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Oakland Schools (OS) is the intermediate school district serving Oakland County, Michigan in Metro Detroit. The headquarters is located in Waterford Township. [1]

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As of 2013, within Oakland County the district serves 28 local school districts, 19 public school academies, and 111 nonpublic school buildings. [2]

History

In 1962 Oakland Schools was established. [3]

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. [4] 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. [5]

Due to decreased property values, in 2009 the district announced that furloughs, layoffs, and wage freezes would occur. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us Archived March 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ." Oakland Schools. Retrieved on December 3, 2013. "Oakland Schools 2111 Pontiac Lake Road Waterford, MI 48328"
  2. ↑ "What We Do." (Archive) Oakland Schools. Retrieved on December 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Who We Are." (Archive) Oakland Schools. Retrieved on December 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Oakland Schools reroutes requests by public." The Detroit News . October 20, 2003. Retrieved on December 3, 2013. ID: det17493674.
  5. ↑ "Oakland Schools demotes chief." The Detroit News . October 28, 2003. Retrieved on December 3, 2013. ID: det17551756.
  6. ↑ Foley, Aaron. "Oakland Schools intermediate school district gets layoffs, wage freezes, furloughs." (Archive) MLive . September 10, 2009. Retrieved on December 3, 2013.

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