Pontiac High School (PHS) is a

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in Pontiac, Michigan. It was formed and reestablished in 2009 from the consolidation of

Pontiac Central High School Pontiac Central High School was one of two public high schools in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. It had been an accredited high school from September 4, 1849, until its closing on June 12, 2009. By December 2008 administrators had plans to con ...

and Pontiac Northern High School. Pontiac High School occupies the former Pontiac Northern High School building. The name “Phoenix” is the name of Pontiac High School that has risen from the ashes.

History

Pontiac High School was established in 1849. When Pontiac Northern High School was established in 1958, Pontiac High School was renamed

. In 2009,

and Pontiac Northern High School consolidated and Pontiac High School was reestablished. Pontiac High School occupies the former Pontiac Northern High School building. The name of Pontiac High School's athletic teams is the ''Phoenix'' to signify Pontiac High as a new school, risen from the ashes, as in the legend of the

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. The nonprofit organization Great Lakes Education Project suggested in 2013 that Pontiac High be closed. By 2017 the Michigan State School Reform Office considered closing the school; in response parents, school district employees, and others in the area attended a rally protesting against the movement to close the school.

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* High schools in Oakland County, Michigan Schools in Pontiac, Michigan Public high schools in Michigan {{Michigan-school-stub