[2] The municipality's name had changed to Eastpointe from East Detroit in 1991, but at the time the school district's name remained the same.
According to a 2017 press release, the school district had retained its original name "as a nod to the rich history of the community".
During that year the district opened up a school of choice program for grades K-8 so that anyone from Macomb County may apply to attend East Detroit schools.
[4] On November 8, 2013, David Zauner, a teacher at East Detroit High School, dove into a pool to rescue a 14-year-old student who was drowning.
In June 2014 Zauner accused the school district and John Rizzo, the school's assistant principal and athletic director, of retaliating against him for cooperating with a police investigation about the incident; Zauner is suing the district and Rizzo.