Warren Consolidated Schools

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Warren Consolidated Schools
Logo of Warren Consolidated Schools.svg
Location
Warren, Sterling Heights, and Troy, Michigan
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK–12
EstablishedMarch 27, 1941;83 years ago (1941-03-27)
SuperintendentJohn C. Bernia
Students and staff
Students12,660
Teachers800
Staff800+
Other information
Website www.wcs.k12.mi.us

Warren Consolidated Schools is a public school district serving the cities of Warren, Sterling Heights and Troy, Michigan. It operates 25 schools including two specialized partial-day high schools that draw from the other schools within the district. Warren Consolidated has about 12,660 students and a student/teacher ratio of 25:1. [1]

Contents

Board of education

History

Warren Consolidated was formed by 1941, when the North school became part of it. Also known as the Berz school, it was located on the West side of Mound just South of 15 Mile Road. That school was sold in August 1952. [2] The district was led by Superintendent James Clor from 1999 until November 2007. Dr. Robert D. Livernois took over as superintendent in April 2008 after leaving his former district and district neighbor, Warren Woods School District. On March 7, 2024 Dr. Livernois told the Community that he decided to retire from the district at the end of the summer - effective August 30, 2024. | title=http://www.wcs.k12.mi.us/Departments/Superintendent/docs/CommunityLetter030724.pdf }}</ref> on May 2, 2024 The Board told the Community that they appointed Dr. John C. Bernia Superintendent of Schools. |title=http://www.wcs.k12.mi.us/Departments/Public-Relations/NewsReleases/docs2024/SuperintendentAppointment.pdf }}</ref> Dr. John C. Bernia is currently the superintendent of Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Bernia’s expected start date is July 1, where he will work alongside Livernois during a twomonth transition period.

Special programs

Warren Consolidated alerts non-English speaking parents of disciplinary issues and emergencies using a "language line" system with interpreters. [3]

Schools

Elementary schools

Middle schools

High schools

Warren Mott High School WarrenMottHigh.jpg
Warren Mott High School

Learning Centers

Hatherly Educational Center [4]

  • It was previously operated as Hatherly Elementary School. In 2014 the district announced that Hatherly Elementary would close, with the building becoming Hatherly Educational Center. The center received the Macomb County Head Start Program, the district Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE), the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) or "World of Fours", and the district's tuition-based preschool. These programs were respectively hosted at Lean Elementary School and Fillmore Year-Round Elementary School, Siersma Year-Round Elementary School, Holden Elementary School, and Siersma Year-Round, and Willow Woods Elementary School, respectively. [6]
  • As of 2017, Hatherly Educational Center currently houses Community High School, the alternative education high school of Warren Consolidated Schools district.

Annie Flynn Educational Center (Sterling Heights)

  • The center, located in proximity to Metropolitan Parkway and Ryan Road, [3] was previously operated as Annie E. Flynn Middle School. In 2014 the district announced that Flynn Middle would close, with the building becoming Flynn Educational Center. Community High School and Adult Education English as a Second Language (ESL) were to move to Flynn, with the former coming from Butcher Educational Center and the latter from Sterling Heights High. [6]
  • As of 2011, the school had 640 students. Almost 66% of the students were bilingual in English and another language, and the majority of the students were second generations in immigrant families. Former principal Charles Kluka characterized the school's environment as a salad bowl instead of a melting pot. The most common foreign languages spoken at Flynn were Albanian and Arabic. Other students were Assyrian, Bosnian, Cantonese, Filipino, Hmong, Indian, Korean, and Vietnamese, and there were 26 primary home languages among the Flynn students. The school had an English as a second language program with over 50 students, and it provided three interpreters who assist persons during special events held at night and in classrooms during school hours. [3]
  • Flynn Educational Center is currently owned by MISD, and houses a Secondary Autism Program.

Butcher Educational Center

Previously operated as Thomas Butcher Junior High School until 1982, it has housed the Macomb Mathematics Science Technology Center since 1989, the Middle School Mathematics Science Technology Center since 2013, and the Middle School Visual and Performing Arts program since 2014. It also previously housed Community High School until 2014, when it was transferred to Flynn Educational Center following its opening.

Angus Educational Center

Operated as Angus Elementary School until it closed in 2019, currently operates as Angus Educational Center. Angus currently houses Macomb Community Action (MCA) Head Start program.

Former Schools

Several schools once in the district have been closed:

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