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This is a list of schools closed by the Detroit Public Schools Community District. There have been about 200 school closures since 2000. There have been about 200 school closures since 2000. Some have been repurposed, while others were torn down, most remain vacant though, although the exact number is unclear.
In the mid-2000s, due to dwindling attendance, five elementary schools closed their doors: Bertha Vos, Glenn Loomis, Norris, Oak Park, and Sabin Elementary schools. Also, up until the 2009–10 school year, elementary schools in the district had grades K-6, junior high schools had 7–9, and senior highs had 10–12.
For a several-year period ending in 2013, the district had declining enrollment. In the 2012–2013 school year the district lost over 500 students. As of 2013, the district had a $12 million deficit. To deal with the deficit, the district proposed converting Inkster High School into a charter school and only directly operating the K-8 schools. [4]
Consolidation of the district's administrative offices was proposed, as well as relocation to a closed elementary school. [3] On December 15, 2009, the board elected to close five (5) elementary schools beginning with the 2010-2011 school year. The schools chosen for closure were Chippewassee, Longview, Parkdale, Mills, and Cook.
The school closed in 2013. Covenant House Michigan acquired the school building in 2013 for $400,000. [38] Since July 2013 the building served as the Covenant House Academy Grand Rapids. [23] Covell Elementary School - It closed in 2013, with Stocking Elementary School, another campus previously closed, re-opening in its place. [23]
Hundreds of metro Detroit schools, and the Grosse Ile Toll Bridge, are closed; and the National Weather Service has issued a winter advisory for much of southeast Michigan until the late afternoon ...
Flint Community Schools is a school district headquartered in Flint, Michigan, United States.Its boundary includes almost all of the city limits. [1]For the 2011-2012 school year, the Flint Community Schools had both middle schools, four elementary schools and one high school placed in the bottom 5% of all schools in the State of Michigan based on student achievement and attendance. [2]
Due to declining enrollment, the school became a middle school at the beginning of the 2007/2008 school year. Dondero was closed following the 2005-06 school year to allow for renovations, and district high school students from both Dondero and Kimball High School were consolidated. [ 3 ]