Hamtramck Public Schools

In 2011 the United Way for Southeastern Michigan arranged a program, funded by a $27.1 million General Motors Foundation grant, intended to improve the graduation rate.

[6] In April 2003, George Ward, a former assistant prosecutor with the government of Wayne County, Michigan, investigated the spending practices of the district.

The investigation described how the district spent $80,003 and took 18 months to build the Veterans Memorial Park picnic pavilion.

[9] On Thursday June 24, 2004, the Michigan Department of Education sent a team of academic and financial experts to conduct reviews of the school system.

That year, Paul Stamatakis, the superintendent, stated that a committee was researching how viable it would be for the school district to provide classes for the Arabic and Bengali languages.

M. Kay Siblani of The Arab American News wrote that "Declining enrollment, rising costs and inadequate state funding are straining the system almost beyond repair.

"[11] In 2008 officials from the district announced that they planned to offer vocational programs such as building trades, culinary arts, and computer training and to expand adult education.

The main primary languages of students were English, Bengali (21.8%), Arabic (18.8%), Bosnian (7.5%), Polish (2.4%) and Albanian (1.5%).

[16] Sally Howell, author of "Competing for Muslims: New Strategies for Urban Renewal in Detroit", wrote that "It is difficult to find educators in Hamtramck who speak positively about the challenges this diversity creates.