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March 18, 2024
Kent ISD Superintendent Ron Koehler Announces Retirement

Kent ISD School Board Hires Dr. Ron Gorman as Kent ISD Superintendent Starting July 1, 2024.

March 12, 2024
Free and Affordable Preschool for 4-Year-Olds Now Open for Fall

Great Start Readiness Program welcomes Kent ISD Families with children who turn 4 by December 1.

September 5, 2023
Free Preschool Available Now in Kent ISD

Great Start Readiness Program has openings now for free high-quality preschool for families of children who turn 4 by December 1.  Enrollment for this school year is open now and continues as long as spots in classrooms are available.

August 15, 2023
Kent ISD Names Dr. Laura Preuss Next Director of Adult Education

Dr. Preuss served previously as Director of Workforce Development at DeWys Metal Solutions and earned her Ph.D. from Western Michigan University with an emphasis in Career and Technical Education.

June 23, 2023
Thornapple Kellogg Board Member Joins Kent ISD School Board

Thornapple Kellogg Board of Education board member Anne Hamming was chosen to replace longtime member Claudia Bajema on the Kent ISD school board.

May 31, 2023
Kent ISD Educator Named Braille Institute International Teacher of the Year 2023

April Makley is a Teacher Consultant for the Visually Impaired at Kent ISD. She works with students across all grade levels who have visual impairments using adaptive instruction and assistive technology including braille instruction.

May 30, 2023
Kent ISD Launch U Students Reach Top 5 in NASA Competition, Send Signatures to Space

Kent ISD Launch U and Grand Rapids Community College students Abby Tichelaar and Cole Herring signed a NASA stowage locker now headed to the International Space Station.

May 18, 2023
Education, Business and Community Leaders Launch CareerPrep 2030

A group of more than 40 area leaders in education, business and community are creating a vision and plan for the future of Kent ISD students and the West Michigan economy through career tech education.

May 15, 2023
Tech Center Students Experience Work-Based Learning and Employment at Trinity Health Grand Rapids

Kent Career Tech Center Hospitality and Health students experience real-world learning and employment opportunities in new internship and educational experiences through a partnership with Trinity Health Grand Rapids.

March 29, 2023
North Rockford Middle School Student Wins Greater Grand Rapids Spelling Bee

“When I heard the word ‘quadrilateral’, I knew I was going to Washington.”