Future City competition underway for 30 Detroit Public Schools

A record number of Detroit schools -- 30 -- are competing the Engineering Society of Detroit's annual Michigan Regional Future City Competition. The seventh and eighth graders are challenged to design a city of the future, which encourages interest in math, science and engineering.

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This brings the number of Future City schools to 65 with a total of almost 2,000 students vying for the number one spot and the opportunity to participate in the national competition. 

"This is by far going to be our best Future City competition yet," said Ron Smith, director of education for ESD. "We are very excited and encouraged by the record turnout from the Detroit schools and hope that this competition will open new possibilities for students. We are also grateful to all our donors for allowing us the opportunity to involve more schools in Michigan."

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