Flushing High School (Michigan)

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

Its sports teams are known as the Raiders. Colors: Orange and Black. The principal is Jason Melynchek.

In 1930, students at the school went on strike to protest the school board's firing of superintendent Herbert V. Truemner.[1]

In 1998, the collapse of a cinder block wall in a new auditorium under construction at the school killed four construction workers.[2][3] [4]

Staff

Michigan artist Richard Wolfgang taught at the school.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Pupils Strike in Michigan School.". The New York Times: p. Page 16. March 20, 1930, Thursday. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50A15FB3A5D157A93C2AB1788D85F448385F9. Retrieved 2008-05-07. 
  2. ^ Four workers killed when wall collapses. Wichita Eagle, The (Wichita, Kansas), August 25, 1998, Page 3A
  3. ^ SCHOOL AUDITORIUM WALL CRUSHES WORKERS. Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), August 25, 1998, Page A3
  4. ^ Wall collapses at school, killing 4, injuring 2. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 25, 1998
  5. ^ Mackinac Artist Richard Wolfgang Painting Mind, Body and Soul

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