Ten students with perfect 4.0 GPAs were honored. Event showcased the top 3% of DPS graduating seniors whose college choices range from Morehouse, Spelman, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, University of Southern California, Wayne State, University of Michigan and more. Detroit Public Schools hosted the 28th Annual Excellence Awards Banquet showcasing the top 3% of the district’s graduating seniors [Read more…]
Michigan’s director of the Schools to Watch program, Dr. Nic Cooper, has announced three new schools to be designated this year and DPS’ Ludington Magnet Middle to be re-designated as “Schools to Watch.” These schools are exemplars of middle level education in the state and join 9 other schools that have been designated in the past 6 years. The Schools to Watch designation is meant to [Read more…]
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy S. Roberts has announced that the District took advantage of the favorable municipal market interest rate conditions and completed a restructure of its 2005 long-term debt. The District’s successful completion of a $141 million financing will eliminate the requirement of the insurer of the 2005 bonds to accelerate repayment on the 2005 bonds, which [Read more…]
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