Detroit challenges
The funding will allow GOAL Line Detroit to serve around 1,000 more students. The nonprofit also provides transportation from city schools to the programs.
Researchers say DPSCD’s long-term improvement over the years across all grades and subjects suggests systemic changes are paying off. However, the district’s proficiency rates remain behind statewide averages.
Mayor Mary Sheffield announced 50 to 100 city employees will monitor routes to school for safety after hearing students’ concerns. There will also be a pilot ride share program for 150 DPSCD high schoolers.
If Detroit voters reject the proposed operating millage for Detroit Public Schools Community District, it could cost the district over $100 million next year.
All five of the schools added to the list are elementary schools or elementary-middle schools.
Students who receive services from DPSCD’s 10 Health Hubs had better daily attendance than those who didn’t in 2024-25, according to the district. Navigators are the central piece that make the coordinated health plan model work.
Four DPSCD schools are closing, and the Barack Obama Leadership Academy charter school is in danger of closing if it can’t find a new authorizer.
With multiple schools closing in Detroit at the end of this school year, parents need sound advice on how to search for their child’s next school.
In its second year, DPSCD’s financial attendance incentive reached more than 12,000 high schoolers. More students at neighborhood high schools were able to get the payout compared to last year.
The city’s bus schedules are often woefully misaligned with school schedules.
The closure of four schools in the Detroit Public Schools Community District is expected to save between $10 million and $19 million.
DPSCD administrators said Henry Ford students who rode the bus frequently significantly reduced their chronic absenteeism this school year. The same was not true for East English Village, where more students live farther from their school.
Mayor Mary Sheffield asked DPSCD to use the funds it would no longer spend on student bus passes to expand out-of-school programs. The district’s board will have the final say.
DPSCD says it has improved special education evaluation waits in recent years. Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said this week the district must aim for 100% compliance and improve parent communication.
Students were assigned new neighborhood DPSCD schools. However, they have options.
Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School, J.E. Clark Preparatory Academy, Catherine Blackwell Institute, and Greenfield Union Elementary-Middle School will close at the end of the school year, officials confirmed.
After-school programs can reduce chronic absenteeism and improve academic performance, among other benefits. A new survey found about 1 in 5 parents in southeast Michigan enroll their kids.
In recent days, Detroit saw an influx of visitors for the Detroit Tigers’ opening day as well as a surge of young people downtown, which resulted in some being detained by officers.
The Detroit City Council approved the program Tuesday and students will be able to ride city buses anytime as long as they have a school ID card.
Though religious observances are excused absences in Detroit schools, students who take off Friday for Eid al-Fitr won’t be eligible for the district’s perfect attendance incentive.