NOVI — The student council at Novi High School voted to honor some of the district’s unsung heroes in this year’s homecoming parade, which took place Sept. 29.

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — The Rochester Community Schools Board of Education has selected Jayson Blake as its new trustee.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — In the vivid world of Julian Gagnon’s imagination, if the Detroit River could sing, “She would sing me awake in the painted blue morning.”

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Grosse Pointe Board of Education is getting started on its search for a new superintendent.

ROYAL OAK — In her State of the Schools address Sept. 28, Royal Oak Schools Superintendent Mary Beth Fitzpatrick addressed a new strategic plan for the district’s next five years, up to 2028.

EASTPOINTE — This fall, a total of 169 Eastpointe High School and Eastpointe Middle School students are involved in after-school athletics.

EASTPOINTE — A total of 35 Chromebook carts are on order for Eastpointe High School, and as soon as they arrive, each classroom at EHS will get one.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Roosevelt Elementary School in Keego Harbor has been the subject of controversy for years, and the saga took another turn at a West Bloomfield School District Board of Education meeting Sept. 18.

NOVI — Detroit Catholic Central has unveiled a new dual enrollment program this fall with one of its educators facilitating a Northwood University course for high school students.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Grosse Pointe Board of Education has chosen the firm that will lead its search for a new superintendent for the Grosse Pointe Public School System.

MACOMB COUNTY — Since opening up the Center Line High School Academies in 2016, school officials have partnered with several local businesses to better prepare students for the workforce.

EASTPOINTE/DETROIT — Two former Eastpointe Community Schools administrators have filed lawsuits against the district and its superintendent alleging they were discriminated against because of their race.

NOVI — Students and staff at Novi Meadows Elementary School, which serves the fifth and sixth grades, are starting the year off in a brand-new building. The school building sits high upon a hill facing Taft Road, on what was once a parking lot, like a gem for all to see.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Lakeview Public Schools will be introducing K-9 units this school year to keep students safe and prevent anything dangerous from coming into the school buildings.

ROYAL OAK — Northwood Elementary School’s new principal is excited to be starting her dream job.

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — John Silveri was selected to temporarily replace former Rochester Community Schools Superintendent Robert Shaner while a search for a permanent district leader takes place.

GROSSE POINTES — Students won’t have to start the school day hungry anymore.

GROSSE POINTES — Grosse Pointe Board of Education member David Brumbaugh remembers visiting Brownell Middle School with Grosse Pointe Public School System Superintendent Jon Dean one year.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — The Grosse Pointe Board of Education says Grosse Pointe Public School System Superintendent Jon Dean is the one who decided to step down from his role and into a consulting position for the new school year.

WARREN — With their tails wagging behind them, Binx and Intel are ready for the new school year in Van Dyke Public Schools, which began Aug. 28.