10:00 AM Jan 25, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) White Pines Middle School Principal Mike Shelton and local law enforcement officials patrol the school's hallways during Thursday's lockdown drill.

Locking down safety

Instead of teachers presenting lessons, White Pines Middle School classrooms were filled with silence on Thursday.
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9:30 AM Jan 24, 2013
Education

OV school board to cut teacher pay by 5 pct.

A Muskegon County school district plans to impose a 5 percent salary cut on teachers after declaring an impasse in contract negotiations.
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4:00 PM Jan 23, 2013
Education
The splash pad at Grand Haven's Chinook Pier (Grand Haven Tribune file photo)

Sixth-graders help city design proposed splash pad

Zeeland Christian School sixth-graders will be helping Zeeland officials put together a "splash pad" proposal.
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12:00 PM Jan 23, 2013
Education

SL parents ask board for public discussion

Parents of Spring Lake students have asked to have their voices heard in a plan for “reimagining” the district's two elementary schools.
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12:00 PM Jan 22, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Eighth-grader Aubrey Van Linn carries her sign as she marches through the cold and snow.

Remembering Dr. King

St. Mary’s Catholic School students and staff marched through the snow to Spring Lake District Library on Monday morning in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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11:00 AM Jan 18, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) The final three fourth-graders prepare to spell during Thursday’s Spelling Bee at Peach Plains Elementary School.

Spell success

After months of practice, Peach Plains Elementary School’s Bee Club members stepped in front of the microphone.
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8:00 AM Jan 17, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Third-grader Connor Dalman fine-tunes a robotic alligator during a Peach Plains Lego Club gathering.

New kids on the block

From learning mechanics to using robotics, some Peach Plains Elementary School students are doing more than playing with Lego blocks.
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3:17 PM Jan 16, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Buses begin to leave Jeffers Elementary School after Tuesday’s dismissal.

SL school could close

A special committee is looking into "reimagining" Spring Lake’s two elementary schools.
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11:00 AM Jan 15, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Mary A. White Elementary School second-grade teacher Amy Mast reads to her class.

State pushes back aid transfer

Beginning in the fall, Michigan's public schools will have to keep track of students transferring in and out of their district. Their funding will depend on it.
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6:00 PM Jan 12, 2013
Education
(Tribune photo/Krystle Wagner) Sixth-grader Collin Takas answers a question during Friday's Geography Bee at White Pines Middle School.

Where in the world?

White Pines Middle School students put their geography skills to the test on Friday.
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