Recording posted of virtual town hall on Infrastructure and Finance

ByKatie Hetrick

Can’t make it to a in-person town hall? Watch a recording of the April 28 virtual presentation.

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An aerial view of a six classroom addition under construction at Haigh Elementary

Board of Education schedules Sept. 24 special meeting to plan for engaging community on building needs

ByKatie Hetrick

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…

Logo for Operating Millage Renewal 2024

District to see Operating Millage Renewal at lower rate for homeowners

ByKatie Hetrick

Dearborn Public Schools will place an important operating millage renewal on the Feb. 27, 2024 ballot, which is also the presidential primary. The Board of Education approved seeking the millage renewal during its regular meeting on Nov. 13, 2023.  The question is a renewal, not a new tax. The district’s operating millage provides $41 million,…

Changes in Dearborn Schools tax bills. Homeowners in the Dearborn Public School District will see fluctuations in the district portion of their tax bills over the next two yeas due to a reduction in regular school funding and the end of a bond tax. For Dearborn residents, these changes will all appear on the summer bills. Dearborn Heights residents have school taxes split between their summer and winter bills. A mill is $1 of tax for every $1,000 of taxable value. Hold Harmless 2021/22- 6.17 mills 2022/23 - 0 2023/24 - 3 to 4 mills Debt from 2002 bond 2021/22- 2.28 mill 2022/23 - 0 2023/24 - 0 Debt from 2013 bond 2021/22 - 1.22 mill 2022/23 - 1.22 mill 2023/24 - 1.22 mill Hold Harmless - This tax was implemented in 194 when the state revamped school funding. Voters reapproved it twice since then. For 2022 the tax will be waived afte rthe state cut the district's regular funding. The Hold Harmless tax will return at a lower rate the following year and continue at a reduced level. This change only applies to homeowners. 2022 bond - The district will make the final payment next year on the bond voters approved in 2002. That millage will be removed from tax bills. Debt from 2013 bond - This millage will remain, although the amount may change slightly.

Change in state funding means reduction in local property tax bills this summer

ByKatie Hetrick

Touted as an increase in school funding, a complicated change in how Dearborn Public Schools received state aid this fiscal year actually resulted in millions less for the district in per pupil funding. Local homeowners will benefit from the tax change with a dip in their property tax bill this summer followed by the return…

Graphic explaining changes in tax rates - readable pdf version linked in post

Some property tax bills to include corrected school levies

ByKatie Hetrick

While Dearborn Public Schools is only collecting 2.3352 mills of its recently reapproved operating millage, some property owners in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights will see higher rates this summer after it was discovered that the tax was left off some bills last year. For the 2024-25 tax cycle, the district’s operating millage will be 2.3352…

Students work on dental molds at the Michael Berry Career Center.

Updates planned at Early College, under discussion for Career Center

ByKatie Hetrick

Several facility updates to improve the district’s high school offerings are planned or underway at Henry Ford Early College and the Michael Berry Career Center. Dearborn Public Schools now owns two buildings that house the Henry Ford Early College on the northwest side of the Henry Ford College campus. Renovations have started at these buildings,…