Hi Zeyrek,

You should consider living around Midtown [[or one of the more stable Detroit neighbourhoods with large houses and yards, if you can afford it and want to take a risk with crime).

For schools I think private is the way to go if you are living within Detroit, do you have a religous affiliation? There are several alrite faith based schools around. It also depends on how far you want to travel to drop off/pick up the children.