FORSYTHE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Ann Arbor Public Schools closed Forsythe Middle School on Wednesday after learning of an earlier incident involving a student.

ANN ARBOR, MI - Ann Arbor Public Schools has closed Forsythe Middle School Wednesday, Dec. 15, due “developing reports” emerging from a school incident that occurred on Tuesday. Superintendent Jeanice Swift said the middle school will be closed along with all after school activities on Wednesday, Dec. 15, with plans to return to normal operations on Thursday, Dec. 16. “Thank you for your understanding, partnership and support of our students and of the Ann Arbor Public Schools, especially during these challenging times.”The district continues to work closely with the Ann Arbor Police in addressing the matter, Swift said. The Ann Arbor Police Department could not be reached for comment late Tuesday. READ MORE:Ann Arbor Public Schools cancels classes due to social media threats Friday, Dec. 3Washtenaw County schools see social media threat, demonstrations after Oxford High School shootingDexter educator wins regional Principal of the Year honor

ANN ARBOR, MI - Huron High School, Skyline High School and Forsythe Middle School have moved to remote learning to close out the week due to “high levels of staff illness.”Superintendent Jeanice Swift provided the update to Ann Arbor Public Schools families late Thursday, Oct. 21, that asynchronous learning would take place Friday, Oct. 22. Swift said this is an emergency measure made necessary due to numerous unfilled positions across the district and an inability to fully staff schools Friday. “Taking this step to remote learning with these three schools that were most critically impacted by staffing challenges, will allow the AAPS to redeploy substitute personnel to assist with the shortage of staff across other buildings and stretch the resources to staff the remaining schools,” Swift said. “Thank you for your support as we continue to work through the challenges we face together.”In recent weeks some Ann Arbor schools, including Pittsfield Elementary and Burns Park Elementary, have shifted operations to remote learning due to a high number of COVID-19 student cases and quarantines. READ MORE:Police searching for loaded gun lost near Ann Arbor schoolsPittsfield Elementary to begin week of remote learning Oct. 424 student COVID cases moves Ann Arbor elementary to remote learning

Forsythe, Huron and Skyline will go remote on Friday.

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ANN ARBOR – For local student Nemo Tsai, 2020 was as normal a year as could be until a casting agent from Food Network reached out to him on Instagram to audition for Season 9 of “Kids Baking Championship.”Nemo’s family has owned Japanese-American fusion restaurant Godaiko and Tsai Grocery in southwest Ann Arbor for more than 25 years. Raised in the kitchen, Nemo was making sushi rolls before he was five years old, and recently took up baking after watching videos on YouTube. “This was the first season that parents get onto the show and react,” said Nemo. ET on Food Network with a double episode. Aside from the title of Kids Baking Champion, the winner of the Kids Baking Championship will take home a grand prize of $25,000 and will get a spot in Food Network Magazine.