The comprehensive plan for Marcus Garvey Academy calls for an $8.6 million upgrade to building infrastructure and renovations of academic areas. At the heart of these improvements will be the new Harambee Center addition, which will become the new gathering space for the school's African-centered curriculum. A completely flexible space that can be secured from the rest of the school for use after hours, the Harambee Center will provide a welcoming home for student gatherings by day, the lunch room for the middle school students at noon, as well as ample accommodation for events for parents and the community on evenings and weekends. Today is an exciting day for Detroit Public Schools, Detroit residents and the city of Detroit," said Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb. "Thanks to v...
Back in the 1970s I paid for my college education (as the first in my family to graduate from college) by bending steel and assembling Ford Mustangs at the world's largest industrial complex, the Ford Rouge Plant. It was dirty, back-breaking and monotonous work, performed during a dark time for the U.S. auto industry (the times are even darker today). Foreign companies were trouncing the domestic auto industry. In 10 short years, from the mid-70s to the mid-80s, Japan acquired 30 percent of the U.S. automotive market. The industry's response was the classic: first denial; then blame, scapegoating and protectionism. Finally, there came acceptance of the problem. Only then could the American auto industry develop a realistic change strategy to enhance quality and stabilize market share. A...
DETROIT, Feb. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition of Detroit Public Schools Unions held a news conference on Monday, February 7, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. The Coalition issued this statement: These proposals by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 345; the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), Local 324; and the Greater Detroit Building Trades Council embody substantial savings to the Detroit Public Schools (DPS). These proposals were presented across the bargaining table, in good faith, to Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb. The combined savings represented by these proposals is $92 million over five years.
We are not only unpacking those uniforms, but we plan to unpack the musical talent of our students that has been stored away for far too long," [Robert Bobb] said. "Our students deserve every opportunity to be successful, and we plan to ensure they have those opportunities. "The Detroit Public Schools All City High School Marching Band will serve as a vehicle for all qualifying DPS high school musicians to participate and express themselves in a well equipped large ensemble with full instrumentation, highly qualified staff and very talented musicians," [Benjamin L. Pruitt] said. "The All City High School Marching Band will help to fill the void created in high schools that no longer have music programs, and will also serve as a tremendous positive public relations ensemble for the Det...
And while it may seem on one hand to be the most odd time, during a state-declared fiscal emergency, coming as it does on the heels of seven consecutive years of deficit spending on the part of the district, and when decisions about the district's course are in the hands of an emergency financial manager currently serving a one-year term, a most odd time to step forward to make the Detroit Public Schools Foundation active, we believe, in fact, that it is the right time, in fact the very best time," The DPS Foundation chairman said. "We have no doubt, and can represent without any hesitation to donors, that resources this foundation raises to help Detroit children will be responsibly and professionally handled. "We are dedicated to supporting the communities we serve, especially with o...
DETROIT, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition of Detroit Public Schools Unions issued the following statement: Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb has been in that post for two years. When he assumed his duties, the district showed a $200 million deficit. Now, with the benefit of Mr. Bobb's services and leadership, the deficit had grown to $300 million. With one month left on his contract, Mr. Bobb has announced a move to privatize all non-instructional services, and claims savings of $75 million.
The Children's Museum has long been one of Detroit's gems. When it closed in August, we were determined to do whatever it took to bring it back better than ever. The Detroit Science Center and the Detroit Public Schools, working together, will make it the most innovative and important children's museum in the nation," said Detroit Science Center President & CEO Kevin F. Prihod. Field Trips - K-6 grade students will have the opportunity to experience exhibits, shows, and demonstrations at the DCM and DSC. These field trip experiences will provide the students with learning opportunities that are aligned with the Ml Grade Level Content Expectations ("GLCE's"). They also will give the students a unique hands-on interactive interdisciplinary program that helps them make real-world conn...
Six Detroit Public Schools (DPS) Culinary Arts students from Golightly and Breithaupt career and technical centers received entrepreneurial mentoring from Chef Shawn Loving, proprietor, Loving Spoonful Restaurant. The students participated in a four-week job shadowing experience as part of the Entrepreneurship Program sponsored by Detroit Public Schools Office of Career and Technical Education. The students from Breithaupt were Michael Hockaday, Donte Buckman and Antoine Leverette. The students from Golightly were Tiffany Mason, Germany Brown and Chae Malone. After this experience, I can walk into an industrial refrigerator and make a delicious meal out of spare parts," said Michael Hockaday, an 11th grade student attending Breithaupt Career and Technical Center and Mumford High School...
THE SCHOOLS that were removed from the closure "candidates" list are: Bagley, Carstens, Communication and Media Arts High School, Detroit City Alternative High School, Detroit Day School for the Deaf, Dossin, Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women, Glazer, Hally Magnet, Kettering High School, Kettering West Wing, MacDowell, Mason, Sherrill and Southwestern High School and Thirkell. Among the 2012-2013 closures will be Barton, O.W. Holmes, Logan and [Parker], which will close that January and the students moved into brand new schools built, with Barton and Parker students attending the new Mackenzie PK-8 school to be built nearby the former Mackenzie High School and O.W. Holmes and Logan students attending the new Munger PK-8 to be built at the current Chadsey/Munger site. To make t...
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