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School district in Michigan For the Illinois school district, see Oak Park Elementary School District 97. For the California school district, see Oak Park Unified School District.

The Oak Park School District is a public school district in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan, serving most of Oak Park, and portions of Royal Oak Township and Southfield.

Schools

The former George Washington Carver Elementary School, now the Township of Royal Oak Recreation Center

Secondary schools

Elementary schools

  • Einstein
  • Key
  • Pepper

Defunct:

  • George Washington Carver Elementary School (Royal Oak Township) - Joined in 1960, closed in 1982
  • Oak Park Freshman Institute

In 1960, Governor of Michigan G. Mennen Williams 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.

References

  1. "Maps: School Districts: Oak Park City School District" (PDF). Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  2. ^ State of Michigan. "Carver Elementary School" In: Ashlee, Laura Rose (editor). Traveling Through Time: A Guide to Michigan's Historical Markers. University of Michigan Press, 2005. ISBN 0472030663, 9780472030668. p. 327.

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Southfield, Michigan
Education
Primary and secondary schools
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Defunct
  • Southfield-Lathrup HS
  • Private schools
    Other education
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  • Duns Scotus College
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  • Northland Center
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