August 13th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — With the CDC changing its recommendations on mask mandates due to the rise of COVID-19 cases, local school districts discussed back-to-school options.
Dearborn Heights’ D7 School District has been one of the few districts in the area to have allowed parents to decide whether their children would learn virtually...
January 14th, 20210DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS — With Governor Whitmer recently encouraging schools to reopen by March 1, local school leaders are revamping their plans to present to school boards.
Dearborn Superintendent Dr. Glenn Maleyko said that he is hoping there will be a study session next week to revisit the original timeline from when the board...
December 19th, 20200DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS — With one school district already returning to in-person learning, all districts have the same goal of returning for the second half of the year.
Dearborn Heights’ D7 School District returned to in-person learning again last week after having to pause with the rest of the state.
“We haven’t had...
December 17th, 20200LANSING — Community native and Crestwood District educator Zainab Beydoun-Jawad has been appointed to the Michigan PreK-12 Literacy Commission.
Beydoun-Jawad grew up in Dearborn and has lived in Dearborn Heights for more than 25 years.
While Beydoun-Jawad has been an educator in the Crestwood School District for more than 16...
November 18th, 20200With the new Michigan Department of Health and Human Services order calling for high schools to suspend in-person learning, local school districts have been forced to make tough decisions for their districts.
The Dearborn Heights District 7 School District had been the only district among Dearborn/Dearborn Heights that had allowed for...
October 31st, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Crestwood School Board voted to approve an evaluation and contract extension for its superintendent.
Dr. Youssef Mosallam, who has an extensive background in education in the Dearborn and Dearborn Heights communities, was appointed to the position of superintendent in October 2019.
The evaluation itself...
September 4th, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — With the school year starting off under a new normal, Dearborn Heights school boards are experiencing some hiccups along the way.
While the COVID-19 pandemic is still very much present in the community, a lot of discussions occurred over the summer on the status of children returning to school this fall. Governor...
October 12th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On Wednesday night, the Crestwood Public Schools Board of Trustees held a special board meeting to appoint Dr. Youssef Mosallam the district's first Arab American superintendent.
Mosallam is an educator who served in leadership positions in the Dearborn Public Schools in different capacities for more than two...
