DPSCD set to speculate $34 million into upgrades for athletics at 11 colleges

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is ready to speculate $34 million to improve athletic fields and swimming swimming pools at 11 colleges, the district introduced on Tuesday morning.

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DPSCD set to speculate $34 million into upgrades for athletics at 11 colleges

The funding contains changing grass fields to turf fields, putting in asphalt tracks, changing stadium bleachers and including swimming pools for coaching and swim competitions.

The district additionally plans to develop a standard athletic complicated, set to be housed on the former Cooley High School web site. The district stated that would be the first section of funding, which can embody a brand new stadium and observe, a locker room, a weight room and a number of outside fields for soccer, observe, soccer and lacrosse.

The funding was authorized by DPSCD’s faculty board in December 2024. This is a part of the district’s $700 million Facilities Master Plan, a 20-year plan that started in 2019.

Dr. Nikolai Vitti, the district’s superintendent, supplied the next assertion on the funding:

“These investments mirror our dedication to equity, excellence, and our unwavering perception in what our college students deserve. Our $34 million funding in modernized athletic fields and swimming swimming pools is along with our bigger $700 million Facility Master Plan. This plan displays our persevering with dedication to supply twenty first Century amenities for each little one regardless of missing the funding to supply it instantly. I’m grateful to our School Board for approving the price range that permits this work to maneuver ahead. Our college students deserve the identical high quality amenities and alternatives as their friends in surrounding communities, and we’re shifting nearer to that promise by offering assets that help the entire little one.”

Here is the timeline for these projects, in chronological order, (budgets are rounded up to hundred thousands digit):

Schools getting pool upgrades

• J.L White (Inspection completed and pools in place, $5,000)
• Central High School (Set to be complete in June 2027, $500,000 budget)
• Henry Ford High School (June 2027, $2.1 million budget)
• Northwestern High School (June 2027, $625,000)
• Southeastern High School (June 2027, $300,000)
• Burton Elementary School (repairing drainage issues, June 2027, $350,000)
• Marcus Garvey Elementary-Middle School (electrical and mechanical repair, June 2027, $350,000)

Schools getting field upgrades

• Henry Ford High School (Fall 2024-Fall 2026, Budget is $6.7 million)
• Communication and Media Arts High School (Fall 2024-Fall 2026, $6.4 million)
• Cass Tech High School (Fall 2025-Fall 2027, $6.8 million)
• Central High School (Summer 2026-Fall 2028, $4.9 million)
• Denby High School (Summer 2026-Fall 2028, $4.8 million)
• Southeastern High School (Summer 2026-Fall 2028, $3.4 million)