HPS has a new school plan

The Hamtramck Public School District has changed its plan to move the kindergarten through 3rd grade portion of Dickinson West Elementary School to a new building, and will instead construct an addition to the existing school building. File photo

By Charles Sercombe
The Hamtramck Public School District has heard your voices.
Superintendent Jaleelah Ahmed recently posted a message to families on her district Facebook page that kindergarten through 3rd grade students located on  the Kosciuszko Middle School grounds will not be moving to the district’s newly-purchased building on Conant Ave.
The district recently took a survey about that plan, and Ahmed said that the feedback was fairly consistent: “The common thread that was shared by our parents is it is important to them to have a neighborhood school, and it was important to them that we continue to offer kindergarten through 8th grade” at Kosciuszko Middle School.
It gets better.
Ahmed said that federal funding will allow the district to build an addition to Kosciuszko Middle school – meaning a third floor will be added on to the two-story building.
“We are so excited about this new development,” Ahmed said in her Facebook posting.
How is this being paid for?
Through a federal $35 million grant from the CARES Act.
As for the plans for the new building, located at Conant and Holbrook, it will still be put to use for other purposes. Details will be released soon.
Posted Aug. 20, 2021

Edited for clarity on Aug. 20, 2021