Crestwood School District (Michigan)

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Crestwood School District
Address
1045 N. Gulley Road [1]
Dearborn Heights
, Wayne , Michigan, 48127
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12 [2]
SuperintendentDr. Youssef Mosallam [3]
Budget$59,912,000 2021-2022 expenditures [2]
NCES District ID 2600016 [2]
Students and staff
Students3,692 (2023-2024) [2]
Teachers232.05 FTE (2023=2024) [2]
Staff462.11 FTE (2023-2024) [2]
Student–teacher ratio15.91 [2]
Other information
Website www.csdm.k12.mi.us

Crestwood School District is a school district in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, serving the northwest portions of the city. [4]

Contents

By 2016 the Arab American student population was increasing due to an influx of Arabs into Dearborn Heights. [5]

History

The district was formed in 1964 from Dearborn Township School District No. 4. [6] Crestwood High School opened during the 1965-1966 school year. [7] At the end of that school year, teachers in the district went on strike, cancelling classes for four days. The dispute was resolved in August of 1966 when teachers agreed to a no-strike pact. [8]

During the 1974-1975 school year, Crestwood School District was involved in another labor dispute with its teachers' union. After their contract expired in August 1971, [9] the district and teachers union could not agree to a new contract due to salary disputes. Teachers went on strike in fall 1974, and on October 22 a court ordered them back to work. They struck again on December 4. That month, police closed the high school due to a bomb threat and failed fire alarm system. [10]

Throughout the district, 180 teachers were fired for disobeying a return-to-work order. On January 6, 1975, classes resumed after 40 cancelled days as replacement teachers attempted to cross the picket line of 300 protesters at Crestwood High School. Fifteen protesters were arrested for blocking the driveway or disorderly conduct, but there was no violence. [11] A court ruled the firings illegal several days later. [12]

The district appealed the rehiring of its fired teachers. At the beginning of the 1975-1976 school year, 160 of the teachers were still seeking reinstatement. [13] In September 1977, Wayne County Circuit Court ruled that of the teachers still contesting their firings, 127 were justly fired and 12 had been illegally fired and were ordered reinstatement with back pay. [14]

In 2013 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that the district had discriminated against Arab Americans and other minority groups while determining which people should be added as staff members, which made it out of compliance with the Civil Rights Act. [15]

Schools

List of schools in Crestwood School District [16]
SchoolAddressNotes
Crestwood High School 1501 N. Beech Daly Rd., Dearborn HeightsGrades 9–12
Riverside Middle School25900 W. Warren, Dearborn HeightsGrades 5–8
Highview Elementary School25225 Richardson St., Dearborn HeightsGrades K–4
Hillcrest Elementary School7500 Vernon St., Dearborn HeightsGrades K–4
Kinloch Elementary School1505 Kinloch, Dearborn HeightsGrades K–4
Crestwood Early Childhood Center1045 N. Gulley Rd., Dearborn HeightsPreschool

References

  1. ↑ Crestwood School District. "Crestwood School District" . Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Crestwood School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  3. ↑ Crestwood School District. "Our District" . Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  4. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Wayne County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Vote Yes: Crestwood Schools bond is a worthy investment Archived 2016-04-28 at the Wayback Machine ." The Arab American News . Thursday April 21, 2016. Retrieved on April 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ Dearborn Historical Museum (May 29, 2020). "Dearborn Historical Museum's Post" . Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  7. ↑ Editorial staff of Crestwood High School yearbook. Lancer 1966 (Crestwood High School Yearbook). p. 1.
  8. ↑ "Teachers sign no-strike pact in Crestwood". Detroit Free Press. August 4, 1966. p. 12A.
  9. ↑ Green, Mattie; Ankeny, Robert (January 6, 1975). "School rifts not new to Crestwood". Detroit Free Press. p. 4A.
  10. ↑ "Teachers try to hold classes at 2 schools". The Muskegon Chronicle (Muskegon, Mich.). Chronicle Wire Services. December 13, 1974. p. 2.
  11. ↑ Associated Press (January 7, 1975). "Big teacher walkout brews". The Herald-Press (St. Joseph, Mich.). p. 1.
  12. ↑ Morse, Susan; Morris, Julie (January 10, 1975). "Court forbids firing of striking teachers". Detroit Free Press . p. B1.
  13. ↑ Morse, Susan; Morris, Julie (September 5, 1975). "E. Detroit teachers return; Livonia contract faces vote". Detroit Free Press. p. A3.
  14. ↑ Morse, Susan (September 17, 1977). "127 Crestwood firings upheld; 12 regain jobs". Detroit Free Press. p. 9C.
  15. ↑ Higgins, Lori (July 18, 2013). "U.S.: Crestwood Schools showed bias". Detroit Free Press . Detroit, Michigan. p. 3A. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ Crestwood School District. "School Directory" . Retrieved April 7, 2025.
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