Wayne-Westland Community Schools Explained

Wayne-Westland Community Schools is a school district headquartered in Westland, Michigan in Metro Detroit.^[1]

The district service area includes all and/or portions of Westland, Wayne, Canton, Dearborn Heights, Inkster, and Romulus.^[2] As of 2012 the district had 12,600 students.^[3]

During the summer of 2013, the Inkster Public Schools District was dissolved.^[4] The Wayne-Westland school district absorbed a portion of the Inkster District.^[5] Students north of Michigan Avenue and west of Middlebelt were rezoned to Wayne-Westland.^[6] As of July 2013, there were 65 registered students, including 34 elementary students, 13 middle school students, and 18 high school students, in Inkster Public Schools who lived within that part of the former Inkster district assigned to Wayne-Westland.^[7]

Schools

High Schools

9-12th gradeZoned

• John Glenn High School (Westland)
• Wayne Memorial High School (Wayne)

Alternative

• William D. Ford Career/Technical Center
• Wayne-Westland Innovative Academy (formerly Tinkham Alternative Education)

Middle Schools

6-8th grade

• Franklin Middle School (Wayne)
• Stevenson Middle School (Westland)
• Adams Middle School (Westland)

Elementary Schools

K-5th grade

• Edison (Westland)
• Elliott (Westland)
• Graham (Westland)
• Hamilton (Westland)
• Hicks (Inkster)
• Roosevelt-McGrath (Wayne)
• Schweitzer (Westland)
• Taft-Galloway (Wayne)
• Walker-Winter (Canton)
• Wildwood (Westland)

Early Childhood/Preschool

• Stottlemyer (Westland)

Former schools

Elementary schools:

• Cady, 121 North Wayne Road, (Westland)
• Cleveland, 34300 Palmer Road (Westland)
• Hoover, 5400 4th Street (Wayne)
• Horace Mann, 4150 Hubbard (Wayne)
• Jackson, 4426 South Venoy
• Jefferson/Barns, 32150 Dorsey (Westland)^[8]
• Kettering (Westland)^[9]
• Lincoln, 33800 Grand Traverse (Westland)^[10]
• Madison, 1075 Carlson (Westland)^[11]
• McKee, Cowan (Westland)
• Monroe, 5021 Biddle (Wayne)
• Norris, 31627 Palmer Road (Westland)
• Patchin, 6420 North Newburg Road (Westland)^[12]
• Sheldon, 45081 Geddes (Canton Twp)
• Tinkham (Westland)
• Titus (Westland)
• Tonquish Warren Rd (Westland)
• Vandenberg,^[13] 32101 Stellwagen (Wayne)
• Woodrow Wilson, 1225 Wildwood (Westland)
• Washington, 35026 Glenwood (Westland)

Junior High Schools:

• Westside 3712 Williams (Wayne)
• Southside 33415 Myrtle (Wayne)
• Northside 3101 Fourth Street (Wayne)
• Nankin Mills Cowan (Westland)
• Marshall 35100 Bayview (Westland)

External links

• Wayne-Westland Community Schools
• School district map (post-2013) - Michigan Center for Geographic Information.
• School district map (pre-2013) - By Shively, J. Michigan Center for Geographic Information, Michigan Department of Information Technology. March 2008.

Notes and References

1. "Contact Us." Wayne-Westland Community Schools. Retrieved on October 28, 2009.
2. "School Attendance Boundaries." Wayne-Westland Community Schools. Retrieved on October 21, 2017. This reflects the school attendance boundary map after the dissolution of Inkster Public Schools. Note the additional territory in Inkster, Michigan.
3. "Home." (Archive) Wayne-Westland Community Schools. Retrieved on November 12, 2012.
4. "Dissolution of Inkster Public Schools." (Archive) Wayne County RESA Board of Education. Retrieved on November 2, 2013.
5. "Home (Archive) Inkster Public Schools. Retrieved on November 2, 2013.
6. Smith, Brian. "Inkster schools first to be dissolved; students split across 4 districts." Mlive. July 26, 2013. Retrieved on November 2, 2013.
7. "INKSTER DISSOLUTION" (Archive) Wayne-Westland Community Schools. Retrieved on April 20, 2014. "The student data that Wayne County RESA has given Wayne-Westland indicates that there are currently 65 students registered and attending Inkster Public Schools within Wayne-Westland's quadrant; K-5 (34), 6-8 (13) and 9-11 (18). "
8. "Jefferson-Barns." Wayne-Westland Community Schools. August 9, 2009. Retrieved on April 20, 2014.
9. "Kettering." Wayne-Westland Community Schools. August 9, 2009. Retrieved on April 20, 2014.
10. "Lincoln." Wayne-Westland Community Schools. August 9, 2009. Retrieved on April 20, 2014.
11. "Madison." Wayne-Westland Community Schools. August 9, 2009. Retrieved on April 20, 2014.
12. "Patchin." Wayne-Westland Community Schools. August 9, 2009. Retrieved on April 20, 2014.
13. "Vandenberg." Wayne-Westland Community Schools. August 9, 2009. Retrieved on April 20, 2014.