DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – The Detroit Public Schools will spend $700 million of its $914.9 million it has amassed in reserves on capital projects.
The district has a 20-year capital projects plan that comes with a $2.1 billion price tag.
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The $700 million would be used to construct a number of new school buildings and have air conditioning installed in all but a dozen of the district’s 108 school buildings.
The district started on its projects in the summer of 2022 with $202 million of projects in new buildings, additions to existing buildings and demolitions.
One example of the costs of the capital projects plan involves Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy. The school is scheduled to be demolished. But before it can be demolished the district has to conduct an environmental study to find out if any asbestos is present and then have it removed. The school board approved a $562,007 contract this month with a company to remove the asbestos throughout the district through June 30, 2025.
In 2009, voters passed a $500.5 million bond for capital improvements for the school district.
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