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Superintendent outlines 5% COVID threshold, family/employee survey, vaccine access and online-task-force plans

Detroit Public Schools Community District Board of Education · July 23, 2025
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Summary

Superintendent presented COVID metrics and proposed a phased return tied to a 5% seven-day average infection rate, announced a district survey for families and staff to measure demand for in-person learning, described hubs and device/Internet supports, and said DPSCD is negotiating an MOU with the city health department to provide vaccine access for employees.

Superintendent Doctor Nikolai Vitti delivered a comprehensive update that tied decisions about reopening to a measured COVID-19 benchmark, described planned surveys of families and staff, and outlined early vaccine-access coordination with the city health department.

Vitti said the district is using a seven-day average infection rate and has set 5% as a working benchmark: "We have said if the infection rate is 5 percent or less, that that is safe for in-person learning," he told the board when explaining his recommendation framework. He said the district will remain data-driven and recommended opening learning centers when the rate is near and steady below that threshold, with full in-person learning deferred until the rate is consistently below 5%.

The superintendent said the district will release a brief survey…

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