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March 18, 2010

Falling enrollment may force Detroit to shut 44 schools

The Associated Press

DETROIT — More than one-quarter of Detroit's 172 public schools may close in June as the district fights through steadily declining enrollment and a budget deficit of more than $219 million, an emergency financial manager said Wednesday.

Three aging, traditional and underpopulated high schools would be among the 44 closures. Another six schools are to be closed in June 2011, followed by seven more a year later, said emergency financial manager Robert Bobb.

Detroit already closed 29 schools before the start of classes last fall and shuttered 35 buildings about three years ago.

Parents like Jena Williams, 41, call it a worrisome trend. "I am not happy about it, but the population of the city is shrinking and the people who have the means are moving out," she said.

 

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