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Education
12:50 pm
Tue February 5, 2013

Grand Rapids schools sends out first round of pink slips in “transformation plan”

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The Grand Rapids school board voted to send out the notices Monday night.
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About 200 administrators at Grand Rapids Public Schools are getting notice that they could potentially be laid off this summer. The school board voted Monday night to send out the notices, as part of a “transformation plan” it adopted in December.

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Education
4:15 pm
Mon January 7, 2013

Private donors pay for new public school building at Grand Rapids nature preserve

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6th graders at Blandford School wait patiently for school leaders to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday morning.
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Teachers hand-carved these wooden doors to the classrooms at the new Blandford School.
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The Blandford School's hen house and garden are near the school.
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Blandford students raise hens and sell the eggs as part of an "eggtrepreneur" lesson.
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"Eggtrepreneur" hen house in front of Blandford School in Grand Rapids.
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People check out a large mosaic in a common room at the new Blandford School.
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The new Blandford School building opened for students on Monday in Grand Rapids.
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Walk up to the new school inside the Blandford Nature Center and a flock of brown hens will quietly greet you. The hens are part of a business lesson about entrepreneurs at the Blandford School.

On Monday students and staff gathered to open the new school building paid for through mostly private funds.

Jennifer Brandstatter wipes tears from her cheek during the celebration. She moved her oldest of two daughters from a Catholic school to attend  6th grade at Blandford and she “loves it”.

“I just, I cry when I think about it. It’ just she’s having the best time of her life. The teachers are amazing. I mean it’s just such a unique experience,” Brandstatter explained.

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