Press barred from meeting about damaged Lee High

WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — Members of the press were once again kept out of a community meeting Monday about the damage at Godfrey-Lee Public Schools’ Lee Middle & High School.

Part of the school’s roof collapsedin early June and a portion of the building’souter wall fell days later

Students are set toreturn to classes in the buildingon Aug. 19, though repair work to the damaged portion of the school won’t be finished.

Godfrey-Lee Public Schools hosted two community forums following the damage. Both meetings were closed to working media members and said to be only open to individuals with direct ties to the school. 

More than half of the school board was in attendance at each of the meetings, school officials said. At Monday’s meeting, a representative from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office was present, as well as at least two representatives from the state Legislature.

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