State Superintendent Michael Rice said the withholding of the federal funding would hurt some of the state’s most vulnerable children.
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For DPSCD’s small schools, costs are high and solutions are needed
The costly schools in the Detroit Public Schools Community Schools aren’t covering their costs.
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Twelve years after merger, schools of choice battle rages on in Ypsilanti
With K-12 enrollment declining statewide, state officials have encouraged consolidation within districts as an option to pool resources.
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DPSCD community celebrates planned return of Davis Aerospace to City Airport
The move back to the municipal airport will expand the aviation and engineering curriculum to include hands-on training and allow the school to enroll as many as 200 students
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Detroit school board adopts budget that maintains programs, attendance incentive
Henry Ford and East English Village students will be able to take yellow school buses as part of a new pilot program.
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Stay of deportation denied for Detroit student held by ICE, attorney says
Maykol Bogoya-Duarte’s request to remain in the U.S. to finish school was denied Wednesday, his attorney said.
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After community outcry, Detroit district board calls for release of Detroit student detained by ICE
The board listened to two and a half hours of public comment before it released a statement urging for the student’s release.
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A Detroit teen was complying with immigration orders. He was detained anyway
The Western International High School student is 3.5 credits away from graduation, his attorney says. He is now fighting for his release.
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A Detroit student was arrested by ICE. Students at his school are scared and angry
The detention highlights the limits of districts in protecting students from immigration enforcement outside of school.
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It’s time to get Detroit kids signed up for summer school
The school year for the Detroit Public Schools Community District ends June 10. Summer school begins June 23 and runs through July 25.