Recording posted of virtual town hall on Infrastructure and Finance

With the last of the money related to the COVID-19 pandemic now officially spent, Dearborn Public Schools is providing a final update on how that money was used. The district received almost $137 million in COVID related funding from 2020 through 2024, most of it from the various waves of the Elementary and Secondary School…

The company working with the district to develop a 30-year facilities recommendation for Dearborn Public Schools is asking community members to offer their input via an online form. The district hired Fielding International in September to look at the district’s 37 buildings and develop a long-term recommendation that goes beyond just identifying the physical needs…

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…

Fielding International will present the findings from its study of long-term building needs in Dearborn Public Schools during a special meeting on March 21, 2023. The report will be presented during a study session for the Board of Education starting at 5:30 p.m. that evening. The public is invited to attend the meeting, which will…

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…