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.
Below is a list of reports shared with the Vision for Infrastructure and Planning (VIP) Committee. This citizen’s committee met numerous times from January to March of 2022 to learn more about infrastructure needs in the district and possible financing options. Information is listed in order by the date it was presented to the committee….
Dearborn Public Schools has added two more town halls to present information and gather feedback on infrastructure needs in the district, how to pay for repairs and improvements, and whether residents would support a vote for a bond or other tax millage to fix those needs. The full list of remaining meeting dates includes: Tuesday,…
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