this year, about $19,000 per child, Covert ... was the high school athletic director. But the real turning point came in 2007, when Burrage and the board launched $12 million in building upgrades.

As for 2012, while the township figures show that Covert Public Schools received only $90,000 ... Burrage and the board contracted for $12 million in building projects, financed by loans now ...

Despite the penury, the one-block downtown boasts a library built in 2010 and a public safety building ... taught at Covert public schools and continues to live in the township today.

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3 ... They were integrating children in schools from the very beginning. For Betty Colombel, her family history in Covert goes back to the very beginning.