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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…

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…

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…

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,…

While most students and staff were enjoying their summer break, construction crews were busy on numerous projects around Dearborn Public Schools. Four elementary schools were closed for the entire summer as they entered the final stages of work to add air-conditioning, and another was closed as work started on its air-conditioning project.  Several other buildings…

With an aging inventory of buildings and an ever growing demand on the amount of time schools are being used during the year, it’s clear the infrastructure needs of our schools require immediate attention.  Those same reasons also support the need for a broader discussion on the future of our schools in Dearborn.   Fielding International,…

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…

A report presented to the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education during a special meeting on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 showed a need for major investments in buildings in the district over the coming decades. Representatives from Fielding International explained that their firm used a few factors in evaluating 31 district school buildings including the…

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…

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…