NOVI — The Novi Community School District Board of Education approved a contract with Ben Mainka to serve as district superintendent during the board’s regular meeting July 14.

ROSEVILLE/EASTPOINTE — Even though the calendar reads July, Roseville Community Schools and Eastpointe Community Schools have been welcoming students to class.

FERNDALE — A Ferndale-based tech company will be giving away 10 firearm detection devices to school districts.

METRO DETROIT — School districts statewide will receive more in per-pupil funding during the 2022-2023 school year.

WARREN — Even though the calendar reads July, Briarwood Elementary School and Enterprise High School have been welcoming students to class in Warren Woods Public Schools this summer.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Over the course of the past seven months, West Bloomfield resident Adedoyin Adebayo has graduated from both high school and college and has been accepted into Harvard University.

MADISON HEIGHTS — Albert Morrison, the former board president of the Madison District Public Schools, who in April was indicted on federal charges of tax evasion and failure to file tax returns, now faces an additional charge of conspiracy to commit bribery.

CLAWSON/ROYAL OAK — Come fall, students will see three new administrators in the Clawson and Royal Oak public school districts.

EASTPOINTE — Eastpointe Community Schools has entered into a partnership with Northern Michigan University to provide a pathway to teaching certification for district staff members.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — There’s a new face at the head of Clintondale Middle School. Maria Romain, the former assistant principal at Clintondale High School, is the new middle school principal.

NOVI — After a lengthy interview process, the Novi Community School District Board of Education voted unanimously to select Benjamin Mainka as its next superintendent during a meeting June 30.

TROY — Troy Public Schools Board of Education Trustee Steve Gottlieb has been elected to the Oakland County Board of Education by the boards of Oakland County’s 28 school districts. Gottlieb will serve for a six-year term that began July 1.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The National Park Service might bring to mind rustic, wild places like Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon, but would you believe there’s also a connection to places like historical museums and automotive plants?

FERNDALE — The new superintendent of Ferndale Public Schools is ready and excited to get to work.

DETROIT/GROSSE POINTES — A future Frida Kahlo or Claude Monet could be showing their early work at the Detroit Institute of Arts right now.

SOUTHFIELD — A month on from the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, officials at school districts and police departments nationwide continue to process the event and look at their own preparedness for the worst-case scenario.

WARREN — The Fitzgerald Public Schools Board of Education recently got a closer view of two programs in the district.

WARREN — Since 1986, Warren Woods Public Schools alumni have teed up on the golf course for the annual Ralph Weibel Alumni Golf Outing.

CENTER LINE/WARREN/STERLING HEIGHTS — This past month, a celebratory mood was felt throughout communities as local high school students graduated and received their diplomas.

KEEGO HARBOR — Shortly before the end of the school year, parents of Roosevelt Elementary School students were informed that their children would have to learn remotely for the remainder of the school term.