DETROIT – The Detroit Public Schools and the city of Detroit have signed a consent that outlines a timeline and deadlines for fixing safety and health violations at the district’s school buildings.
The agreement covers the first 26 schools that were inspected and still require repairs.
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The city of Detroit’s Building, Safety, Engineering & Environmental Department began a four-month process to inspect all 97 DPS buildings after mass teacher sick-outs and complaints about mice, mold and cold classrooms. So far, building inspectors have visited 64 DPS properties.
“What we wanted was a commitment for DPS with specific timelines for making each repair and a binding agreement enforceable in court if those timelines are not met,” Mayor Mike Duggan said. “We’re very encouraged that DPS has entered into this consent agreement and look forward to their prompt progress in creating safe schools for our children.”
Ivy Bailey, interim president of the Detroit Federation of Teachers, released the following statement:
“We’re glad to hear that, finally, there appears to be promising movement on fixing the horrendous conditions plaguing Detroit public schools. Rather than using a Band-Aid approach that wastes a lot of money and time, we hope this consent agreement works to revitalize our schools. Two things are key to ensuring that it will take care of the years-long problems: one, that it is enforced faithfully and two, that all safety and health violations are remediated properly and for the long term. We very much appreciate that Mayor Duggan has taken the initiative to get repairs done, something that the emergency manager should have done a long time ago. The Detroit Federation of Teachers has a pending lawsuit concerning the dangerous school building conditions. We do not plan to withdraw it until we are confident that the consent agreement’s commitments have been fulfilled. Detroit students, educators, parents and the community should have clean, safe, healthy public schools that any district would be proud to have.”
Safety Field Investigation Reports
- A.L. Holmes Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Blackwell Institute (view report here)
- Burton International School (view report here)
- Carleton Elementary School (view report here)
- Cody Schools (view report here)
- Dossin Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Gardner Elementary School (view report here)
- J.R. King Academic and Performing Arts Academy (view report here)
- Mason Academy (view report here)
- Nichols Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Osborn Schools (view report here)
- Ronald Brown Academy (view report here)
- Spain Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
Safety Inspection Reports
- Academy of the Americas (view report here)
- A.L. Holmes Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School (view report here)
- Bagley Elementary School (view report here)
- Bates Academy (view report here)
- Beard Early Learning Neighborhood Center (view report here)
- Dr. Ben Carson High School for Science and Medicine (view report here)
- Bennett Elementary School (view report here)
- Blackwell Institute (view report here)
- Bow Elementary School (view report here)
- Breithaupt Career & Technical Center (view report here)
- Brenda Scott Academy (view report here)
- Brewer Academy (view report here)
- Burton International School (view report here)
- Carleton Elementary School (view report here)
- Carstens Academy of Aquatic Science at Remus (view report here)
- Carver STEM Academy (view report here)
- Cass Tech High School (view report here)
- Central Collegiate (view report here)
- Chrysler Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Cody Schools (view report here)
- Coleman A. Young Elementary School (view report here)
- Communications & Media Arts High School (view report here)
- Cooke Elementary School (view report here)
- Davison Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Denby High School (view report here)
- Detroit International Academy (view report here)
- Detroit Lions Academy (view report here)
- Detroit School of Arts (view report here)
- Diann Williamson Banks Center (view report here)
- Dossin Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Douglass Academy for Young Men (view report here)
- Drew Transition Center (view report here)
- Earhart Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- East English Village Preparatory Academy (view report here)
- Emerson Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Fisher Magnet Lower Academy (view report here)
- Fisher Magnet Upper Academy (view report here)
- Fleming Early Learning Neighborhood Center (view report here)
- Gardner Elementary School (view report here)
- Garvey Academy (view report here)
- Gompers Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Greenfield Union Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Harms Elementary School (view report here)
- Henderson Academy (view report here)
- J.E. Clark Preparatory Academy (view report here)
- J.R. King Academic and Performing Arts Academy (view report here)
- Mackenzie Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Mann Learning Community (view report here)
- Marquette Elementary School (view report here)
- Marquette Middle School (view report here)
- Mason Academy (view report here)
- Munger Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy (view report here)
- Nichols Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Oakland International Academy (view report here)
- Osborn schools (view report here)
- Pulaski Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Ronald Brown Academy (view report here)
- Sampson-Webber Leadership Academy (view report here)
- Spain Elementary-Middle School (view report here)
- Turning Point Academy (view report here)
- Vernor Elementary School (view report here)