Bob Hippler

In the latest development in Detroit’s cliffhanger school crisis, the Detroit Board of Education on December 5 reversed its decision of a month earlier to close the schools for eight weeks over Christmas.

On the basis of vague promises from the state legislature, the schools will now stay open until at least March 15 on a regular schedule. The Board hopes that by that time, the state will have come up with a way to finance the rest of the school year.

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