Bobb leads Hard Hat Tour of New Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School

DETROIT (Tell Us Det) - On Monday, Dec. 20, Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb provided an update of the $500.5 million DPS Capital Improvement Program during a tour of the new $45.3 million Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School currently under construction. The tour included interior and exterior work areas of the new school’s new athletic wing, main common area and academic neighborhoods.

Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School is located at 3200 E. Lafayette Street in Detroit.



The DPS School Construction Project is building and renovating the district’s schools using funds from the historic $500.5 million federal stimulus dollars achieved with voter approval in November of the Proposal S Bond Referendum. The project will also implement district-wide initiatives including more technology in classrooms and improved security measures in all schools. DPS is on an aggressive schedule make all capital improvements by 2012 to be compliant with federal guidelines.

Detroit voters approved the Proposal S Bond Referendum last November which enabled the district to access $500.5 million in federal dollars for school capital improvement projects. DPS received the sixth largest allocation in the nation. Federal regulations stipulate the bond dollars must be spent within three years.


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Through this project, DPS is building safer, state-of-the-art facilities to help students achieve success.

It will also mean jobs for Detroit residents and more work for Detroit-based companies. Up to 3,900 direct and indirect jobs are projected for the first 10 projects, based on the State of Michigan employment formula.