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Duggan,
DPSCD
Dir.
Vitti
announce
partnership
to
double
Rec
Centers
this
summer
• 16
DPSCD
schools
to
become
Summer
Fun
Centers,
expand
Rec
Center
locations
from 11
to 27
•
Five-week
pilot
could
become
long
term
strategy
for
filling
void
left by
mass
closure
of City
Rec
centers
more
than a
decade
ago
DETROIT
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Starting
next
week,
Detroit
children
ages 6
to 17
will
have
more
than
twice
the
current
number
of
recreation
center
options
across
the city
offering
a range
of free
activities,
thanks
to an
innovative
new
partnership
between
the City
of
Detroit
and
Detroit
Public
Schools
Community
District
(DPSCD).
Mayor
Mike
Duggan,
members
of the
Detroit
City
Council,
and
DPSCD
Superintendent
Dr.
Nikolai
Vitti
today
announced
that
from
July 10
through
August
11, the
school
district
will
open 16
Detroit
Summer
Fun
Centers
across
the City
of
Detroit,
in every
City
Council
district.
When
added to
the
City’s
existing
11 full
time
Recreation
Centers,
Detroit
families
will
have 27
locations
to pick
from
this
summer –
the
largest
number
operated
by the
City in
more
than a
decade.
After
the
five-week
pilot
has
ended,
the City
and
DPSCD
will
evaluate
the
approach
as a
possible
long-term
solution
toward
filling
the
recreation
center
gap that
has
existed
in many
neighborhoods
for more
than a
decade.
“Detroiters
all
remember
when rec
centers
across
this
city
shut
down. If
we are
going to
build a
stronger
Detroit,
we’ve
got to
focus on
creating
safe
spaces
for our
youth
and
opportunities
for them
to be
successful,”
Mayor
Mike
Duggan
said.
“Thanks
to our
partnership
with
DPSCD,
we hope
to
provide
Detroit
children
with a
safe
space to
play
right in
their
neighborhoods.
The
DPSCD
team has
been a
great
partner
in this
effort
and we
appreciate
their
leadership
in
making
these
schools
available
to the
children
in our
community,”
the
Mayor
added.
DPSCD
helps
Detroit
fill
“recreation
gap”
The City
of
Detroit
shut
down 16
recreation
centers
due to
funding
cuts
from
2006-2013.
In order
to
provide
more
recreation
opportunities
for
Detroit
children
this
summer,
the City
approached
DPS
officials
about
partnering
to
provide
Detroit
youth
more
options
more
quickly.
The cost
of the
five-week
program
is
approximately
$625,000
or about
$40,000
per
location
for the
summer.
“When
the
mayor's
team
approached
us with
this
concept
we moved
with a
sense of
urgency
to
ensure
that as
many
students
as
possible
continued
to have
access
to a
safe and
productive
learning
environment
while
parents
and
caregivers
work
over the
summer,”
said Dr.
Vitti.
“I
believe
this is
the
first of
many
partnerships
between
the city
and
school
district
to
better
utilize
and
share
resources
to
support
our
students
and
communities.”
To
provide
a safe
and fun
environment
for
children
at all
16
Summer
Fun
Centers,
as well
as its
11
traditional
recreation
centers,
the City
of
Detroit
has
hired
190 Play
Leaders
and
supervisory
staff to
provide
adult
oversight
and
structure
to the
programming.
Hours,
Locations
and
Activities
The
following
16
Summer
Fun
Centers
will be
available
Monday-Friday
from
8:00am-6:00pm.
They
will be
staffed
and
programmed
by the
city and
DPSCD
will
provide
security
and
custodial
staff.
Programming
will
include
access
to
indoor
and
outdoor
athletic
opportunities,
arts &
crafts,
media
centers
and
more.
The
centers
also
will
provide
three
meals
throughout
the day
to
participants.
2017
Summer
Fun
Centers
1.
Brenda
Scott
Academy
2.
Hutchinson
Elementary-Middle
School
3.
JR King
Academic
&
Performing
Arts
4.
Western
Int’l
High
School
5.
East
English
Village
High
School
6.
Cooke
Elementary
School
7.
Mackenzie
Elementary-Middle
School
8.
Carver
STEM
Academy
9.
Henry
Ford
High
School
10.
Gompers
Elementary-Middle
School
11.
Pasteur
Elementary
12. Paul
Robeson
Malcolm
X
Academy
13. Cody
High
School
Bldg
14.
Gardner
Elementary
School
15.
Carstens
Elementary
School
16.
Munger
Elementary
Middle
School
Families
can view
an
interactive
map of
Rec
Center
locations
at
www.detroitmi.gov/recreation.
Registration
Required
The
In-School
Rec
Centers
are
available
to
Detroit
children
only.
Parents
must
register
their
children
online
at
www.detroitmi.gov/recreation
or they
can
register
in
person
at any
of the
16 DPSCD
Detroit
Summer
Fun
Centers.
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