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The Detroit Institute of Arts says a record 73,239 students visited the museum on field trips last school year. That’s an increase of almost 6,000 students from the previous year. Of these, about 29,124 were from Wayne County, 19,288 from Oakland County and 13,714 from Macomb County. The DIA provides free bus transportation and admission for residents of those counties, …
Students started the first day of classes in the Detroit Public Schools Community District with water coolers and bottled water in lieu of drinking fountains. Superintendent Nikolai Vitti ordered drinking water shut off across the district last week after testing found elevated levels of lead or copper in 16 of 24 school buildings and after 18 were given bottled water after …
Highland Park’s school district is a shadow of its former self following years of state emergency management, the closure of its high school in 2015 and its subsequent demolition. But the district is now out of financial oversight and looking to grow. Last week, while recording an episode of the Daily Detroit Happy Hour, we ran into Highland Park School Board President …
From the bustling heart of Midtown over a couple Faygo pops, this is your Daily Detroit News Byte for Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Here are your stories for today. Jefferson on the east side is getting smaller for cars... and bigger for bikes Detroit’s Bike sharing service gets new adaptive bikes Facebook is funding more software training in Detroit And Highland Park …
Here's your Daily Detroit News Byte Podcast for Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Development gets moving at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull... The PGA Tour looks like it's coming to Detroit. What could that mean having such an event in a Detroit neighborhood? City Year Detroit & Gensler Detroit have teamed up to improve a Detroit …
Ever wanted to work on Belle Isle? Or, Milliken State Park on the Detroit River isn’t a bad place to spend a summer and get paid, either. On top of that, for the season, they’re full time jobs. There’s word from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources that they’re hiring seasonal workers. Here are the …
