A new report shows the best school districts in Michigan for 2024.

Students at Novi High School were dismissed early Wednesday after a threatening message was written on a bathroom stall.

Could this have been prevented? That’s the question on a lot of people’s minds. When do schools sound the alarm about students and why?

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A new school district has taken over the top spot in Niche’s 2022 rankings for the best districts in Michigan.

On Monday, the FIRST Robotics Competition inducted Novi High School’s robotics team into its hall of fame.

A woman who worked at Novi schools for 30 years was found murdered inside her home after she didn’t show up for work, police said. Her husband has been taken into custody, officials said.

The news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and now Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office spread quickly across Metro Detroit on Friday.

“Is wearing a mask all of a sudden going to be some kind of a new scarlet letter in schools?" asked Novi superintendent Dr. Steve Matthews.

There’s a tug-of-war emerging between school boards and educators over which decision is best for kids.

The pandemic has forced changes to school count day in Michigan. Wednesday is arguably one of the more important days on the academic calendar because “Count Day” determines how much funding a district is getting based on the number of students they have. Because of the pandemic, many school districts have students split up, some attending in person, some virtual, and some absent. Normally, the math looks like this: 90% of the October count is added to 10% of the previous year’s February count. The Novi superintendent said they’ve lost about 50 students to private or online schools, which means losing about $442,000 in per-pupil funding.

NOVI, Mich. – School is in session at Village Oaks Elementary School in Novi, but what school looks like for each child is different. Assistant superintendent of academics for the Novi Community School District R.J. Webber said 55 percent of the students are learning virtually and 45 percent are using a hybrid model. Tyler and Max Piculu are students in the elementary school and they learn from home. That’s why the Novi Community School District hired a moving company to bring the unused school furniture to Novi families who needed it. She thinks having the appropriate learning equipment will only make things better especially during a time when the learning situation is different for every child.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is making the traditional “count day” a much more complicated effort. Schools have an opportunity to find and count students over the next 10 days to four weeks, depending on the learning model. The Novi school district is doing hybrid learning. Dr. Steve Matthews, the superintendent of the Novi Community School District believes his district has lost some students. With senior attrition and some unaccounted students -- the number could be closer to 5,575 over its 4 week count period.