District overview
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
DeWitt Public Schools serves about 3,100 students in Clinton County, Michigan, at Fuerstenau Early Childhood Center, Schavey Road, Scott and Herbison Woods elementaries, DeWitt Middle School and DeWitt High School. Most day-to-day money comes from Michigan's per-student foundation allowance, so enrollment and the state budget drive revenue. Buildings are paid for separately by voter-approved bonds repaid with a local debt tax. A seven-member Board of Education, elected at large to six-year terms, adopts the budget and policies and oversees Superintendent Kevin Robydek.
The 2026-27 general fund plans $40.8 million in revenue; the state raised the foundation allowance but enrollment dipped by about 23 students.
Spending exceeds revenue by $1.69 million in 2025-26 and $1.29 million in 2026-27, shrinking savings to about $6.3 million.
The 2021 bond paid for high school renovations; a new bond of about $157 million is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Two six-year seats are on the November 2026 ballot.
Auditors gave the 2025-26 books a clean opinion with no findings, and savings were still about 21% of spending at that audit. The deficits are planned draws, not missing money.
Revenue $40,829,365; deficit $1,287,356.
Down from $7,595,410 projected for June 30, 2026.
Planned at the current 10-mill debt rate; exact ballot wording not collected.
Goal is 80%; 55-60% before COVID.
A three-phase plan: Phase I (about $17 million) for a high school auditorium, middle school roof and exterior and districtwide security and technology; Phase II (about $101 million) for a high school fieldhouse, gym, pool and classrooms and middle school cafeteria; Phase III (about $39 million) for elementary parking, cafeteria and gym additions, a Fuerstenau roof and buses.
Proposed bond repaid by the current 10-mill debt levy
High school Phase II renovations ($7.88 million) were finished in summer 2026; a $1.32 million stadium press box, Chromebooks, projectors and furnishings were also bought from bond funds.
2021 voter-approved bond
The district is moving its policies from Neola to Thrun Law Firm templates. New shared handbooks for every school were approved in August 2026; a districtwide student phone policy (5209) is still under committee review.
Operating budget
DeWitt Public Schools
The November 3, 2026 ballot includes two six-year seats on the DeWitt Public Schools Board of Education, now held by Brad Stoddard and by Janelle Brzezinski, who was appointed to finish the term vacated by Jason Hanselman. The candidate list was not found on official pages.
Official source · verified Oct 27, 2026
DeWitt Public Schools · $157,000,000
The board called a bond election for November 3, 2026. The district's planning update describes about $157 million in three phases for additions and repairs at every school, keeping the current 10-mill debt rate. Exact ballot wording was not collected.
Official source · verified Oct 27, 2026
Board and committee minutes from the district's public Google Drive folders (November 2025 to September 2026) and auto-captioned board meeting recordings from the district's YouTube channel, plus the 2026 capital planning update, read in full.
We read every agenda, packet, recording, and set of minutes, and write up the decisions that affect families — each one linked to the document it came from.
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