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94-540: Detroit Public Schools Community District ( DPSCD ) is a school district that serves Detroit, Michigan , and high school students in Highland Park, Michigan . The district, which replaced the original Detroit Public Schools ( DPS ) in 2016, provides services to approximately 50,000 students, making it the largest school district in the state. The district has its headquarters in the Fisher Building of

188-478: A Tax increment financing district, or potential listing in the National Register of Historic Places . The Highland Park Police Department was headquartered in a building opened at 25 Gerald Street in 1917. In 1984 the police and fire departments were merged into a Public Safety Department . The former police and then public safety headquarters building was vacated in 1999. All operations moved across

282-481: A "board of trustees," "board of education," "school committee," etc.. This body usually appoints or hires an experienced public school administrator to function as the district's superintendent of schools – a district's chief executive . The superintendent oversees daily operations, decisions and implements the policies of the board. The school board may also exercise a quasi-judicial function in serious employee or student discipline matters. School districts in

376-502: A DPS vendor of school supplies. The associated court filings reflect a total of 12 DPS principals and 1 administrator allegedly conspired with Shy in a scheme to fill their own wallets by approving invoices for supplies the schools never received. The alleged corruption started in 2002 and did not end until January 2015. For over 13 years, Shy billed DPS $ 5 million with $ 2.7 million feeding the corruption ring. The principals and administrator received kickbacks of more than $ 900,000. In 2016

470-626: A certain degree comparable to a school district. Other arrangements are possible: certain types of special schools in North Rhine-Westphalia are run by the Landschaftsverbände . There also exist private schools , mostly funded by the States, but run by private entities like churches or foundations. In Italy , school districts were established in 1974 by the " Provvedimenti Delegati sulla scuola " ("Assigned Laws [to

564-602: A city referendum in 2005. The first election of the new eleven member board of education, with four chosen at-large and seven by district, occurred on November 8, 2005. At the time the district's enrollment was slowly increasing and it had a $ 100 million surplus . Before the district occupied the Fisher Building, its headquarters were in the Macabees Building in Midtown Detroit . The district paid

658-568: A decline in property tax revenues during and after the Great Recession . By 2016 there were about 13,000 school districts, and the average student population was about 5,000. Although these terms can vary slightly between various states and regions, these are typical definitions for school district constitution: These terms may not appear in a district's name, even though the condition may apply. In England and Wales , school boards were established in 1870, and abolished in 1902, with

752-411: A decrease of 38,127 or 35%. Many states had passed laws facilitating school district consolidation. In 1951 the majority of the school districts in existence were rural school districts only providing elementary education, and some school districts did not operate schools but instead provided transportation to other schools. The Midwest had a large number of rural school districts. Previously areas of

846-505: A financial emergency. Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm appointed Robert Bobb as the emergency financial manager of Detroit Public Schools in 2009. His contract dictated a one-year tenure. The school district began selling 27 previously closed school buildings. On March 3, 2009, Bobb estimated that DPS's current year deficit would be greater than $ 150M, and requested early payments from the state to meet payroll. He declared that additional outside auditors would be required to properly assess

940-547: A five-year contract. In his first year, Vitti worked closely with the Detroit Board of Education to implement a 100-day plan that culminated with the development of a new Strategic Plan that focuses on raising student achievement, transforming the district's culture, improving staffing, developing the whole child, and ensuring financial responsibility. Before arriving in Detroit, Vitti led Duval County Public Schools (DCPS),

1034-401: A grant of authority and within geographic limits created by state law. The executive and legislative power over locally-controlled policies and operations of an independent school district are, in most cases, held by a school district's board of education. Depending on state law, members of a local board of education (often referred to informally as a school board ) may be elected, appointed by

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1128-575: A local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization , Soulardarity, was formed to restore streetlighting to the city's residential neighborhoods and alleyways in the form of solar street lights . On November 20, 2013, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department filed a lawsuit against the City of Highland Park regarding unpaid sewage services and water totaling $ 17.7 million. In 2020, the two cities settled out of court for an unspecified amount. According to

1222-464: A male householder with no wife present, and 48.2% were non-families. 43.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.30. Highland Park had the highest percent of single people, 87%, of any city in Michigan. The median age in the city was 40.5 years. 23.7% of

1316-641: A minority of secondary schools , a few primary schools, and much further education . (Most schools are neither organized geographically nor publicly managed, although the Department of Education inspects and funds them and pays teachers' salaries.) Each ETB area comprises one or more local authority areas , with city or county councilors forming the bulk of the ETB board. The ETBs was formed in 2005 by amalgamating Vocational Education Committees established in 1930, also based on local government areas. In Hong Kong ,

1410-407: A political office holder, serve ex officio , or a combination of any of these. An independent school district is a legally separate body corporate and political . Most school districts operate as independent local governmental units with exclusive authority over K–12 public educational operations and policies. The extent of their control is set by state-level law. Litigation against school districts

1504-494: A public charter school system with about 54,000 Detroit students (2009–10). When charter school and Detroit Public Schools enrollments are combined, the total number of children in public schools in Detroit has increased. If growth trends continue, Detroit's charter schools enrollment will outpace the Detroit Public Schools by 2015. Officials at the Detroit Public Schools and Detroit Federation of Teachers oppose

1598-585: A robotics competition in Atlanta, Georgia . DPS students, most notably Bates Academy students, did well at the 42nd annual Academic Olympics in Eatonton, Georgia, winning many honors. The Duffield elementary and middle school chess teams both finished first in the 2007 statewide competition, and performed well in the national competition. At a previous Annual National Academic Games Olympics, DPS students won 25 individual and 20 team first place awards. Detroit has

1692-455: A school system that is separate but similar to a town's or a county's powers. These include the power to enter contacts, use eminent domain , and to issue binding rules and regulations affecting school policies and operations. The power of school districts to tax and spend is generally more limited. For example, many school districts in New York state require a majority of voters living in

1786-473: A similar nativist bent and its members were opposed to immigrants, Catholics, Jews, blacks, labor organizers, etc. Many public and business officials of Highland Park, including the chief of police, a mayor, and a city councilman, joined this group. Lupp and others were among the 48 men indicted and convicted following the murder of Charles Poole in May 1936; eleven were convicted in that murder. Investigations revealed

1880-710: A single school district." Noting that most modern school districts were formed by consolidating one-room school districts in the first seven decades of the 20th century, Fischel argues that "outside the South, these consolidations were consented to by local voters" who "preferred districts whose boundaries conformed to their everyday interactions rather than formal units of government" and that "[t]he South ended up with county-based school districts because segregation imposed diseconomies of scale on district operations and required larger land-area districts." In New York , most school districts are separate governmental units with

1974-551: A surplus Pre-K capacity. 10. Southwestern High School : Students will be reassigned to either Western International or Northwestern high schools. Source: Ethelene Crockett Academy was named after Dr. Crockett, the wife of the late Congressman George Crockett . Beloved historic leaders in Detroit, the name was changed by the first emergency manager ( actually by Governor Snyder) to Benjamin Carson Academy. Finney High School, named after abolitionist Jared Finney,

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2068-408: A two-year college re-enrolled for a second year, beating national re-enrollment averages. However, these scores are below high performing DHS schools with selective enrollment such as Bates Academy, Burton International and Renaissance High School. There have been significant calls for the Detroit Public Schools to cooperate more with charters, including renting unused schools to charters. In May 2008,

2162-464: Is a K-8 charter school that was originally authorized by academy. The school's 2008 mathematics and English standardized test scores for 4th grade students were invalidated after cheating had been discovered. In 2013 the school participated in the "Students for Peace" competition in order to reduce the amount of fighting on campus; in 2012 91% of the students had received suspensions because they participated in fighting. In 2016 it had 560 students, and it

2256-579: Is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan . An enclave of Detroit , Highland Park is located roughly 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Downtown Detroit , and is surrounded by Detroit on most sides. As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 8,977. The area that became Highland Park began as a small farming community, on a large ridge at what is now Woodward Avenue and Highland, six miles (9.7 km) north of Detroit. In 1818, prominent Detroit judge Augustus B. Woodward bought

2350-427: Is common and some law firms specialize in education law. Districts typically maintain professional liability insurance in order to pay its settlements and legal liabilities. As of 2023 in most U.S. states, public school districts may lay taxes to fund their operations. In others, such as Maine , some school districts are able to lay taxes and others are not. Independent school districts often exercise authority over

2444-446: Is governed under the council-mayor form of government. The mayor is the executive and administrative head of the city, and appoints city officers such as the city clerk, city treasurer, city attorney, and finance director as well as other department heads. The city council consists of five members, two members who are elected at large and three who are elected from the city's three electoral districts . The at-large member who receives

2538-678: Is managed by Midwest Management Group. That year it changed its authorizer to Bay Mills Community College out of concern that the Highland Park school district may collapse. Lawrence Technological University was founded in 1932 in Highland Park by the Lawrence brothers as the Lawrence Institute of Technology and adopted its current name in 1989. Lawrence Tech moved to Southfield, Michigan , from its site in Highland Park, Michigan, in 1955. Highland Park Community College

2632-602: The Classical Revival style, it was the final element of the Highland Park Civic Center ensemble located on both sides of Gerald Street near Woodward Avenue. It remains as a monument to the rapidly growing and wealthy Highland Park of the 1910s and 1920s. From 1999 to 2001, it also housed the police department, then fell into disuse. As of 2020, it continues to await redevelopment as part of a wider regeneration of downtown Highland Park by means of

2726-676: The Education Bureau divides primary schools into 36 districts, known as school nets, for its Primary One Admission System . Of the 36 districts, districts 34 and 41 in Kowloon and districts 11 and 12 in Hong Kong Island are considered the most prestigious. In Iranian cities school kids normal registrations are limited by school districts, register is online at my.medu.ir and the parent sees schools within range online. Highland Park, Michigan Highland Park

2820-618: The Michigan Legislature created the Detroit Public Schools Community District to replace the original Detroit Public Schools, which exists to repay debts. By September 2023, there students were 51,000 students enrolled in the district. The district has an elected school board. In 2007, Education Week published study that claimed that Detroit Public School's graduation rate was 24.9%. Groups including state and local officials said that

2914-790: The Midwest and West tend to cross municipal boundaries, while school districts in New England and the Mid-Atlantic regions tend to adhere to city, township, and/or county boundaries. As of 1951 school districts were independent governmental units in 26 states, while in 17 states there were mixes of independent school districts and school districts subordinate to other local governments. In nine states there were only school districts subordinate to local governments. In most Southern states, school systems operate either as an arm of county government or at least share coextensive boundaries with

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3008-560: The New Center area of Detroit. The school district has experienced extensive financial difficulties over a series of years. From 1999 to 2005, and from 2009 to the reorganization in 2016, the district was overseen by a succession of state-appointed emergency financial managers. The district was established in 1842, and has grown with the city. Some of the schools in the district began as part of other school districts, including Greenfield Township and Springwells Township districts, as

3102-498: The State of Michigan due to mounting financial stress. In August 2011, more than two-thirds of the street lights in Highland Park's residential neighborhoods and alleys were removed by the city, due to an inability to pay a $ 60,000 per month electric bill. The street lights were not only turned off, but decommissioned, or removed from their posts. The city advised residents to keep porch lights on to deter crime. The following year,

3196-574: The United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 2.971 square miles (7.69 km ), all land. Highland Park is approximately 6 miles (10 km) north-northwest from Downtown Detroit . It is bounded by McNichols Road (6 Mile Road) to the north, Grand Trunk Western Railroad Holly Subdivision tracks to the east, the alleys of Tuxedo and Tennyson streets to the south, and the Lodge Freeway and Thompson Street to

3290-710: The Unorganized Borough of Alaska were not served by school districts but instead served by schools directly operated by the Alaska Department of Education and by Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools. The state schools were transferred to the Alaska State-Operated School System (SOS) after the Alaska Legislature created it in 1971; that agency was terminated in 1975, with its schools transferred to

3384-442: The county council and county borough councils becoming the local education authorities . In France, the system of the carte scolaire was dismantled by the beginning of the 2007 school year. More school choice has been given to French students; however, priority is given to those who meet the following criteria: In Germany , schools and teachers are predominately funded by the states of Germany , which also are in control of

3478-499: The 1910s and 1920s, the police and the municipal government moved to purpose-built buildings in 1917 and 1927, respectively. The first municipal building was expanded and altered several times until it became the headquarters of the Highland Park Fire Department (HPFD), established in 1917. At its peak, the fire department employed about 84 firefighters and had four fire stations across the city. One of them

3572-473: The 2016 projected enrollment for DPS was 40,000. As of January 2013 about 49,900 students attend Detroit Public Schools. As of that year about 9,000 of them, over 18%, have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) plan required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of the federal government. At the same time, the state average is 12%. In 2012 about 17% had IEPs. School district In

3666-597: The 20th largest school district in the nation with approximately 130,000 enrolled students in 200 schools, and a fiscal budget of $ 1.7 billion. During his four and a half years at DCPS, the district ranked among the first to fourth highest performing urban districts in the nation on the National Assessment for Education Progress. See: List of closed public schools in Detroit On February 9, 2012, Emergency Financial Manager Roy Roberts announced

3760-475: The DPS board renewed contracts with six charter schools for two years. DPS leases some closed school buildings to charter school operators. In March 2007, the DPS board removed Superintendent William Coleman and replaced him with Connie Calloway. Lamont Satchel was named as Interim Superintendent. Coleman was still paid for the remainder of his contract. Connie Calloway was removed after 18 months after accusations by

3854-570: The Davison Freeway at the edge of the city, where it remained until 2013. A $ 2.7 million Federal Emergency Management Agency grant made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act enabled construction of a new, purpose-built station. It was built on the site of the old police headquarters, demolished in 2012, at 25 Gerald Street, across the street from the condemned Fire Department headquarters. The new fire station

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3948-557: The Government] about the school"). Each district must contain a minimum of 10,000 inhabitants. The national government attempted to link the local schools with local society and culture and local governments. The school districts were dissolved in 2003 by the "legge finanziaria" (law about the government budget) in an attempt to trim the national budget. In the Republic of Ireland, 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) administer

4042-624: The Legion had been involved in many other murders or conspiracies to murder during the previous three years, for which another 37 men were convicted. These convictions ended the reign of the Legion. In 1944, the Davison Freeway was opened as the country's first modern depressed urban freeway , running through the center of the city. It was completely reconstructed and widened in 1996 and 1997 to improve its safety. Ford Motor Company demolished large sections of its Highland Park plant in

4136-506: The Michigan Department of Education's ranking of Michigan Public School financial data showed the mean Detroit Public School teacher's salary stood at $ 71,031, more than 14% higher than the state average of $ 62,237. During the same period, the Michigan cohort graduation rate was 80.1%, while Detroit Public Schools' cohort graduation rate was 67.39%, 16% lower than the state average. In the 1970s DPS had 270,000 students. In 2014

4230-780: The Robert Blackwell Municipal Building, and the patrol station is in a mini-station in the Model-T Plaza strip mall. It has occupied that facility since 2007. The jail facility there is a makeshift chain-link cage. The police department has a business liaison office in the Woodward Place Plaza. The village of Highland Park's fire department was established in 1911. It was housed in the first municipal building at 20 Gerald Street, designed by Albert E. Williams and opened in 1911. Given Highland Park's rapid growth and industrialization in

4324-402: The U.S., most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts. A school district usually operate several elementary , middle , and high schools . The largest urban and suburban districts operate hundreds of schools. While practice varies significantly by state (and in some cases, within a state), most American school districts operate as independent local governmental units under

4418-466: The United States tend to be different from the demographics of the students. This difference is "most pronounced in majority nonwhite jurisdictions and school districts with the largest racial achievement gaps ." There were 130,000 school districts in the country in 1930, with an average student population of 150. From 1942 to 1951 the number of school districts declined from 108,579 to 70,452,

4512-723: The area's population dramatically increased in 1913, when Henry Ford opened the plant's first assembly line . The village of Highland Park was incorporated as a city in 1918 to protect its tax base, including its successful Ford plant, from Detroit's expanding boundaries. In 1910, Highland Park, then a village, had 4,120 residents. Between 1910 and 1920 during the boom associated with the automobile industry, Highland Park's population grew to about 46,500, an increase of 1,081 percent, reaching its peak around 1927. The growth of Highland Park and neighboring Hamtramck broke records for increases of population; both municipalities withstood annexation efforts from Detroit. In 1925, Chrysler Corporation

4606-437: The areas these districts covered were annexed to the city of Detroit. The district operated schools serving Detroit's large immigrant population including Italians, Poles, and Jews as well as African Americans who fled the south. Everett and its principal M. M. Rose served a predominantly African American school population. Bishop School served many Jewish students as well as Africans Americans such as Cora Brown . In 1917,

4700-401: The board membership was changed from ward-based to at-large elections. In 1999, the Michigan Legislature removed the locally elected board of education amid allegations of mismanagement and replaced it with a 7-member reform board. Six board members were appointed by the mayor and one appointed by the state superintendent of public instruction. The elected board of education returned following

4794-564: The city's financial operations in December 2000, effectively relegating the mayor, city council, and other elected public officers to advisory roles. Ramona Henderson-Pearson was appointed the city's first emergency financial manager. In 2002, Henderson-Pearson laid off most city workers. She shuttered several city buildings including the McGregor public library and the old Civic Center buildings on Gerald Street. Her successor, Arthur Blackwell,

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4888-504: The city's population was under age 18; 10% was between age 18 and 24; 21.9% was from age 25 to 44; 30% was from age 45 to 64; and 14.4% was age 65 or older. The populace was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. As of the 2000 census , there were 16,746 people, 6,199 households, and 3,521 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,622.9 inhabitants per square mile (2,171.0/km ). There were 7,249 housing units at an average density of 2,434.1 per square mile (939.8/km ). The racial makeup

4982-469: The district or the local government to approval their annual budget, but school districts in Virginia have no taxing authority and must depend on another local government (county, city, or town) for funding. A district's governing body, usually called a school board , is typically elected by direct popular vote but may be appointed by other governmental officials. The governing body might also be known as

5076-528: The district's financial situation. Twenty million dollars of the March 2009 debt was owed to the district's pension system. The DPS school board complained in 2009 that the deficit of $ 65 million for 2007–2008 school year was caused by accounting irregularities, including fringe benefits and paying teachers off of the books. Much of the deficit was discovered by outside auditors hired by former district Superintendent Connie Calloway in 2008. The 2008–2009 edition of

5170-439: The elected DPS board was in control. By January 2016 various DPS teachers made complaints about health and safety issues at DPS schools. DPS teachers were striking in various "sickouts" that resulted in schools closing. At that time DPS staff members were uploading images of poor conditions at DPS schools to Twitter , using the tag @teachDetroit. In 2016 a hearing was scheduled for Norman Shy of Franklin, owner of Allstate Sales,

5264-509: The expansion of charter schools. The Thompson Educational Foundation financed a new University Preparatory Academy High School , and provides yearly scholarships on condition of meeting student performance goals. Follow up studies of the University Prep Academy class of 2007 shows that at least 90% went on to college, 83% of those who attended a four-year university re-enrolled for a second year, and 57% of those who attended

5358-538: The following school closings: 1. Burton Elementary School : Students will be reassigned to the new $ 21.8-million Mackenzie PK-8 School building on the old Mackenzie High School site. 2. Detroit City High School : Students will be reassigned to schools with existing Second Chance programs. 3. Detroit Day School for the Deaf : Students will be reassigned to schools with hearing-impaired programs. 4. O.W. Holmes Elementary-Middle School : Students will be reassigned to

5452-453: The former Chrysler headquarters. The plant on the site of the former Chrysler headquarters opened in June 2010. The gear-reduction starter Chrysler used from the early 1960s through the late 1980s garnered the nickname "Highland Park Hummingbird" after Chrysler's hometown and the starter's distinctive cranking sound. Despite Chrysler's departure, the city remains associated with Chrysler in

5546-418: The late 1950s. With the loss of industrial jobs, the city suffered many of the same difficulties as Detroit: declines in population and tax base accompanied by an increase in street crime. White flight from the city accelerated after the 1967 Detroit 12th Street Riot . Ford's last operation at the factory, the production of tractors at its Model T plant, was discontinued in 1973, and in 1981 the entire property

5640-726: The minds of auto enthusiasts. Highland Park is served by Highland Park Schools , which was reorganized in 2012 as the Highland Park Public School Academy System, a public school academy district. The academy operates one school, Barber Preparatory Academy, a K-8 school . For high school education, students are zoned to Northwestern High School in the Detroit Public Schools Community District . Highland Park Community High School of Highland Park Schools closed in 2015. George Washington Carver Academy

5734-531: The most votes becomes council president for that term. The mayor and city council members are limited to four consecutive four-year terms in office , though are eligible to run for office again one year after the conclusion of their fourth consecutive term. The city levies an income tax of 2 percent on residents and 1 percent on nonresidents. However, using the Public Act 72 of 1990, Governor John Engler appointed an emergency financial manager to take over

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5828-468: The new $ 21.8-million Mackenzie PreK-8 School, which will include a large open media center. The building design will focus on student safety and will be environmentally responsible. 9. Robeson Early Learning Center : Kindergarten classrooms at Robeson will be reassigned to the main Paul Robeson, Malcolm X Academy building. All pre-K programs will relocate to Palmer Park Preparatory Academy, which has

5922-768: The new $ 22.3-million Munger PK-8 School. The new facility includes a two-story student arcade that will function as a dining court, student center and school square. 5. Kettering High School & Kettering West Wing : Students at Kettering High School will be reassigned to Denby , Pershing , Southeastern or King high schools. Students enrolled at Kettering West Wing will be reassigned to schools with existing special education programs. 6. Mae C. Jemison Academy : Students will be reassigned to Gardner Elementary School or Henderson Academy. 7. Maybury Elementary School : Students will be reassigned to either Earhart Elementary-Middle School or Neinas Elementary School. 8. Parker Elementary-Middle School : Students will be reassigned to

6016-528: The newly created Alaska Unorganized Borough School District, which was broken apart into twenty-one school districts the following year. In the 2022 Census of Governments, the United States Census Bureau enumerated the following numbers of school systems in the United States: School districts in the US have reduced the number of their employees by 3.3%, or 270,000 between 2008 and 2012, owing to

6110-504: The overall education policies. On the other hand, school buildings are mostly run and funded by municipal governments on different levels of the municipal system (municipalities proper, districts), depending on the size and specialization of a certain school or the population size of a certain municipality. As with other fields of government, for more specialized schools, special government bodies ("Zweckverband") can be established, where municipalities, and not voters, are members; these are to

6204-456: The owner of the Fisher Building $ 24.1 million in 2002 so the district could occupy five floors in the building. This was more than the owner of the Fisher Building paid to buy the building one year earlier. The district's emergency financial manager, Robert Bobb , said in 2009 that he was investigating how the school board agreed to the lease in the Fisher Building. Reginald Turner, who served on Detroit School Board from 2000 to 2003, said that he

6298-423: The population. 19.3% of residents were under the age of 18, 5.0% were under 5 years of age, and 23.8% were 65 and older. As of the 2010 census , there were 11,776 people, 4,645 households, and 2,406 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,963.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,530.5/km ). There were 6,090 housing units at an average density of 2,050.5 per square mile (791.7/km ). The racial makeup

6392-441: The power to levy taxes and incur debt, except for the five cities with a population of over 125,000 ( Buffalo , Rochester , Syracuse , Yonkers , and New York City ), where the schools are operated directly by the municipalities. The Hawaii State Department of Education functions as a single statewide school district, unique among states. According to a 2021 study, the demographics of voters who elect local school boards in

6486-728: The quality of education Detroit children were receiving. A spokesman later stated that Duncan had no specific plans for Detroit. The students in Detroit's public schools perennially score at the bottom compared to other large urban school systems. Cass Technical High School , Renaissance High School , and Detroit School of Arts rank highly both statewide and nationally. However, at many schools some students still do not meet adequate yearly academic progress requirements. Students that fail to meet those requirements struggle in both language and mathematics. A team of DPS students from Western International High School and Murray-Wright High School took second place out of 552 teams from 25 countries in

6580-437: The ridge, and platted the village of Woodwardville in 1825. The development of the village failed. Another Detroit judge, Benjamin F. H. Witherell , son of Michigan Supreme Court justice James Witherell , attempted to found a village platted as Cassandra on this site in 1836, but this plan also failed. By 1860, the settlement was given a post office under the name of Whitewood. After a succession of closures and reopenings of

6674-555: The rural post office, the settlement was finally incorporated as a village within Greenfield Township and Hamtramck Township under the name of Highland Park in 1889. In 1907, Henry Ford purchased 160 acres (65 ha) just north of Manchester Street between Woodward Avenue and Oakland Street to build an automobile plant. Construction of the Highland Park Ford Plant was completed in 1909, and

6768-512: The school board that she was behaving unprofessionally and exercising poor judgment. She later won a lawsuit for wrongful termination, and termination without due process in retaliation for filing a whistle-blowing lawsuit when the treasurer reported ongoing misappropriation of more than 77 million dollars per year in funds intended for the children of Detroit. Past superintendents include Warren E. Bow , Kenneth S. Burnley , Charles Ernest Chadsey , Duane Doty , and John M. B. Sill . The District

6862-556: The state's counties. A 2010 study by economist William A. Fischel found that "two-thirds of medium-to-large American cities have boundaries that substantially overlap those of a single school district" with substantial regional and state variations in the degree of overlap, "ranging from nearly perfect congruence in New England , New Jersey, and Virginia, to hardly any in Illinois, Texas, and Florida." Older and more populous municipalities "tend to have boundaries that closely match those of

6956-510: The street into the old Municipal Building, which in turn was vacated in 2001 with all functions moving to the Robert Blackwell Municipal Building. In December 2001, the city police department was formally disbanded, at which time the Wayne County Sheriff Department took over policing the city. The Highland Park Police Department was re-established on July 1, 2007. The police administrative offices are located in

7050-483: The study failed to take into account high school students who leave the district for charter schools, other school districts or who move out of the area. Detroit Public Schools claim that in 2005–2006 the graduation rate was 68 percent and expected it to hold constant in 2006–2007. On February 14, 2009, the Detroit Free Press reported that United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had concern over

7144-565: The wake of criticism of his decision, when he was Emergency Manager over Flint, Michigan , to switch that city's water supply to the Flint River , resulting in the Flint water crisis . As of March 2016, financial matters are under the control of a Transition Manager appointed by Governor Snyder, retired bankruptcy judge Steven Rhodes. Nikolai Vitti was appointed as Superintendent of Detroit Public Schools Community District on May 23, 2017, on

7238-480: The west. As of the 2020 census , there were 8,977 people, 3,917 households, and 1,845 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,021.5 inhabitants per square mile (1,166.6/km ). There were 5,137 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 5.7% White , 88.2% African American , 0.5% Native American , 0.5% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 0.8% from some other races and 4.2% from two or more races . Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.9% of

7332-437: Was beaten to death in Highland Park by two automotive workers in retaliation for Japan's success in the automotive industry . The killing was considered a racially-motivated hate crime. Known as "The City of Trees", the town was thickly forested until the 1970s. The spread of Dutch elm disease required many old trees to be cut down. From 2001 to 2009, the city was controlled by an emergency financial manager appointed by

7426-411: Was $ 17,737, and the median family income was $ 26,484. Males had a median income of $ 31,014 versus $ 26,186 for females. The city's per capita income was $ 12,121. About 32.1% of families and 38.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 47.1% of those under age 18 and 30.8% of those age 65 or over. Between the 1990 Census and the 2000 Census, the population fell by 17%. Highland Park

7520-470: Was $ 2.1 billion. On January 13, 2015, Darnell Earley was appointed as the new emergency manager for the school district by Snyder. Highland Park Community High School of Highland Park Schools closed in 2015, and at that time DPS assumed responsibility for high school education of students in Highland Park, Michigan . From 1999 to 2016 the State of Michigan controlled DPS for all except three years, when

7614-409: Was 3.2% White , 93.5% African American , 0.3% Native American , 0.4% Asian , 0.4% from other races , and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population. There were 4,645 households, of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 13.0% were married couples living together, 32.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.5% had

7708-554: Was 4.11% White , 93.44% African American , 0.27% Native American , 0.24% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.25% from other races , and 1.67% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.57% of the population. There were 6,199 households, of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 17.0% were married couples living together, 33.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.2% were non-families. 38.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.6% had someone living alone who

7802-461: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.43. 29.1% of the city's population was under the age of 18, 8.6% was from age 18 to 24, 27.5% was from age 25 to 44, 20.2% was from age 45 to 64, and 14.5% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.6 males. The city's median household income

7896-502: Was Engine 4, Ladder 3 at 19–21 Sturtevant Street, near Hamilton Avenue (demolished in 2013). Highland Park's shrinking population and tax base took its toll. In 1984 the police and fire departments were merged into a Public Safety Department. The fire department again became a separate entity in 2005. By that time, the headquarters building on Gerald Street was deemed uninhabitable. The department moved to an old, 40000 sq. ft. warehouse at 12900 Oakland Park Boulevard, near Oakland Avenue and

7990-436: Was appointed DPS's emergency manager by Governor Rick Snyder . By the time Roberts was appointed the DPS deficit was $ 686.5 million. In September 2011, a new statewide district, Education Achievement Authority , was to take over some of Detroit's failing schools as selected by the emergency manager with up to 16 expected. The deficit was $ 763.7 million by the end of the 2013–2014 fiscal year, and at that time its long-term debt

8084-586: Was appointed in 2005 and fired in April 2009 for over-payments that he received. The third and final emergency financial manager, Robert Mason, returned the city to local control in July 2009. The city administration works out of the Robert B. Blackwell Municipal Building at 12050 Woodward Avenue. The old Municipal Building at 28‒30 Gerald Street was opened in 1927. Designed by Marcus Burrowes and Frank Eurich, Jr. in

8178-539: Was founded in Highland Park. It purchased the city's Brush - Maxwell plant, which would eventually expand to 150 acres and serve as the site of the company's headquarters for the next 70 years. Arthur Lupp of Highland Park founded the Michigan branch of the Black Legion in 1931; it was a secret vigilante group related to the Ku Klux Klan , which had been prominent in Detroit in the 1920s. The Legion had

8272-439: Was in Highland Park before its 1996 closing. It had been known as Highland Park Junior College. In 1918 Katherine and Tracy McGregor, wealthy individuals, deeded the property of a facility for "homeless, crippled, and backward children." The McGregor Public Library opened on that site in 1924. The library closed in 2002. Around 2007 the city began efforts to re-open the library. However, little action has taken place to re-open

8366-416: Was in full control was the 2007–2008 fiscal year. By that time DPS had a $ 200 million deficit. The district's deficit was $ 369.5 million by the end of the 2007–2008 fiscal year, and its long-term debt was $ 1.5 billion. In January 2009 Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm installed Robert Bobb as the emergency manager of DPS. She used Public Act 72 to appoint an emergency manager. In May 2011, Roy Roberts

8460-642: Was opened on September 3, 2013. Chrysler was headquartered in Highland Park. In 1992 the company announced it would move its headquarters to its technology center in Auburn Hills , approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of the original headquarters site. The company planned to accomplish the move by 1995. In 1992 Chrysler had 25% of Highland Park's tax base and contributed 50% of the city's budget. Chrysler had about 5,000 employees in Highland Park when it moved. In 2009 Magna International announced plans to start an automotive seat production operation in

8554-506: Was renamed East English Village Academy by the emergency manager. Barbara Jordan Elementary School, named after the Black congresswoman, was renamed Palmer Park Academy. Davis Aerospace, named after Tuskegee Airman Benjamin Davis, moved in 2013. On December 8, 2008, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan determined the district's inability to manage its finances and declared

8648-430: Was sold to a private developer for general industrial usage. The city population was majority black and impoverished by the 1980s. Chrysler, the city's last major private sector employer, moved its corporate headquarters from Highland Park to Auburn Hills between 1991 and 1993, paying the city $ 44 million in compensation. The move dislocated a total of 6,000 jobs over this period. On June 19, 1982, drafter Vincent Chin

8742-581: Was told that it would be less expensive to occupy the Fisher Building than it would to remodel the Maccabees Building. In November 2004 an election in Detroit was held since the state takeover was sunsetting. On a 66% margin the voters agreed to return to having an elected school board. The board was selected in November 2005 and began its term in January 2006. The final full year that the board

8836-650: Was under a state-appointed Emergency Manager from 2009 to 2017. The Emergency Manager has powers to make unilateral changes. All financial decisions have been made by the Emergency Manager. From 2009 to 2011, DPS finances were managed by Robert Bobb who was appointed by former Governor Jennifer Granholm , and from 2011 to January 2015, by Roy Roberts who was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder . In January 2015, Governor Snyder appointed Darnell Earley as Roberts' successor. Earley resigned in February 2016 in

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