Earlier this week, the Grand Haven Area Public Schools district (GHAPS) released its plan for school this fall.
In response to surveys from parents, the district is offering two options. One option is in-person learning that may have to return to at-home remote learning, if needed. The other option is an entirely online learning environment run by an outside organization and taught primarily by GHAPS teachers. The options look to be similar in the Spring Lake district when that plan is released, likely sometime this week.
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You should have ended this letter at worrying about your own Parish.
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