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Final List of School 2010-2012 Closures/Repurposing
June 7, 2010
Bethune K-8 14. Detroit Transition 25. Jamieson PK-6 Center East
Boykin 15. Detroit Transition 26. Malcolm X PK-8 Education Ctr. Center West (January)
Bagley PK-6 Carstens K-5
Detroit Public Schools Master Facilities Plan
June 7, 2010
Drew (repurposed) MacDowell PK-6 Catherine Ferguson MasonPK-5 Academy for Young Women
Communication Media Glazer PK-5 RobesonELC Arts HS Detroit City Alt. HS Hally Magnet Middle Sherrill PK-8 Detroit Day School for the Kettering HS Southwestern HS Deaf Dossin PK-6 Kettering West Wing Thirkell PK-5
\ru;lW;tlllb open as Malcolm X Acadmey (Relocates to Durfee)
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Buildings and Program Changes 2010 Through 2012
2010-11 Building Closures
Building Action Reasons For Closure
• Close building and program that serves • Financial- cost of students expelled for weapons offenses operating non-essential
Barsamian • Seek proposal from strict discipline academy program far exceeds to assume program or offer educational reimbursement. services to students in program.
• Close the Bethune ELC building. Relocate • Declining enrollment the combined Bethune Program into • Building condition
Bethune ELC Fitzgerald building as a New PK-8 Program. • Bond Program investment
• Invest in Fitzgerald building in Fitzgerald building will improve learning environment
• Close the Bethune ELC building. Relocate • Declining enrollment the combined Bethune Program into • Building condition
Bethune K-8 Fitzgerald building as a New PK-8 Program. • Bond Program investment
• Invest in Fitzgerald building in Fitzgerald building will improve learning environment
• Close building and relocate to Catherine • High cost of operations
Boykin Continuing Ferguson building and program to serve
Education Ctr. teen mothers
• Program will be updated to become (9-12)
transitional in will support students' return to home school.
• Close Bunche Building and relocate program • Declining enrollment "in-tact" in the Duffield PK-8 Building. • Supports expansion of PK-
• Invest bond funds in the Bunche PK-8 8 model Bunche PK-S program. • Bond Program investment
in Duffield building will improve learning environment
• Close building and program. • Declining enrollment
• Students will be assigned to rebranded • Building conditions Murphy PK-8 as first option. • Supports expansion of PK-
• Murphy building will receive significant 8 model Burt PK-6
makeover. • Bond Program investment in Murphy building will improve learning environment
• Close the building. • Building condition
• Relocate the Burton International Program • Supports expansion of Burton
into the current Owen/Pelham building. The strong academic program International PK-8
program will be called Burton International in a better building Academy.
• Close building and program. • Declining enrollment
Campbell PK-S • The students will have options of attending Golightly PK-8 and Spain PK-8 schools.
• Close building and program • Declining enrollment
• Students residing west of Southfield • Building conditions
Coffey K-8 freeway will be reassigned to Emerson as • Supports expansion of PK-first option. 8 model
• Students residing east of Southfield freeway will be reassigned to Bow as a first option.
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Buildings and Program Changes 2010 Through 2012
Building Action Reasons For Closure
0 Close the building and program. • Declining enrollment
Cooley HS • Students will be reassigned to Henry Ford, 0 Building conditions
Cody and Central High Schools. 0 High cost of operations
• Close the building and program. • Building conditions
• The students will be assigned to lerry L. • Improve learning
Cooley North Wing White Center at the Renassiance campus as environment by relocating
SPIED first option and other Centered-Based to new facility
Programs as second option. • Mainstream those students capable
• Close the building and program. • Declining enrollment
• The students will be assigned to Coleman • Supports expansion of PK-Young ES as first option and l.R. King as S model
Crary PK-5 second option. • Improve learning
environment by relocating
to newer/renovated facilities
• Close the building. • Declining enrollment
• Crosman students will be assigned to • Steam heat supplied by Crosman Alt. HS Detroit City Alternative HS as first option. City PLD is ending and $1
and McKinney Day • The McKinney program (located within the million+ investment
Treatment Crosman building) will be relocated to would be required to
Turning Point Academy. continue operating facility.
• Close the building and relocate program to • Building conditions, code
Drew Building. and ADA issues
Detroit Transition • Combine program with DTC West. • Financial- combined DTC
Center East • Invest $5 million into Drew building to programs will operate
(Mid-year) support this combined program for more efficiently in Drew
students, aged 20-26 yrs. with severe building
impairments.
• Close the building and relocate program to • Building conditions, code
Drew Building. a nd ADA issues
Detroit Transition • Combine program with DTC East. • Financial- combined DTC
Center West • Invest $5 million into Drew building to programs will operate
(Mid-year) support this combined program for more efficiently in Drew
students, aged 20-26 yrs. with severe building
impairments.
• Close the building. • Building conditions
• The Dixon Program will relocate into the • Declining enrollment in
Dixon K-8 Lessenger building. area
• The Lessenger program will close and the new school and program will be called Dixon
PK-S.
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Buildings and Program Changes 2010 Through 2012
Building Action Reasons For
Closure • Close and demolish building for the new • Building conditions
PK-8 to replace the Earhart and Maybury • Need to relocate buildings. while new school is
• Relocate Earhart program for one year built Earhart 6-8 into the Nordstrum wing of Southwestern
HS as separate school.
• Move back to the Earhart site in September 2011 into the new PK-8 facility.
• Close the building • Relocation to
• Relocate program to Beckham building Beckham buildings
as the new DSA East - Duke Ellington as part of DSA East
Ellington, Duke Langston Campus. Building will retain the Campus.
PK-8 Beckham na me. • Program will support
(Mid-year) • Beckham building will receive Middle arts and
School addition. communications and serve as a feeder program for DSA High School.
• Close building and program that serves • Financial - cost of students expelled for weapons offenses operating non-
Hancock Alt. MS • Seek proposal from strict discipline essential program academy to assume program or offer far exceeds educational services to students in reimbursement. program.
• Close the Hanstein building and program. • Declining enrollment
• Assign Hanstein students to the • Supports expansion
Hanstein PK-5 Marquette PK-8 school. of PK-8 model
• Relocation to a better building
• Close and demolish building for the new • Building conditions PK-8 to replace the Harding, Vetal and • Need to relocate Gompers buildings. while new school is
Harding PK-5 • Relocate to Vetal building for one year. built
• Move back to the new Gompers building (on the Harding site) site in September 2011.
0 Close and demolish building for the new • Building conditions PK-8 to replace the Harding, Vetal and • Need to relocate
Harding Annex Gompers buildings. while new school is
• Relocate to Vetal building for one year. built (Shurly Building) • Move back to the new Gompers building
(on the Harding site) site in September 2011.
• Close building and program. • Declining enrollment
• The students will be reassigned to the • Supports expansion Holcomb PK-5 expanded Emerson PK-8 as first option. of PK-8 model
• Relocation to a
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Building Action Reasons For
Closure
• Close the building. • Declining enrollment
• Relocate L. Hughes Program into the new • Bond Program DSA Langston Hughes Campus schools. investment in Taft The PK-4 students will be assigned to the building will improve
Langston Hughes Charles Wright Lower building and the 5-8 learning PK-8 grades will be assigned to Hughes Upper environment
building in the Taft MS building (which will be renamed as L. Hughes).
• Taft building will receive a significant makeover.
• Close building and program. • Declining
• Students will be assigned to Thirkell PK-5 enrollment Jamieson PK-6
as first option and Hutchins at McMichael as second option.
• Close the building. • Declining enrollment
• Relocate program to a wing within Durfee • Preserves the Malcolm X PK-8 building. District's first
Africa n-centered program.
• Close the building and program. • Declining enrollment
• The students will be assigned to Mann ES McColl PK-5 as first option and the relocated Dixon PK-
8 at Lessenger as second option.
• Close building and program. Students will • Declining enrollment be assigned to Barton PK-5 as first option
McFarlane PK-5 and Parker PK-8 as second option.
• In January 2012, students at Parker and Barton will relocate to a new PK-8 school to be built on the former Mackenzie site.
• Close building and program. • Declining enrollment
• Students will be assigned to the new DSA • Supports expansion Langston Hughes Campus schools as a of PK-8 model first option.
• The PK-4 students will be assigned to the McKenny PK-6 Charles Wright Lower building and the 5-S
grades will be aSSigned to L. Hughes Upper building in the Taft MS building (which will be renamed as L. Hughes). The students will have the reconfigured Emerson PK-S as a second option.
• Close Osborn Building. 0 Building conditions
• Relocate small schools to Brenda Scott • Declining
MS building. Osborn lower schools will enrollment
offer grades 7-10 in 2010, 8-11 in • Financial
Osborn HS 2012, and 9-12 in 2013.
0 Relocate upper school to Denby HS where 11th and 12'h grades will
continue as the Osborn program at
Denby for 2 years, allowing students
to receive an Osborn diploma.
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Buildings and Program Changes 2010 Through 2012
Building Action Reasons For
Closure
• Close building. • Building condition
Trombly Alt. HS • Relocate the Trombly Alternative Program • Financial -into a wing of Kettering HS as a separate consolidate building school. operations
• Close the building. • Building condition Westside Alt. HS • Relocate the Alternative Program into
Westside Multicultural building. s Relocate staff to other District • Financial- reduce
longfellow Annex -facilities currently in operation. cost of operations.
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2010-11 Repurposing of Buildings, Program Changes
School Action Reasons
Bow • Bow will expand to PK-S. • Closu re of Coffey
Detroit • Reconfigure to K-14 single gender school. Expand single • International gender program to
Academy for Young Women (6-12
all grades
Grades) • Better utilize facility
• Close the program. • Financial: Combining
• Drew students will be assigned to Parker programs will
PK-S as first option. reduce
• Building will be repurposed as the Detroit administrative and
Transition Center, receiving the DTC East operational costs.
and DTC West programs. • Building Condition: Drew K-S • Major renovations will be required, costing DTC East and West
nearly $5 million. buildings need
significant improvements; the Drew building is a
better long-term investment.
• Reconfigure to K-14 single gender school. e Expand single Douglass Academy
gender program to for Young Men (6 -
all grades 12 Grades)
• Better utilize facility
• Reconfigure to PK-S program and school. e Redrawn boundaries of adjacent schools
Emerson PK-5 and the closure of
Coffey requires grade expansion. scenarios.
• Fleming will be reconfigured as a PK-6 • Reconfiguration at
Brenda Scott MS.
Fleming PK-5 (See Osborn scenario.) No classrooms available.
• Reconfigure to PK-7 by keeping 6th graders • School will grow to Priest PK-6 as 7th graders. District model of PK-
S by 201l.
• Earhart MS program will relocate within a • Construction of new Southwestern HS
wing of Southwestern HS. PK-S on Earhart site.
0 Reconfigure Turning Point Academy K-8 • Closure of the
Turning Point program to K-12. The K-8 and 9-12 populations McKinney Day within this program will remain separate. Treatment program to
Academy close in the Crosman building.
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Buildings and Program Changes 2010 Through 2012
School Action Reasons
• This action is needed
• Reconfigure the program to PK-4. to absorb increased
• The PK-4 students will be assigned to the student enrollment on Wright, Charles Charles Wright Lower building and the 5th the Wright/Taft
PK-5 graders will be assigned to Hughes Upper campus from the building in the Taft MS building (which will be closures of the renamed as L. Hughes). McKenney and l.
Hughes.
" Rebrand school into Central Collegiate • Offer dual high
Academy 9-20 as part of the PK-20 Campus school and college
including Durfee PK-S. programs for DPS
Central HS students.
• Offer college and
graduate programs
for the community.
• Close as a separate school. Keep the • Reduce administrative
Detroit High School Technology Program at Pershing HS as a cost associated with
of Technology program offering. maintaining separate
school within Pershing.
• Close the Fitzgerald program. • Bethune is a more
• The building will be re-opened with the successful program
Fitzgerald PK-S relocated Bethune Academy.
• Close the Barbara Jordan program. • Unsuccessful program
• Create new University District Preparatory PK-8 Jordan Academy, program with Board-certified teacher co-hort as
Barbara a Priority School under DFT agreement.
• Close the Lessenger program. s Opportunity to
• The building will be re-opened with the replace unsuccessful
lessenger PK-S relocated Dixon PK-8 Academy. Lessenger program with successful Dixon program
• Murphy has a poor
• Murphy will be rebranded with new name reputation and has
Murphy PK-S and academic focus. lost enrollment to
.. Facility will receive capital improvements . charter and
suburban
competition.
• Close the Owen Academy program. • Owen has lost
• The building will be re-opened as Burton enrollment.
Owen Academy International Academy. • Burton is a strong program in need of a better building .
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School Action Reasons
.. Phase out the program over the next two .. Osborn small years. The program will not accept any 6th schools need to graders for Fall 2010. relocate to a better
.. The 6th Graders from the Brenda Scott building .
neighborhood will remain at their current .. Brenda Scott MS has
school and/or assigned to appropriate K-8 been unable to programs. retain students,
.. The Brenda Scott building will be despite being a new
Scott, Brenda (6-8) reconfigured as three small high schools. building.
.. Brenda Scott building will serve two programs -1) three small schools from the
- Osborn HS building will relocate to the Brenda Scott building and will serve 9_10th grades in 2010-11, 9_11th grades in 2011-12 and 9-12'h grades in 2012-13; 2) Brenda
Scott 6-8 will become 7_8th grades only in 2010-11, and 8th grade only in 2011-12 and will close in June 2012.
• Close the Taft MS program. • Taft is an unsuccessful
• The building will be re-opened as the new DSA program . West -- Langston Hughes Upper School. • Creation of DSA West
program at the Wright Taft Middle School and Taft buildings will
support the arts and communications feeder programs for DSA High School.
.. Close building and program . • Declining Enrollment
.. Enrollment boundary will combine with Owen .. Reusing building for a building and become part of the neighborhood program that attracts
WestSide component of Burton International Academy at students from Multicultural Owen/Pelham building. throughout the
.. The Westside Multicultural building will be district. repurposed as Westside Alternative High School.
.. Wilkins will be reconfigured as a PK-7 to .. Supports District PK-
accomplish Brenda Scott MS closure. (See 8 model.
Wilkins PK-S Osborn scenario.) .. Wilkins will expand to PK-8 in Fall 2011 by
keeping their 1'h graders as 8th graders.
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2011-12 Building Closures
Building Action Reasons For
Closure
• Close the building • Relocation to a new
Barton PK-5 • Relocate Barton into new PK-8 building on facility.
(January) the former Mackenzie site.
" Name of building to be determined.
• Close the building • Relocation to a new .. Relocate Gompers program into new PK-8 facility.
Gompers PK-5 building on the former Harding site.
• Building will be called Gompers PK-8
• Close the building and program • Declining enrollment Hamilton PK-8 • Boundary will be absorbed by Brown PK-8
and Carstens PK-8.
• Close the building • Relocation to a new
O.W. Holmes K-8 • Relocate Holmes into new PK-8 building on facility.
(January) the former Munger site.
• Name of building to be determined.
• Close and demolish current King HS • Relocation to a new
King HS • Move into new King HS on same site facility.
• Close the building • Relocation to a new
• Relocate Logan into new PK-8 building on facility. Logan K-5 (January)
the former Munger site.
• Name of building to be determined.
• Close the building • Relocation to a new
• Relocate Maybury program into new PK-8 facility. Maybury PK-5
building on the former Earhart site.
" Name of school to be determined. .. Close the building • Relocation to a new
Parker PK-8 • Relocate Barton into new PK-8 building on facility.
(January) the former Mackenzie site. .. Name of building to be determined .
• Close the building • Relocation to a new
• Relocate Vetal into new PK-8 building on facility. Vetal PK-8
the former Harding site.
• Building will be called Gompers PK-8
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2011 Repurposing of Buildings, Program Changes
School Action Reasons
• New Medical Professions 9-12 program • Increase college added as a small school program within prep academic building. programs for DPS
• New program will begin with 9th grade class students.
and add one grade per year and serve 500 • Increase enrollment
students. at Northwestern HS.
Northwestern HS • Partnerships with Wayne State University • Northwestern HS
Medical School and local hospital requires capital organizations are being negotiated. investment to
• Invest approximately $10 million of improve lighting and
Proposal S funds Bond to support the academic spaces.
program and improve learning environment for entire Northwestern HS.
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Buildings and Program Changes 2010 Through 2012
2012-13 Building Closures
• Close the building • Relocation to a new
• Relocate Crockett into new building on the facility. former Finney site.
Crockett HS • Building will be called Finney-Crockett HS
• School will include Crockett application program and Finney neighborhood program.
• Close the building • Relocation to a new
• Relocate Finney into new building on the facility.
former Finney site. Finney HS • Building will be called Finney-Crockett HS
.. School will include Crockett application program and Finney neighborhood program.
• Close and demolish current Mumford HS • Relocation to a new I
Mumford HS building facility.
• Relocate to new Mumford HS .
• Close the building and program • Declining enrollment Rutherford PK-5 • Boundary will be absorbed by Bow PK-S and
JR King PK-S.
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