Detroit Board of Education
| Detroit Public Schools Community District | |
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Detroit, Michigan United States |
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| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1842 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Nikolai P. Vitti |
| Budget | US$ 666,651,276 (2016) |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 44,401 (2016–17) |
| Teachers | 3,235 (2012–13) |
| Staff | 15,535 (2007) |
| Athletic conference | Detroit Public School League (DPSL) |
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| Number of schools | 105 |
| Teachers' unions | Detroit Federation of Teachers |
| Website | http://detroitk12.org/ |
Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is a school district that covers all of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States and high school students in the insular city of Highland Park. The district, which replaced the original Detroit Public Schools (DPS) in 2016, provides services to 48,000 students, making it the largest school district in the state. The district has its headquarters in the Fisher Building of the New Center area of Detroit.
The school district has experience extensive financial difficulties over a series of years. From 1999 to 2005, and from 2009 to the present, the district has been under a state of a financial emergency and has been overseen by a succession of state-appointed emergency financial managers. Besides DPS, the Education Achievement Authority (EAA) operates 15 of the district's schools totaling 6,556 students as of the 2014–15 school year; this arrangement will end in fall 2017 with all schools transferred to DPS.
Established in 1842, Detroit Public Schools has grown in area with the city. Some of the schools in the district began as part of other school districts, such as various Greenfield Township and Springwells Township districts before these districts were made part of the Detroit Public Schools as the areas they covered were annexed to the city of Detroit.
In 1917, 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 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 .
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