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Detroit schools move to simplify community-use fees, staff say costs cover custodial, security and engineers
Summary
The Detroit Public Schools Community District committee reviewed an amendment to its community-use policy to streamline fees across K–12, tie labor fees to annual market rates, and clarify exceptions for Detroit School of the Arts; board members pressed staff on where fees go and rules for outdoor field rentals.
The Detroit Public Schools Community District policy committee reviewed proposed amendments to the district's community-use policy meant to simplify fees and make labor charges adaptable to market rates.
Dr. Beatty, who presented the changes, said the revision consolidates separate K–12 fee schedules to remove partner confusion and “streamlines the fees and process for K–12” rather than maintaining different charges for small and large schools. He added the policy names “an annual change to the labor fee in adjustment to what the city rate is,” so labor charges — for cleaning and security — can be updated each year.
Board members sought clarity on where rental revenues flow. A…
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