flint community schools

The state of Michigan will pay $9.7 million into a special education fund to help children in Flint Community Schools and other schools in Genesee County.

Ten years after the water crisis caused health challenges for many, students from Flint Southwestern Classical Academy join in a multi-county effort to test for pollutants in the Flint River.

The path forward for Flint Community Schools is still not entirely clear. The district has an operational deficit of $14 million.

The district and its teachers' union are at odds over pay and teacher retention issues

The dispute exploded recently after the board rejected a negotiated settlement over a pair of union grievances.

A dispute between the former Flint schools superintendent and members of the Flint board of education is set to be worked out in arbitration and not in court.

The district superintendent blamed internal miscommunication for the confusion.

“I was chairing a committee meeting, and I was attacked. Unprovoked," said Laura MacIntyre, the Flint school board's treasurer.

The district has been operating remotely since the winter break due to the latest COVID-19 surge. Flint Community Schools had planned to restart in-person classes in January, but the district extended remote learning when close to 40% of coronavirus tests in Genesee County were coming back positive.

The district went virtual during the current COVID surge and has no current plans to return to in-person instruction.