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🌱 Patch AM: How Barnard Elementary’s enrollment is shifting within Troy School District

Also, don't miss Wine & Cheese Open House on the Troy Patch calendar

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Hello again Troy! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Barnard Elementary's enrollment is shifting within Troy School District
  • How did Troy's defense shine despite a season-opening football loss?
  • Troy firm lands multimillion-dollar Army contract for storage system upgrades.

Also on today's calendar: Wine & Cheese Open House and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: A couple of thundershowers, with a high of 81 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Monday: Warm with clouds and sun, temps: high: 85, low: 71.
  • Tuesday: A stray t-storm; very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• 186 white students enrolled at Barnard Elementary School in 2024-25 (seoaklandnews.com) — Barnard Elementary, part of Troy School District, enrolled 186 white students in 2024-25, making up 46.5% of its 400-student body and continuing a decade-long demographic shift. The article also places these changes in the context of districtwide and statewide enrollment declines since before the pandemic.
   

• Football Roundup: Orchard Lake St. Mary's overcomes deficit, pulls out late win against Mona Shores (theoaklandpress.com) — Troy High's football team opened the season with a tough 13-6 road loss to Grosse Pointe North, despite a strong defensive showing from linebacker Jordan Goka and a solid passing night by quarterback Brayden Selimi. The roundup also highlights other Week 1 prep football results from around metro Detroit, giving Troy fans a sense of how neighboring programs started their seasons.
   

• Navy Awards BAE Systems $167.5M MK 41 Launch System Contract (clearancejobs.com) — A Troy-based company, Intellistore Inc., has been awarded an $18.7 million Army contract to modernize automated storage and retrieval systems, with work taking place in Alabama. The broader report details multiple large Air Force, Navy, Army, and defense agency contracts nationwide, but this award underscores Troy's role in federal defense-related logistics technology.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Sunday August 30
  • Antiques & Collectibles Market →
    City of Royal Oak - Community Events Royal Oak Farmers Market - 316 E 11 Mile Road Royal Oak MI 48067
    8:00 am
  • First Pour: New Releases with Domaine Berrien Cellars
    Greater Royal Oak Chamber-Commerce Michigan by the Bottle Royal Oak
    12:00 pm
  • Teen Defensive Driving Essentials
    Auburn Hills Chamber-Commerce Oakland Community College Auburn Hills Campus 2900 Featherstone
    1:00 pm
  • Reserved →
    Rochester Calendar Rochester, MI 48307
    2:00 pm
  • Hotel Royal Oak - Sunday Summer Concert Series
    Greater Royal Oak Chamber-Commerce 811 E. 11 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48067
    4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Continental Service Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Food Operations Associate - PT in Troy. Apply here.
  • American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. posted a job opening for AE - Stock Associate - Evening (Off-Hours) in Troy. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Troy here.

🗞 Nearby News

Clawson

  • Soko by Baobab Fare Brings Coffee + Culture from Burundi to Detroit (baristamagazine.com)
  • Lipscomb scores seven TDs in Fitzgerald's rout of Warren Mott; Utica cruises past Cousino; Lutheran North edges Madison; Port Huron outlasts Anchor Bay in 2 OTs (macombdaily.com)

Birmingham

  • Haley Stevens shares engagement news after Senate primary (wlns.com)
  • Mikaela Mayer vs Chantelle Cameron: Full card results on Aug. 29 (bigfightweekend.com)
  • Birmingham City Council To Ban British And St George's Flags 'to Protect Public Safety' (nybreaking.com)

Ok Troy! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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