A Stronger Detroit for Our Kids

We are the Detroit Association of Educational Office Employees (DAEOE), an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers. We don't work in the classroom, but the classrooms wouldn't work without us. Our members have dedicated years of time, hard work, and attention to make sure our schools run efficiently and effectively and provide quality educational services for Detroit's students and their families.

Our years of dedicated service to the Detroit Public Schools provide us with valuable experience and motivation for school reform. We know our schools can be improved, and we believe in the potential for success. We have personally invested in Detroit's schools, and we know that strong schools can build a stronger community.

Read our proposal for building stronger Detroit Public Schools.

We want to build a stronger Detroit for our kids

Office employees in the Detroit Public Schools are active and invested, not just in our schools, but in our community as well.

We go above and beyond every day on the job, doing work that is rarely acknowledged or appreciated. We do everything we can to keep our schools functioning and all we ask in return is the right to keep doing the work that we love.

We are also your neighbors, fellow parishioners and friends. We live here, shop here, and go to church here. Detroit is part of our past, and we look forward to being part of a stronger future for Detroit.

But right now, the Emergency Financial Manager of the Detroit Public Schools is threatening to outsource our jobs, replacing us with private contractors.

Eliminating dedicated employees who are invested in the children and schools of Detroit is not the right solution to Detroit’s struggles.

Privatization will hurt the community and, most importantly, the children of Detroit.

We have a better idea. We work in the schools. We know what is working, what is not working, how to save money, and how to improve services for the community. We are working together to identify cost-saving and service-improving ideas. We are asking the Emergency Financial Manager of Detroit Public Schools to work with us in a cooperative and colllaborative relationship to make Detroit public schools stronger.

To learn more about what we do in the schools, how our struggle affects the whole Detroit community, and our plan to save money for DPS while improving services for the community check-out Our Plan and view the profiles of DAEOE members, Detroit's Heroes.