13 of 13 Birmingham schools represented

Informed parents.
Better schools.

PAACT is an independent coalition of Birmingham Public Schools families. We find out what is happening in our schools, share it in plain language, and work to be part of the solution.

Sign the PAACTWho we are

Start here

Three ways to use this site.

01

See the data

The district's and the state's own numbers, school by school, with every source linked.

02

Know the district

How the district is run, what the board discussed and voted on, the rules every school follows, and what the teachers' contract says.

03

Get involved

Add your name, see what is coming up, or tell us what you are seeing at your school.

Our mission

Honest conversation, accurate information, and a real partnership between families and schools.

PAACT (Parents Allied for Accountability, Conduct, and Transparency) is a coalition of families dedicated to building a stronger culture of excellence across Birmingham Public Schools.

Birmingham Public Schools' own strategic plan calls for partnership with families and the community. We believe that vision is worth pursuing, and that there is real distance between where the district says it wants to go and the experience families are having. PAACT exists to help close that gap.

We started with concerns about discipline, behavior, and teacher support, because when those break down, learning does too. Over time we came to understand that those concerns connect to something larger: how the district communicates with families, how it makes decisions about spending and staffing, and whether the transparency it promises is showing up in practice.

We are not here as adversaries. We are here as what the district's own mission describes: an engaged community, showing up. More about PAACT

By the numbers

What the records show.

Three figures from the district's own Spring 2026 climate survey of students and teachers. Each links to the page where you can check it.

1 in 3elementary students said the behavior of other students hurts their learning. That is 34% of Grades 3 through 5 on the district's Spring 2026 climate survey.Climate survey 17%of teacher responses about district leadership were favorable on the same survey, down from 29% the year before.Climate survey 57%of responses from middle and high school students about school safety were favorable. The district's own goal is 90%.Climate survey

Showing our work

Every meeting, every records request, every fee.

Every meeting I took, every records request I filed, and every fee the district charged, from PAACT's launch on April 1 to today. Katherine Brooks sat in most of these meetings with me.

I am a mom of three boys. Two of them play two travel sports each. That is three school drop-off times, three school pick-up times, and a calendar that would hold its own against any parent's. I volunteer at school and I served as a PTA vice president. I have never used my schedule as a reason not to be involved in my kids' education, and I made time for every date on this line.

This line shows meetings, requests and fees only. It does not show the hours spent researching, writing newsletters, building meeting agendas and presentations, interpreting data, updating the website, and following patterns in our district.

0meetings, calls and board meetings
10records requests
$660fees paid
$6,180fees now estimated

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Meeting or callBoard meeting attendedPAACT community meetingRecords request or correspondenceFee charged or paid

Above the line: meetings. Below the line: requests, appeals and fees. Click any dot to see what it was and how long it took.

Dates come from my calendar and from email with the district's FOIA office. Fees are the district's own figures. PAACT takes no position on the November 3 bond.

Education is impossible
without high standards.

You do not have to do much to matter here. Adding your name tells the district this is a community-wide concern.

PAACT · PO Box 626, Birmingham, MI 48012 · paact.birmingham@gmail.com