Map of Michigan Counties with probable or confirmed swine flu cases highlighted.

Michigan has two confirmed cases of swine flu and 45 probable swine flu cases.

To date, probable cases have been reported in:
Allegan County - 1 probable case
Kent County - 18 probable cases
Livingston County - 4 probable cases
Macomb County - 6 probable cases
Muskegon County - 1 probable case
Ottawa County - 13 probable cases
Wayne County - 2 probable case

The Michigan Department of Community Health has recommended the following:

Schools or child care facilities that have a confirmed or probable case should be dismissed or closed for seven calendar days from the date the local health department was notified of the positive test result. A school or child care facility can consider reopening if no additional confirmed or probable cases have been identified within the seven-day period, but should re-evaluate this with the local health department.

Siblings of individuals with confirmed or probable cases should remain at home and not attend their school or child care facility during this same seven-day period, especially if they attend a different school or facility.

If a school or child care facility closes, school or child care-related gatherings should also be canceled for the same seven-day period. Parents and students are encouraged to avoid congregating in large numbers outside of the school setting.

Probable swine flu cases have led to the temporary halt of classes in the 19,000-student Plymouth-Canton Community School District, the 1,900-student Richmond Community Schools and a number of individual schools in southeastern and western Michigan.

Highlighted in yellow on the above map are counties that have probable or confiremed SWINE FLU cases.

Labels: Michigan Counties, Michigan Schools, Swine Flu

The Michigan Business Directory (MBD) announced today in a press release that it has launched an extensive geospatial integration using Google Map's API with it's popular business directory ( http://www.michiganbusiness.us/ ), school directory, and county feature application.

I am outlining the features below, but highly suggest that you visit the directory: http://www.michiganbusiness.us/ to completely experience the geospatial features. If your company is listed on the directory, make sure you login and update your information, especially your address so that the mapping is accurate.

The MBD New "County Feature Mapping"

The MBD's new county feature mapping application allows visitors to find geographical features such as hospitals, forests, mines, beaches and public parks organized by Michigan County.

The application has over fifty different options to choose from and over 46,000 features in it's database. In some cases (for example for "Forests"), the MBD mapping system shows all features in Michigan on one map. Each of the features is stored in the database as a longitude and latitude which eliminates geocoding and saves much time in loading the map.

Business Directory Mapping

With the launch of the new "geospatial" Michigan Business Directory, mapping capabilities are expanded to:

• Individual business mapping. Your companies location pops up immediately when someone visits your company page.


• Category mapping. For example a visitor may visually see all the dentists in Michigan.


• City mapping. Visitors are visually able to see all businesses in a particular city in Michigan.

School and Educational Facility Mapping
Each school in Michigan is now mapped directly on a map using accurate latitude and longitude data. This feature has been expanded to include high schools, elementary schools, colleges, private schools and public universities.

The MBD has integrated popular Google Map API features to create a useful, educational and expandable application to help get Michigan on the map.

Mary Joyce, CEO and Managing Partner of the Michigan Business Directory stated, "We are happy that our programming team has provided this useful application, but we are aware that we have only dented the surface of what can be and what we will be providing in the near future." She added, "Michigan is suffering with the stagnant economy and we are working in overdrive, here at MBD, to add new marketing capabilities and features for Michigan Business and the Michigan Travel Industry".

About the Michigan Business Directory

The Michigan Business Directory is an online portal offering Michigan companies the opportunity to market thier companies online for free. Advertising is accepted on the site through Google Adsense. Not only can Michigan companies create a profile for thier company, but they can also list events for free on the popular event calendar. The portal also features an expansive travel section, blog and education section with every school in Michigan listed with up to date contact.

Labels: Google Mapping, Michigan Colleges, Michigan Schools

The post before this one (scroll down) lists all of the school districts in the state of Michigan. If you are interested in finding out your high school's report card from the state educational board, click on the corresponding link.

The Michigan Department of Education annually makes a determination of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for all public elementary, middle schools, and high schools in Michigan. AYP evaluates schools and school districts in the areas of academic achievement, participation in state assessment, graduation rate for high schools, and student attendance for elementary and middle schools.

In addition, the Department reports on Education YES! - a Yardstick for Excellent Schools, the state school accreditation system under which letter grades are assigned for academic achievement and indicators of school performance to determine state accreditation of Michigan schools.

This report card system is available for parents, citizens, teachers, and school administrators to learn about how schools are both performing and improving. You may search or browse for a school to view its report card. The report card provides a composite grade for the school.

Labels: MDE Report Cards, Michigan Schools

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Labels: MDE Report Cards, Michigan Schools