By Harold Ford, includes “Flint Community Schools (FCS) can expect a rosier financial picture in the short-term due to an infusion of Federal COVID relief funds and debt relief, according to an audit report by the accounting firm Plante Moran. However, unless affirmative measures are undertaken to address systemic shortcomings — particularly declining student enrollment – by 2024 FCS will likely circle back to a familiar bleak financial profile that has existed for nearly two decades. … ‘You’re definitely not going to be in excellent financial shape for a long time.’ …”