DETROIT, MI (WTVB) – Detroit Public Schools superintendent Nikolai Vitti is urging Michigan leaders to close schools for the rest of the year.
In a letter Monday to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, state Superintendent Michael Rice, and the state Board of Education, Vitti wrote “Family and employee health anxiety is too high to have students return to school prematurely. Opening too early will lead to numerous challenges, mainly extreme levels of student and employee absences that will undermine the expected learning experience in schools,”
Vitti also said the district is against switching to virtual instruction for academic credit.
The state Departent of Education Friday told districts that any online instruction by districts would not count toward the 180 hours of instruction required by the state.
Among Vitti’srecommendations were: close schools until next school year, require all school districts to develop online learning for enrichment, not credit, continue full state funding for the rest of the school year, and promote and give credits to graduating seniors.
