Oakland Schools Explained

Oakland Schools (OS) is the intermediate school district serving Oakland County, Michigan. The intermediate district serves 28 local school districts in the suburbs of Detroit, and is headquartered in Waterford Township.^[1]

History

In 1962 Oakland Schools was established.^[2]

In October 2003 the lawyer for the intermediate school district began handling Freedom of Information Act instead of the communications department of the district. This occurred after the district received criticism accusing it of withholding documents from the public.^[3] Later that month the Oakland Schools board of education removed James Redmond from his position of superintendent because he had used district funds to pay for personal flying lessons and for arranging $680,000 in buyouts. The board installed Dan Austin as acting superintendent.^[4]

Due to decreased property values, in 2009 the district announced that furloughs, layoffs, and wage freezes would occur.^[5]

Districts

• Avondale School District
• Berkley School District
• Birmingham Public Schools
• Bloomfield Hills Schools
• Brandon School District
• Clarenceville School District
• Clarkston Community Schools
• Clawson Public Schools
• Farmington Public Schools
• Ferndale Public Schools
• Hazel Park Schools
• Holly Area Schools
• Huron Valley Schools
• Lake Orion Community Schools
• Lamphere Public Schools
• Madison District Public Schools
• Novi Community Schools
• Oak Park Schools
• Oxford Community Schools
• School District of the City of Pontiac
• Rochester Community Schools
• Royal Oak Schools
• South Lyon Community Schools
• Southfield Public Schools
• Troy School District
• Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
• Waterford School District
• West Bloomfield School District

Further reading

• "Intermediate Districts Require Immediate Reform." The Detroit News. September 22, 2003. ID: det17290884. "The Oakland Schools board plans to return money it improperly diverted from student programs. But the effort is too little, too late. And it certainly doesn't satisfy the call to reform the troubled intermediate district. The board rerouted money earmarked for special education students to build officials a swell new $30 million headquarters, opened this year. Needy students were cheated. But the board was called on its wrongheaded move and now plans to put the money back where it[...]"

External links

• Oakland Schools

Notes and References

1. "Contact Us ." Oakland Schools. Retrieved on December 3, 2013. "Oakland Schools 2111 Pontiac Lake Road Waterford, MI 48328"
2. "Who We Are." (Archive) Oakland Schools. Retrieved on December 5, 2013.
3. "Oakland Schools reroutes requests by public." The Detroit News. October 20, 2003. Retrieved on December 3, 2013. ID: det17493674.
4. "Oakland Schools demotes chief." The Detroit News. October 28, 2003. Retrieved on December 3, 2013. ID: det17551756.
5. Foley, Aaron. "Oakland Schools intermediate school district gets layoffs, wage freezes, furloughs." (Archive) MLive. September 10, 2009. Retrieved on December 3, 2013.