Recording posted of virtual town hall on Infrastructure and Finance

This is an interesting time for those interested in Dearborn Public Schools facilities. At the Jan. 10, 2023 Board of Education meeting, Fielding International will give an update about its work to create a long-term Future of Learning plan for Dearborn.  The actual 30-year plan that will look at instructional and facility needs of the…

Dearborn Public Schools is planning a special meeting on Sept. 24, 2024 to talk about how to engage with the community on infrastructure and building needs of the district, even as the last of the major summer projects funded by federal pandemic dollars come to a close. The board’s special meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 24…

Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education will hold a special meeting on May 15, 2023 to again hear from Fielding International.  This time the consultants will present two different broad scenarios for how the district could address its school building needs. The board’s May 15 meeting was regularly scheduled to be a Henry Ford College…

Dearborn Public Schools recently updated its financial filings with the state to show the district now plans to spend about $52 million in ESSER funding on buildings, most of that to add air-conditioning at some elementary schools. A breakdown of how the district has spent or budgeted its entire $133 million in ESSER funding is now posted…

Psst, here’s something you may not know. School funding is complicated in Michigan. Actually, if you try to be an informed voter, you probably have already figured that out. With the Operating Millage Renewal vote set for Feb. 27, we wanted to take a moment to try to explain the difference between what legislators set…