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Peak Enrollment

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What was DPS's peak enrollment? I've been looking for a history of enrollment for DPS, but can't find a list, anywhere. I think this would be an important and interesting chart to have on this page. --Criticalthinker (talk) 07:54, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Have you tried searching newspaper articles?

Arabic newspaper ad

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http://detroitk12.org/images/index/feature_photos/2011.08.31_DPS-newspaper-ad-arabic.jpg - http://www.webcitation.org/6Br0afcTB

This may contain an Arabic translation of the name... WhisperToMe (talk) 01:24, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Other languages

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The Limited License to Instruct (LLI) Program supports: Arabic, Bengali, Chaldean, Hmong, Romanian, and Spanish: http://detroitk12.org/content/2003/10/10/limited-license-to-instruct-program-bilingual-education/ - http://www.webcitation.org/6ZwZyjkMg WhisperToMe (talk) 14:22, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And http://detroitk12.org/employment/job/2070/ - http://www.webcitation.org/6Br0RHdof - Arabic, Bengali, Hmong, Spanish, and Romanian are the other languages

Language forms:

WhisperToMe (talk) 20:44, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Attendance maps 2012-2013 and 2011-2012 and 2010-2011

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WhisperToMe (talk) 17:32, 1 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2011-2012 maps were at:

2009-2010 maps were at:

WhisperToMe (talk) 19:24, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Attendance maps in 2003 and 2007

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I found: http://web.archive.org/web/20051223204148/http://schools.detroitk12.org/boundaries.htm WhisperToMe (talk) 06:13, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WhisperToMe (talk) 19:44, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2007-2008 ones seemed to be individual, by school, listed here: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://detroitk12.org/schools/boundaries/*.

/2007-2008maps

WhisperToMe (talk) 02:35, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

School closing list in 2005

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WhisperToMe (talk) 18:33, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fleming Elementary, Hmong, and its fate

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I found these sources:

So Fleming Academy/Elementary and Osborne High School had a large Hmong population

Fleming's boundaries were:

Now Fleming's former area is served by Scott Elementary - The parkland is not in the Scott zone but everything else that was the Fleming zone is now the Scott K-8 elementary zone

Middle boundaries:

Osborne still exists.

WhisperToMe (talk) 08:39, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Code of conduct

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WhisperToMe (talk) 06:19, 25 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Effective July 2013:

WhisperToMe (talk) 13:20, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Snippet on charter schools

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This page is on semi-protected so I'm hoping someone can cut the POV out of section on charter schools, which reads as an ad for University Prep High School. The part that needs to be removed for sure is the part making the claim that they pay for a student's ACT. All public schools in Michigan require that juniors take the ACT, this is not unique to this school. --35.16.35.141 (talk) 17:47, 25 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Triaged it a bit Rhoark (talk) 23:58, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

School brochures and documents in other languages

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The presence of brochures and documents in other languages specific to particular may indicate which non-English speaking groups are most prevalent at particular schools:

Spanish (these schools are in Southwest Detroit unless when otherwise stated):

Bengali:

Arabic:

In addition the Davison Elementary webpage (Archive) says the school has Arab, Bangladeshi, Polish, and African-American students. The Gardner Elementary webpage (Archive) says the school has Arab, African-American, White, and Hispanic students. The Gardner School's English brochure (Archive) says the school has students from various countries, including the Dominican Republic, Iraq, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Palestine, Venezuela, and Yemen. The entry on the Priest school (Archive) states that most of the Arabs come from Yemen, and that there were also African-American and Romanian students, and students from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Puerto Rico.

WhisperToMe (talk) 22:40, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

1970s map of DPS schools

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I found a 1970s map of DPS schools (Archive) from the Detroit Historical Society but I would like to see one with a much better resolution WhisperToMe (talk) 04:34, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2014 high school directory

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This may be helpful: http://detroitk12.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/High-School-Passport-2014_v4-FINAL-Reduced-Size-PDF1.pdf - http://www.webcitation.org/6ZkXh4Sca WhisperToMe (talk) 16:27, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also... http://detroitk12.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/BLAC-Picking-the-Perfect-School-Guide-FINAL.pdf - http://www.webcitation.org/6ZpIZA5PP WhisperToMe (talk) 19:30, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Another school directory: http://detroitk12.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DPS_SpecialSection_HiRes.pdf - http://www.webcitation.org/6ZqTsJPSG - WhisperToMe (talk) 14:09, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Non-English forms (thread started in 2015)

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Here are some more non-English documents. In case somebody wants to translate info about DPS into Arabic, Bengali, Hmong, Romanian, and/or Spanish, these documents may help:

Enrollment forms from: http://detroitk12.org/resources/prospective_students/

Notice of interpretation and LEP services:

The webpage http://detroitk12.org/resources/parents/ - http://www.webcitation.org/6ZqX5v0ib - Also has a short "English – Language Assistance Services" paragraph in Spanish, Arabic, Bengali, Romanian, and Hmong

Again, I'm making sure any Hmong documents are archived ASAP. Many Hmong have left Detroit and DPS may stop making Hmong documents (unless they somehow return to their former neighborhoods)

WhisperToMe (talk) 14:18, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Renaissance 2012 documents

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Index The reason I'm archiving these is to:

  • Get records of old attendance zones
  • Get documents in other languages so people who are not sure what words to use when translating things have references available. For example if people trying to translate this article ask "what is "charter school" in Bengali/Hmong/Romanian/etc" they will get an answer. - The Bengali school closing article also has names of some schools in Bengali

Showing attendance zones:

"FAQ for Parents" in multiple languages:

Letter to parents in multiple languages:

WhisperToMe (talk) 16:40, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2015 brochures in languages other than English

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The brochures of schools which have their own Wikipedia articles (Western International High School (Spanish), Detroit International Academy (Bengali), Academy of the Americas (Spanish)) are located in their respective talk pages

SPANISH: (DPS schools with Spanish speakers tend to be in Southwest Detroit)

These schools only have English brochures, but have websites in Spanish:

ARABIC and SPANISH: (these DPS schools are in southwestern and western Detroit, along the border of heavily Arab Dearborn)

BENGALI: (Davison is in the Banglatown shared with Hamtramck, and Burton is near the Bengali area)

WhisperToMe (talk) 13:20, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Based on the 2012-2013 attendance maps (Elem, Mid, High) I will check the feeder patterns of these other-than-English student body schools.

  • Southwestern HS gets students from all of: Bennett ES, Clemente ES, Earhart ES-MS, Harms ES, Maybury ES, Neinas ES; parts of: Burton ES-MS, Munger MS (Southwestern HS does have Spanish brochures)
  • Northwestern HS gets students from all of: Priest MS; parts of: Burton ES-MS, Munger MS
  • King HS gets students from parts of: Burton ES-MS
  • Pershing HS gets students from all of: Davison ES-MS
  • Cody HS gets students from all of: Gardner ES

I do not see other-than-English brochures from the other zoned high schools WhisperToMe (talk) 15:36, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Removed Section

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I removed the "Teacher Relations" subsection. It was written as current information, but every item in it was more than 10 years old, and one reference to financial matters was 12 years old. Since then the district has gone through seven years of a State appointed financial manager, starting in 2009, who has changed everything mentioned in the removed subsection. Just last month there were law suits in court about teachers striking, which is against the law, by calling in sick in a coordinated fashion, and this removed subsection had no mention of that. In fact it was obvious that no one had updated it in eight years. Right now the District is under an Outside Financial Manager, who will leave ten days from this writing. Nick Beeson (talk) 13:02, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Bribery kickback scandal

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There's an unfolding bribery kickback scandal involving multiple DPS principals

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2010 attendance maps

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Editorials

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WhisperToMe (talk) 12:35, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Inadequate history section

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The history section is far too focused on events after 1995.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:59, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Over reliance on PR speak

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Especially the section about Vitti over relies on PR speak and is far from being either balanced or neutral.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:01, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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