County
Allegan County
Michigan vaccine waiver rates rise slightly in 2017
Data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services show the vaccine waiver rate for school age children increasing from 3.2 percent in 2016 to 3.6 percent in 2017. Daycare waivers stood at 2.5 percent in 2017 with Ottawa and Allegan counties posting varied kindergarten and seventh grade figures.
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Marcia Mansaray
Ottawa County
Michigan
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Allegan County
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