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Wednesday, June 05, 2013  The Flint school board voted to lay off dozens of staff and recall some teachers.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Questions swirl amid the financial crisis facing Buena Vista schools.  Students have not been in class since Friday and the district laid off its teachers on Tuesday after announcing it could not make payroll this month.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  The school board is relocating more than two thousand students including reopening Flint Northern as Northern Alternative Education Center. The board says the move is a matter of numbers and cutting into the districts budget deficit. Partnering with many offices including personnel services and research testing the Flint School District has taken what they call a large step into managing their schools.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  The Flint school board decided Wednesday night to close four school buildings and repurpose three others.

Monday, February 25, 2013  Atherton school board members vote 6-1 Monday night to close Vern Van Y Elementary School.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  Flint Community Schools Interim Superintendent Larry Watkins said his priorities include tackling the $4 million budget deficit, improving academics and school safety.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012  The Flint school board accepted an audit that shows a $4 million deficit.  Some on the board says the figure is more like $11 million.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012  The Flint school board will meet Wednesday night to discuss the district's financial audit. The audit shows a $4 million deficit, over $60,000 more than last year's $3.7 million deficit.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012  NBC25's Jared Smith guides you through Wednesday's top web headlines in the daily webcast.

Thursday, May 03, 2012  The Flint school board was unable to reach an agreement on closures after a nearly six-hour meeting stretched into the overnight hours on Thursday morning.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010  Updated with new story. A gunman was shot to death by a security guard at a school board meeting Tuesday after he walked up to a podium, spray painted a red "V'' with a circle around it and began firing, a school official said.