The Oak Park School District is a school district headquartered in

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. The district serves most of Oak Park, portions of Southfield, and half of

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consolidated the majority black George Washington Carver School District, along with its elementary school, into the Oak Park School District because the Carver district no longer had sufficient taxes to pay for a senior high school services, and no area school districts voluntarily took its students for high school.State of Michigan. "Carver Elementary School" In: Ashlee, Laura Rose (editor). ''Traveling Through Time: A Guide to Michigan's Historical Markers''.

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Schools

Secondary schools * Oak Park High School (9-12) *Oak Park Preparatory Academy (6-8) Elementary schools *Einstein *Key *Pepper Defunct: *George Washington Carver Elementary School (

) - Joined in 1960, closed in 1982 * Oak Park Freshman Institute

References

External links

Oak Park School District
School districts in Michigan Education in Oakland County, Michigan Southfield, Michigan {{Michigan-school-stub