Oak Park School District Explained

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.^[1]

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 (Royal Oak Township) - Joined in 1960, closed in 1982^[2]
• 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.

External links

• Oak Park School District

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maps: School Districts: Oak Park City School District . 2024-07-15 . .
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., 9780472030668. p. 327.