Grosse Ile schools start year with no buses due to bus driver shortage

The Grosse Ile Township School District is currently not providing busing to general education students due to a bus driver shortage.

Contract impasse at Oakland University with professors could lead to strike

The two sides are negotiating a new contract for professors and the old one expires at midnight Wednesday. Classes are set to start Thursday.

Royal Oak schools install ultraviolet light air purification units

"Classroom air is brought into that unit - it's treated with high-intensity UVC and then comes back out into the classroom space, as completely sterile air," said Patrick Murphy.

After a turbulent summer for Michigan school districts, students finally return to class

In a frantic final few moves this month, districts in Oakland and Wayne County will need to enforce mask mandates for their students when the school year kicks off - which it is for many this week.

Hostile school board meetings have members calling it quits

A growing number of school board members are resigning or questioning their willingness to serve as meetings have devolved into shouting contests between deeply political constituencies over how racial issues are taught, masks in schools, and COVID-19 vaccines and testing requirements.

Teacher took off mask for read-aloud and infected half the class with COVID-19, CDC report says

Health officials investigated a COVID-19 delta outbreak at an elementary school in California and found an unvaccinated, infected teacher who read aloud to students without a mask started the spread.

More than half of all Michigan K-12 students attend schools wheres masks are mandated

The governor's office said 54% of all students in traditional public schools are subject to masking requirements. That includes students in six of the 10 most populated counties in Michigan.

Oakland County Health Department mandates masks for schools K-12

The Oakland County Health Department is requiring that all students, staff, and faculty wear masks in schools, regardless of vaccination status, to prevent spreading COVID-19.

Oak Park schools hiring now to fill school bus driver openings

Steve Burnett says school bus drivers in his district earn about $19 per hour to start, but there are job requirements.

No decision yet by Livonia schools on forcing masks in classrooms after hearing arguments on both sides

"I do not want my child in a mask," said one woman. "He is in third grade, he needs to see his friends' faces, see their smiles, interact, be rambunctious outside at recess, and have a great time without a mask."

Warren schools requiring face masks for all students and staff

Parents in Warren will have to make sure their children are wearing masks when school starts as the district is the latest to require masks for all students and staff.

Ease your mask mandates or pay up, Fla. Board of Education warns districts

Florida’s commissioner of education says he’ll withhold the salaries of school board members in two districts found to be in violation of the governor’s executive order banning mask mandates, but the Biden administration says the districts can draw on federal funds.