School Board candidate Aman Fidama is first Yemeni American woman to run for office in Michigan

September 15th, 20180 DEARBORN – More than half of the candidates running for two seats on the Dearborn Board of Education are of Arab origin, with one of them – Aman (Amy) Fidama – being the first Yemeni American woman to run for office in Michigan. Two six-year seats are up for grabs and voters will determine who’ll fill them on November...

Dearborn’s aging public schools need over $160 million in infrastructure upgrades, rebuilds

August 17th, 20180 DEARBORN – More than a dozen of the city’s 29 public schools will turn a century old between 2020 and 2030, according to Dearborn Public Schools Communication Director Dave Mustonen. The district’s operations department has determined that more than $160 million in maintenance and repair is needed to update the schools,...