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Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Ferndale Students Complete Drone Training Program, Earn Certifications and Prize Money (wrif.com) — More than 30 Ferndale Public Schools students just finished a paid Drone Apprenticeship Program, earning certifications, prize money, and even summer jobs. Middle schoolers built and raced land drones, while high schoolers managed events, filming, and data analytics, giving local teens hands-on tech skills tied to real career pathways.
2. Multiracial students made up 7% of Ferndale Lower Elementary Campus enrollment in 2024-25 (seoaklandnews.com) — Families with kids at Ferndale Lower Elementary can see how enrollment is changing, with 36 multiracial students now making up 7% of the 517-student body. The article tracks a decade of demographic shifts in Ferndale Public Schools and notes broader statewide enrollment declines since before the pandemic.
3. Grammy-winning dance music veteran launches new live performance collective (theoaklandpress.com) — Ferndale gets a notable shoutout as hometown to jazz legend Ron Carter and base for mixer Dave Darlington, both key players in Dennis White's new Latroit House Ensemble. The project reimagines classic house tracks as live-band arrangements, drawing on White's Detroit roots and global collaborators while aiming for future shows and a follow-up volume in 2027.
4. DPSCD special education changes aim to help families. Did they? (bridgedetroit.com) — Ferndale schools appear here as one of the nearby districts a Detroit mom is eyeing after struggling with special education changes in Detroit Public Schools. The story explains how DPSCD's new hub model, staffing shortages, and funding limits affect services, and why rules around Schools of Choice and cost-sharing keep some families effectively locked into their home district.
5. As Flock camera backlash grows, vandalism incidents mount in Metro Detroit (detroitnews.com) — Ferndale is among several Metro Detroit communities that have canceled contracts for Flock license plate reader cameras amid mounting privacy concerns, even as vandalism of the devices rises across Oakland County. The story details recent camera damage, arrests, and the growing clash between police who praise Flock's crime-fighting tools and residents and advocates alarmed by expanded surveillance.
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