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DPS To Close 44 Schools, Demolish Others
Some Of Detroit's Oldest High Schools Will Be Demolished
POSTED: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
UPDATED: 5:51 pm EDT March 17,2010
DETROIT, Mich. -- The Detroit Public Schools Financial Manager has laid out a $1 billion plan to close 44 schools plus one administration building. The 44 buildings will be closed by June, and another 13 by 2012, including two of the city's most established high schools.
Robert Bobb released the formal list of school closures and more specific closing dates during a news conference Wednesday as part of a proposed five-year plan to reorganize the district and make it leaner.
Bobb said his five-year master facilities plan will be put into place between 2010-2015. Some buildings will be renovated and some will be consolidated into smaller and newer buildings and some will be demolished as the district prepares for a projected enrollment drop of about 30,000 students.....
DPS will be broken up into 16 cluster neighborhood communities, to fit into Bing's plan.
To read DPS' detailed plan for each neighborhood click on the links below:
Osborn Neighborhood
Pershing Neighborhood
Denby Neighborhood
Finney/East English Village Neighborhood
Kettering/Airport Neighborhood
Southeastern Neighborhood
King Neighborhood
Northwestern Neighborhood
Central Neighborhood
Mumford Neighborhood
Cooley Neighborhood
Ford Neighborhood
Cody, Brightmoor Neighborhoods
Cody, MacKenzie Neighborhood
Southwestern Neighborhood
Western Neighborhood
More school closings are sure to anger many parents whose children will have to transfer.....
COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE