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Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education

Candidate Questionnaire: Linda Baker for Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education

Watershed Voice sent out questionnaires to local candidates running for Three Rivers City Commission, St. Joseph County Commission, Three Rivers Board of Education, and Glen Oaks Community College Board of Trustees. In the days leading up to the election on Tuesday, November 8, Watershed will publish the questionnaires in the order they are received. Linda Baker, who is running for Three Rivers School Board, filled out WSV’s questionnaire. Here are her answers.

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Candidate Questionnaire: Ross Daniels for Three Rivers School Board

Watershed Voice sent out questionnaires to local candidates running for Three Rivers City Commission, St. Joseph County Commission, Three Rivers Board of Education, and Glen Oaks Community College Board of Trustees. In the days leading up to the election on Tuesday, November 8, Watershed will publish the questionnaires in the order they are received. Ross Daniels, who is running for Three Rivers School Board, filled out WSV’s questionnaire. Here are his answers.

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Pride flag ban lifted by Three Rivers school board

The Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to lift the district's temporary Pride flag ban and return to business as usual following a pre-meeting protest, a lengthy public comment period, and an even longer closed session.

Protest against Three Rivers schools Pride flag ban to start at 4 p.m.

A protest against Three Rivers Community Schools' recent Pride flag ban is scheduled for 4 p.m. today, Monday, December 6 in the south parking lot of Three Rivers High School. "100 Allies for Acceptance," organized by Andrew George and Riley Mains, will take place during the two hours before Monday night's Three Rivers school board meeting, which begins at 6 p.m.

TRCS Board of Education sends letter regarding Moag’s resignation

The Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education sent the following letter to local media Tuesday regarding the recent resignation of Superintendent Ron Moag.

Middle, High School Students to Resume In-Class Instruction Wednesday

Students at Three Rivers Middle and High Schools will resume full face-to-face instruction this Wednesday, Three Rivers Community Schools (TRCS) Superintendent Ron Moag said Monday. In a letter to parents, Moag said the move is the result of a change in the rate of recent, new cases of COVID-19 in St. Joseph County. The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency (BHSJ) provides TRCS with updated pandemic statistics on at least a weekly basis, and Moag announced the move upon receiving a BHSJ report Monday.

52 people address Three Rivers school board on hybrid classes

Members of the Three Rivers Board of Education (BOE) heard 52 comments from the public at its online work session this week. Shortly after the start of Monday evening’s livestreamed evening, BOE Chair Erin Nowak read each previously submitted comment aloud to board members, Three Rivers Community Schools (TRCS) staff, and the public. All of the comments pertained to a BOE decision in February to again return to the hybrid instructional mode for middle and high school students.

Board of Education Approves Resolution on Restarting Winter Sports

In a reflection of statewide pressure to reopen winter athletic programs and other school activities, the Three Rivers Board of Education (BOE) adopted a resolution in support of lifting statewide restrictions that are currently in place. The resolution asks Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to approve restarting school winter athletic programs. BOE President Erin Nowak clarified that the resolution would not actually reopen Three Rivers Community Schools (TRCS) sports programs and other extracurricular activities, but instead would ask the state to lift restrictions.

Three Rivers Schools Revise Reopening Dates

Dates for reopening Three Rivers Community Schools buildings to students have changed following a Board of Education meeting Monday. Pre-K through fifth grade students will now begin attending school in person next Tuesday, January 19. Middle and high school students will return to hybrid learning as previously planned on Monday, January 25. However, they will now return to full face-to-face instruction two weeks later, on February 8. Also at Monday's meeting, new school board members were welcomed, new officers were chosen, and Superintendent Ron Moag provided an update on current capital improvements.

Bliss to serve as deputy clerk at county level

Three Rivers City Clerk Melissa Bliss told Watershed Voice Wednesday she has taken a deputy clerk position in St. Joseph County's General Clerks Division. Bliss' resignation as city clerk was announced during Tuesday's city commission meeting. Her last day will fall on January 8, 2021.

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