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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]

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The former George Washington Carver Elementary School, now the Township of Royal Oak Recreation Center Carver Elementary School.JPG
The former George Washington Carver Elementary School, now the Township of Royal Oak Recreation Center

Secondary schools

Elementary schools

Defunct:

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. [2]

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References

  1. "Maps: School Districts: Oak Park City School District" (PDF). Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget . Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  2. 1 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. ISBN   0472030663, 9780472030668. p. 327.