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Sat Jun 29, 2019, 06:13 PM Jun 2019

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Benton Harbor reach tentative deal to save high school

State officials and the Benton Harbor School Board reached a tentative agreement to keep the city’s lone, academically struggling high school open, state officials said Wednesday.

The district must see its students improve academically while also paying down $18 million in debt under broad outlines of an agreement announced following a late-afternoon meeting in Lansing between school board members and officials of the office of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state treasurer’s office.

Details of the agreement weren’t released, but Tiffany Brown, spokesperson for Governor Whitmer, confirmed the agreement would keep the high school open in exchange for Benton Harbor Public Schools agreeing to academic improvement goals and making progress on its debt.

“The State of Michigan’s number one concern has been developing a plan that puts students first and improves outcomes for kids in the Benton Harbor District,” said a statement released by the governor’s office.

Read more: https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-benton-harbor-reach-tentative-deal-save-high-school

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