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…
Four town halls are being hosted by Dearborn Public Schools for Fielding International to discuss its work to create a long-range plan for the district’s buildings. Visioning the Future Town Halls will be held on Feb. 6 and 7, 2023. Parents, students, staff, residents and other stakeholders can attend any of the meetings in person…
Fielding International updated the Board of Education on Jan. 10, 2023 on the company’s work to create a long-term facilities planning report. You can find video of the presentation here on the district’s YouTube channel. Click here to see a pdf of the presentation.
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 on track to spend close to $100 million on capital improvements to its buildings over two fiscal years. That total includes $55 million directly from federal COVID relief funding through ESSERS, the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund. The district also was able to use ESSERs funding to offset other…
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…
Fielding International has been hired to help Dearborn Public Schools conduct a long-range study of future facility uses and needs. The Board of Education approved hiring the company at its September 2022 meeting after a few of the companies that submitted bids were interviewed. Dearborn Public Schools already had a detailed list of infrastructure needs…
How do you get a new appliance in your home? The district needed a lot more than two delivery people and a dolly to install new walk in freezers this summer. Freezers were installed at eight schools across the district to help combat food supply chain issues and to reduce the amount of food transported…
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…
Can’t make it to a in-person town hall? Watch a recording of the April 28 virtual presentation.
