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Allen Park School District
Allen Park Public Schools is a school district in Allen Park, Michigan, United States. The school district first opened Lapham School north of Southfield on Horger Street. It was a K-8 school, and students would end up going to a Detroit public high school after Lapham. They later opened Allen Park High on Champaign Rd. in 1950. They also built five Elementary Schools and one middle school in the 1960s. North Junior High was on Allen Rd. in front of Pretty Family Park, and later became an office building. The 5 Elementary schools were- * Sudman, on Philomene Blvd. (1946-1984) * Riley, on Moore (Later became Community School for students needing special education, and the location of school district) * Bennie, Next to Allen Park High School * Lindemann, on Carter near Wick * Arno, near Markese. The school district eventually closed Lapham and turned it into the school district office and community center. The school district later closed Sudman, tearing it down and leaving th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School District
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, which usually operate several schools, and the largest urban and suburban districts operate hundreds of schools. While practice varies significantly by state (and in some cases, within a state), most American school districts operate as independent local governmental units under a grant of authority and within geographic limits created by state law. The executive and legislative power over locally controlled policies and operations of an independent school district are, in most cases, held by a school district's board of education. Depending on state law, members of a local board of education (often referred to informally as a school board) may be elected, appointed by a political office holder, serve ex officio, or a combination of any of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |