Grand Traverse County Traverse City, MI
GRAND RAPIDS — Students at Coit Creative Arts Academy used pre-painted 3-inch-square wooden blocks to create a pattern that will be merged with those created by five other community groups in an installation that will be replicated at Huntington Bank,…
A second park party will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Martin Luther King Jr. Park.
About 16 of the district’s 55 buildings are fully or partially air-conditioned, according to spokesman John Helmholdt.
Representatives of the groups noted improvements that Grand Rapids’ Downtown Development Authority has made to revitalize the city’s center.
For most students, it’s almost that time of year again, but for students at five Grand Rapids elementary schools, there’s no “almost” about it.
The fix will cost millions, but the city has being paying for sewage backup claims for years.
Academic credit for almost 900 classes is being pursued this summer by Central, Creston, Ottawa Hills and Union high school students through an eight-week online summer school program.
Grand Rapids Area Pre-College Engineering Program, a Center of Innovation within Creston High School, has achieved a 99 percent graduation rate and a college entrance rate exceeding 90 percent.
State education staff members said last month the removal was likely after learning the program was misclassified as a school serving one district, as opposed to the entire county.
As of Monday, the state approved paperwork of 299 Grand Rapids Public Schools employees who sought retirement incentives before the June 11 deadline.