As part of a broader initiative to discourage vaping among students, two more high schools in the district will be getting vape detectors in the restrooms. Dearborn High has piloted the vape detectors since last spring. At the December 2024 Board of Education...
Voters this fall will have a lot of decisions to make, including one regarding school funding. The Wayne County Enhancement millage is a 1.98 mill tax on property owners across the county. The $108 million generated by the tax is distributed to public and...
As it does annually now, Dearborn Public Schools is taking applications from parents, staff, community members and high school students interested in serving on a Book Reconsideration Committee. Those volunteering to serve on a committee are agreeing to read a school...
Dearborn Public Schools is celebrating its 80th anniversary over the 2024-25 school year. The history of public schools in the Dearborn area dates back to the early 1800s, but the school district as it exists today was created in July 1944. That’s when the larger...
STEM Middle School in Dearborn Public Schools has again been named a National Blue Ribbon School. The U.S. Department of Education released the list of 2024 National Blue Ribbon honorees on Monday, Sept. 23. Representatives from each school will receive their...
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...
Students in the Salina neighborhood will see more green, nature-based spaces headed to their campus. The neighboring Salina Elementary and Salina Intermediate schools are expanding their Green Schoolyards space as part of an approximately $425,000 project at the...
The Dearborn Public Schools Adult and Community Education Department, one of the largest adult education programs in the state, has moved and is now using space at Henry Ford College. Adult and Community Education will remain a part of Dearborn...
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....