Novi Community School District Explained

Address:25345 Taft Road
City:Novi
State:Michigan
Zipcode:48374
Country:United States
Type:Public
Grades:PreK–12
Students:6,580
Teachers:415.99 (FTE)
Staff:269.3 (FTE)
Ratio:15.82

Novi Community School District is a public school district in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan, serving most of Novi and portions of Wixom.[1]

The board of education includes a president, a vice president, a secretary, a treasurer, and four members.[2] As of 2022 Ben Mainka is the district superintendent.[3]

History

In 1990 the district began offering the "Here Comes the Bus System," an invention which alerts parents that the school bus is within 2miles of the bus stop so that students do not have to wait for long periods of time at bus stops. Parents could pay $25 (about $ when adjusted for inflation) per year and a deposit in order to use the service.[4] In the decade leading up to 2005, the school district's enrollment increased from 3,790 to 6,150 and the budget increased from $29 million (about $ when adjusted for inflation) to $60 million (about $ when adjusted for inflation). Around 2005 district administrators anticipated that newly established housing developments in northern and western Novi would add 1,600 houses to the district.[5] In 2005 the school district proposed giving random drug tests to students involved in all extracurricular activities.[6]

In 2010, the Japanese School of Detroit (JSD), a supplementary educational institution that offers Japanese classes on Saturdays, announced that it was relocating to Novi. It entered into a 10-year agreement with the school district and began to use Novi Meadows Elementary School to conduct classes.[7] It moved in the northern hemisphere summer of 2011. Superintendent Steve Matthews said that he expected for the Japanese population in the school district to increase due to the move of JSD.[8]

After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami occurred, the school district advised school staff to be sensitive to students who may have been affected by the disaster, as many of the district's students were Japanese or of Japanese descent.[9]

Demographics

See also: History of the Japanese in Metro Detroit. As of December 2010, the district has about 6,300 students.[7] As of March 2011, of the student body, over 1,700 are Japanese American and Japanese national students.[9] In December 2011 the district estimated that 5% of its students were Japanese nationals.[8] As of 2015 Kazuyuki Katayama (片山 和之 Katayama Kazuyuki), the Japanese Consul General in Detroit, stated that he heard that there were 400 Japanese national students in the Novi school system.[10]

Many parents of these students have jobs with automobile industry firms. Peter Dion, the superintendent, said in March 2011 that many of the Japanese students come to the Novi School District, attend the district for several years, and then move back to Japan.[9] There are no full-time Japanese schools in Metro Detroit, so Japanese national students attend American schools.[11]

Schools

NCSD owns and operates 8 schools, and is in the process of building its ninth.

High school

Middle schools

Elementary schools

Preschools

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maps: School Districts: Novi Community School District . 2024-07-15 . .
  2. "NCSD: Board of Education. Novi Community School District. Retrieved on April 14, 2011.
  3. "Administration." Novi Community School District. Retrieved on April 14, 2011.
  4. Web site: Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com. 2019-09-27.
  5. "Novi district seeks new chief." The Detroit News. February 2, 2005. Retrieved on April 17, 2011.
  6. "Debate on random drug testing of students returns to Novi." The Detroit News. May 23, 2005. Retrieved on April 17, 2011.
  7. " Japanese School of Detroit to relocate to Novi." (Archive, PDF version, Archive) Novi Community School District. December 16, 2010. Retrieved on April 17, 2011.
  8. Burden, Melissa. " 'Little Tokyo' thrives in Novi as Japanese population expands." (Archive) The Detroit News (posted at Northern Equities Group). Monday December 19, 2011. Nation p. A1. Retrieved on November 7, 2012. Available in the archives of The Detroit News and in NewsBank as 'Little Tokyo' thrives in Oakland", Document ID: det-129398628
  9. "Novi Area Home To Many Affected By Earthquake In Japan." (Archive) WWJ-TV. March 11, 2011. Retrieved on April 13, 2011.
  10. "Novi Educational Foundation’s 9th Annual Green Gala" (Archive). Consulate-General of Japan in Detroit. March 28, 2015. Retrieved on January 2, 2016.
  11. "HANDBOOK For Teachers of Japanese Students." (Archive) Japanese School of Detroit. 7 (7/12). Retrieved on April 17, 2011. "Japanese children who come here with their parents attend their neighborhood local schools, since there are no full-time Japanese schools in the area."
  12. "About Us." Novi High School. Retrieved on April 14, 2011.

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