Thank you Northville Schools Community!

On Tuesday November 7, 2017, the Northville Public Schools community overwhelmingly supported a $104.85 million bond proposal to upgrade Northville Public Schools’ aging facilities, enhance existing building security, and provide modern learning environments across the district – all while maintaining the current debt millage rate for taxpayers.

Bond Update June 2021

We are grateful for the tremendous support of our community in the passage of Bond 2017, which has allowed Northville Public Schools to reimagine the learning environments and spaces in our schools, enhance building security, and upgrade school facilities. Over the course of three years, many of our classrooms, media centers, and labs have been renovated to maximize student potential. These improvements consist of furniture that gives freedom to collaborate with peers, technology that provides opportunities for learning in small and large group settings with audio and visual enhancements, and the addition of large spaces such as the state of the art NHS fitness center and a major addition and renovation at Hillside that is modern, inviting and vibrant. Thank you, voters, for your support of the exceptional work that takes place across all of our schools, and for your devotion to the education of Northville’s youth.

This summer, the final phases of Bond 2017 are coming to fruition, as Cooke, Silver Springs, Winchester undergo major renovations, and Ridge Wood Elementary School is refreshed!  Other projects continuing this summer include furniture installation at Northville High School and the demolition of the east portion of the building at Hillside Middle School, to be replaced by a new front entrance and parking lot.

Cooke 

Cooke’s programmatic improvements will be primarily funded by Act 18 Special Education dollars, while facility/infrastructure improvements will be funded through the bond proposal.

The Bond project will transform classrooms and learning spaces by replacing old, outdated furniture with flexible furniture to support a variety of instructional strategies and student learning needs.  A new main entrance vestibule will be created to increase security

Cooke’s upgrade of mechanical and lighting infrastructure will enhance the building’s learning environment and longevity of the building’s systems. The replacement of doors and the flooring of the cafeteria are also planned during the renovation

Silver Springs

Silver Springs will also receive renovations to classrooms and learning spaces replacing interior finishes and casework and upgrades to the media center allowing a common area for collaborative learning with modern media materials and technology. A designated Maker Space will be incorporated into the building. Classrooms will also receive walls in the place of classroom partitions and installation of new doors. 

Silver Spring’s main office will be relocated to increase security and proximity to the main entrance. Electrical and plumbing infrastructure will be a focus during the renovation along with other mechanical system upgrades. The upper parking lot will be replaced and LED site lighting installed. 

Winchester

Winchester will receive renovations to classrooms and the media center which includes redesigned spaces for collaborative learning and updated technology. A designated Maker Space will be incorporated into the building. Classrooms will receive walls as upgrades to current classroom partitions. Flexible furniture replaced older furniture in the beginning phases of the Bond work. Winchester’s main entrance vestibule will be remodeled to increase security. Lighting infrastructure and mechanical systems will be upgraded to enhance the learning environments and provide longevity to the building’s systems.

Ridge Wood

Ridge Wood’s renovations will include the replacement of interior finishes in classrooms and learning spaces and upgrades to the media center allowing a common area for collaborative learning with modern media materials and technology. A Maker Space is being created within the building. Flexible furniture replaced older furniture in the beginning phases of the Bond work. A remodeled main entrance vestibule will increase security and upgraded mechanical systems will enhance the school building environments and provide longevity of the infrastructure.

Hillside

Hillside’s newest addition was completed and students transitioned into the vibrant and bright classrooms in January of 2021. The addition boasts a large cafeteria doubling as a multi-use space with a stage, new instrumental rooms with plenty of storage, and open spaces that can be used as learning spaces equipped with flexible seating and technology. Vibrant paint colors in the halls and classrooms will assist students with navigating the new space and create an energizing space for learning. In the coming months, the office staff, administration, and counselors will transition to the new offices along the new front entrance and parking lot.

Northville High School

This summer, Northville High School will see the replacement of classroom furniture out of the Bond project, and from the Sinking Fund project improvements will be made on the tennis courts along with refinishing the main gym floor.