A rendering of the new elementary school to be built at the site of Aberdeen Academy. (Courtesy GRPS, Wightman and DLR Group) With a price tag of $38 million, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Grand Rapids Public Schools board has approved the plan to build a new elementary school at the site of Aberdeen Academy in northeast Grand Rapids.

Renderings of and plans for the new building will be released during the meeting from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. April 15 at Aberdeen Academy.People will be able to ask questions and offer their thoughts.

Community members saw updated designs Tuesday of the new Grand Rapids elementary planned on the site Aberdeen Academy. Architects say the proposal honors the past while embracing modern architecture.

Students from Aberdeen Academy are close to making the stonefly Michigan's official state insect after writing to State Rep. Rachel Hood, prompting her to introduce a bill this spring.

Aberdeen have announced the appointment of Stuart Glennie as the club's new youth academy director. Glennie took up a post with the Dons in 2023 as head of academy coaching, but will now step up ...