Tawas Area Schools

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Tawas Area Schools
Address
245 West M-55 [1]
Tawas City
, Iosco County , Michigan, 48763
United States
District information
GradesPreKindergarten–12
SuperintendentSarah Danek [2]
Schools3 [1]
Budget$14,633,000 2021-2022 expenditures [1]
NCES District ID 2633510 [1]
Students and staff
Students1,124 (2024-2025) [1]
Teachers60.72 (on an FTE basis) (2024-2025) [1]
Staff140.98 FTE (2024-2025) [1]
Student–teacher ratio18.51 (2024-2025) [1]
District mascotBraves [3]
Other information
Website www.tawas.net

Tawas Area Schools is a public school district in Northern Michigan. In Iosco County, it serves Tawas City, East Tawas, the townships of Alabaster, Baldwin, and Tawas, and parts of the townships of Au Sable, Grant, Sherman, and Wilber. [4] In Arenac County, it serves part Whitney Township. [5]

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History

Tawas City's first school was established in 1863 above a store. In 1868, a dedicated schoolhouse was built. [6]

In 1952, thirteen school districts merged to form Tawas Area Schools. [7] The new district set to creating a merged high school. In February 1954, a full-page advertisement was purchased in The Bay City Times asking voters to approve the new Tawas Area High School. [8] High school students began using the new high school in February 1957, with junior high students to begin attending in fall 1957. [9] The architect was H.E. Beyster and Associates. [10]

One of the districts that consolidated contained Alabaster School in Alabaster Township, built in 1924. It also held a high school, which closed in 1944. As an elementary school in Tawas Area Schools, it closed in October 1962. [11]

Clara B. Bolen Elementary opened in fall 1991, and was named after a long-serving teacher in the district. [12]

Schools

Schools in Tawas Area Schools district share a campus on M-55 on the west side of Tawas City. [3]

Schools in Tawas Area Schools district [3] [1]
SchoolAddressNotes
Tawas Area High School255 W M-55, Tawas CityGrades 9–12. Built 1957. [9]
Tawas Area Middle School255 W M-55, Tawas CityGrades 5-8. Shares a building with Tawas Area High School.
Clara B. Bolen Elementary211 S Plank Road, Tawas CityGrades PreK-4. Built 1991. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Tawas Area Schools". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
  2. ↑ Tawas Area Schools. "Administration Office" . Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Tawas Area Schools. "Tawas Area Schools" . Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  4. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Iosco County School Districts (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  5. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Arenac County School Districts (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Iosco County, Michigan". Genealogy Trails. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Reorganization proposal carries". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). October 1, 1952. p. 22.
  8. ↑ "We point with pride to the progress made...". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). February 7, 1954. p. 20.
  9. 1 2 "Tawas students to move soon". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). January 4, 1957. p. 10.
  10. ↑ "New school given final approval". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). December 14, 1955. p. 26.
  11. ↑ Thornton, Neil (October 4, 1962). "Alabster School closes". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). p. 32.
  12. 1 2 English, Eric (December 17, 1990). "School named after teacher". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). p. 6A.
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