
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
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Oakland County's Acorn2Oak program offers up to $1,000 in mini-grants to students ages 8-18, with applications due Sept. 15; ten Farmington and Farmington Hills students received grants in the most recent round.

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Oakland Schools is rolling out a countywide AI strategy with new staff, ChatGPT EDU access and teacher training across Oakland County districts, though where Farmington Public Schools stands on AI readiness remains unclear.

Education
Oakland County's Acorn2Oak program offers up to $1,000 in mini-grants to students ages 8-18, with applications due Sept. 15; ten Farmington and Farmington Hills students received grants in the most recent round.

Education
Oakland Schools is rolling out a countywide AI strategy with new staff, ChatGPT EDU access and teacher training across Oakland County districts, though where Farmington Public Schools stands on AI readiness remains unclear.

Education
Oakland County's Acorn2Oak program offers up to $1,000 in mini-grants to students ages 8-18, with applications due Sept. 15; ten Farmington and Farmington Hills students received grants in the most recent round.

Education
Oakland Schools is rolling out a countywide AI strategy with new staff, ChatGPT EDU access and teacher training across Oakland County districts, though where Farmington Public Schools stands on AI readiness remains unclear.


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The Oakland County Regional Enhancement Millage was losing 51%-49% in near-final unofficial returns Wednesday, meaning Farmington Public Schools appears unlikely to receive the $781 per student annually that Superintendent Kelly Coffin had planned to direct toward tutoring, smaller classes and career programs.

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Farmington Public Schools opened annual online registration on Monday, August 3, giving families with students in pre-K through 8th grade until August 16 and high schoolers until August 19 to complete it before fall schedules are released.

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Farmington Public Schools Trustee Angie Smith appeared on FOX 2 to apologize and clarify comments she made about Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed at a campaign event, after the remarks went viral and drew condemnation from CAIR-MI as anti-Arab.

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Farmington Public Schools Superintendent Kelly Coffin outlined five specific ways the district would spend Oakland County's proposed 1.5-mill enhancement millage, including after-school tutoring and career education, ahead of the Tuesday, August 4 vote.

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Oakland County's 1.5-mill Regional Enhancement Millage on the Aug. 4 ballot would cost a Farmington Hills homeowner with $100,000 in taxable value $150 per year and send an estimated $781 per student annually to Farmington Public Schools; named critics argue it unfairly burdens seniors and creates "donor districts."

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Gov. Whitmer signed a law on Wednesday, July 22, requiring all Michigan K-5 reading teachers to complete science of reading training by 2031-32; Farmington Public Schools still has about 185 staff members to train at an estimated cost of $817,700 in substitutes.

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Farmington Public Schools requires all returning families to complete annual online registration through MiStar ParentConnection starting Monday, August 3, before student schedules will be released for the 2026-27 school year beginning Monday, August 24.

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Oakland County's proposed 1.5-mill Regional Enhancement Millage on the August 4, 2026, ballot would send an estimated $781 per student annually to Farmington Public Schools for six years; early voting at the Costick Activities Center begins Saturday, July 25.
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