Flushing High School (Michigan)

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Flushing High School
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Flushing High School (Michigan)
5039 Deland Rd

Flushing
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48433

Coordinates 43°04′33″N83°50′38″W / 43.0758°N 83.844°W / 43.0758; -83.844
Information
School district Flushing Community Schools
SuperintendentMatt Shanafelt
PrincipalKevin Foltz
Staff68.07 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,275 (2021–22) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.73 [1]
Color(s)  
Athletics conference Flint Metro League, MHSAA
Nickname Raiders
Website www.flushingschools.org/Domain/474

Flushing High School is a four-year public high school in Flushing, Michigan, U.S.A. It is operated by Flushing Community Schools.

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Its sports teams are known as the Raiders. Colors: Orange and Black. The principal is Kevin Foltz. Its newspaper is titled The Blazer and its yearbook is titled Perannos.

History

On March 19, 1930, 125 students walked out of the high school to protest the school board's firing of superintendent Herbert V. Truemner. Truemner had been dismissed by the school board to take place at the end of the school year. The high school had 190 students at the time. [2] [3]

In 1998, the collapse of a cinder block wall in a new auditorium under construction at the school killed four construction workers. [4] [5] [6]

In January 2020, Flushing High School opened a brand new gymnasium and weight center, called the Raider Fieldhouse. [7]

Feeder schools

Middle schools

Elementary schools

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. "Pupils Strike in Michigan School". The New York Times. March 20, 1930. p. 16. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
  3. "20 Mar 1930, Page 1 - The Escanaba Daily Press at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  4. Four workers killed when wall collapses. Wichita Eagle, The (Wichita, Kansas), August 25, 1998, Page 3A
  5. SCHOOL AUDITORIUM WALL CRUSHES WORKERS. Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), August 25, 1998, Page A3
  6. Wall collapses at school, killing 4, injuring 2. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 25, 1998
  7. "Flushing preparing to open $9 million-plus Raider Fieldhouse that's unlike anything in Flint area". mlive. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
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