This little clip was in today's Detroit Free Press.

Firms tapped for school construction, renovation
Three companies will jointly manage Detroit Public Schools' $500.5-million school construction and renovation program, district officials said Wednesday. The selection is pending final negotiations with the companies.
The district's construction program is to build eight schools and renovate 10 others over the next three years.
The companies are Walbridge, a construction firm headquartered in Detroit; Brailsford & Dunlavey, a Washington-based program and construction management firm, and Fanning Howey, an educational planning and architectural firm with an office in Novi.
The CEOs of the three firms will report to Robert Bobb, the DPS emergency financial manager.

This is pretty exciting. I wonder what 10 schools are going to be renovated. Well here is a thread to discuss the renovations and the 8 schools that are being built.