Flint Community Schools

^[1] Flint Community Schools is a school district headquartered in Flint, Michigan, United States. For the 2011-2012 school year, the Flint Community Schools had both middle schools, four elementary schools and one high school placed in the bottom 5% of all schools in the State of Michigan based on student achievement and attendance.^[2] The school district accommodated a total student population of about 30,000 students. It included two early childhood education centers, 18 elementary schools,and three secondary schools. Other buildings under its operation include the Genesee Area Skill Center,and 2 alternative education facilities.

History

The current mission statement of "developing a community of learners who are prepared to live, work, and contribute to an ever changing society" was developed by Walter Milton, who became Superintendent in 2005. Milton subsequently wrote a book entitled Me in the Making which included a chapter on his stormy tenure in Flint.^[3]

Linda Thompson, a native of Flint and graduate of the University of Michigan School of Education assumed the superintendentship in 2008 and set about downsizing the District by closing schools. In late 2011 the District was found to be running a deficit of 3.7 million dollars by the accounting firm of Yeo and Yeo.^[4] In early 2012 the Flint School Board opted not to extend Superintendent Thompson's contract beyond the current year, citing the deficit and her previous effectiveness rating of 2.7 out a possible 4.0 points.^[5] Mrs. Thompson continued on a one-year contract, but in November 2012, on the heels of the discovery of an even larger budget deficit than the year before, she announced her retirement.^[6]

The city of Flint's two oldest schools were Flint Central High School (formerly Flint City High School) and Flint Northern High School. Due to administrative decisions and budget cuts, Flint Central High School, founded in 1875, is no longer in operation; Flint Northern High School, founded in 1929, ranks in the bottom 1% of Michigan secondary schools.^[7] Both institutions experienced relocation from their original sites. ^[8]

Genesee Area Skill Center

The Genesee Area Skill Center (GASC Technology Center) in Mundy Township is a regional vocational-technical center in which 11th and 12th grade students throughout Genesee County can enroll in its career preparatory programs. There currently are 21 area High Schools that feed into the GASC.

Schools

High Schools (Grades 7-12)

• Northern High School - now an alternative middle school #2 ^[9]
• Northwestern High School (formerly Flint Northwestern Preparatory Academy, Flint Northwestern-Edison Community High School) ^[10]
• Southwestern Classical Academy (formerly Southwestern High School) ^[11]

Elementary Schools (Grades K-6)

Other

• Genesee Area Skill Center (Flint Township) ^[23]
• Mott Adult High School (formerly Zimmerman Elementary & Middle School) ^[24]

Defunct

• Anderson Elementary School - 3248 Mackin Road - 1965-2009
• Bryant Elementary - 201 E. Pierson Road - 2013
• Bunche Elementary - 4121 Martin Luther King Blvd. - 2012
• Central High School - 601 Crapo St- 1923-2009
• Civic Park Elementary School - 1402 W. Dayton St. - 1922-2009
• Clark Elementary School - Harrison St - built 1912- Still standing- the roof has caved in, floors have fallen, has been for sale as long as I can remember, easily visible when going from West-bound 69 to South-bound 475
• Cody Elementary School - 3201 Fenton Road - closed 2003 - Demolished December 2012
• Cook Elementary - 500 Welch Blvd. - 2002
• Coolidge Elementary School - 3615 Van Buren Ave. - 1928-2011
• Dewey Elementary School - 4119 N. Saginaw St. - Now the Sylvester Broom Center
• Dort Elementary - 601 E. Witherbee St. - 2013
• Doyle Elementary School (razed for Doyle/Ryder Elementary School)
• Emerson Jr. High - later became Flint Open School - Pasadena - now been demolished.
• Garfield Elementary School- 301 E. McClellan St.- 1928-2009
• Gundry Community Elementary School - 6031 Dupont St. - 2008 (now Cathedral of Faith Ministries)
• Homedale Elementary School - 1501 Davison Road - 1914-2003 - added onto in 1922 and 1966 -(burned on September 11, 2010- now a vacant lot)
• Jefferson Elementary School - 5306 North Street - (last used as Northridge Academy, use now unknown)
• Johnson Elementary School - 5323 Western Road - 1967-2006 (last used as Johnson AAA School, use now unknown)
• Kennedy Center - an alternative school - Saginaw Street -after closing Schools of Choice was opened as a replacement
• King Elementary School - 520 W. Rankin St.
• Lawndale Avenue Elementary School- 3115 Lawndale Avenue
• Lewis Elementary School
• Longfellow Middle School - 1255 N. Chevrolet Ave. - 2006
• Lowell Jr. High- 3301 N Vernon Ave- 1929-2003 (Alternative middle school 1988-2003) - added onto in
• Manley Elementary School - 3002 Farley Street -
• Martin Community Elementary School - 6502 Stafford Place - 1924-2002 (razed in 2011- now vacant lot)
• McKinley Middle School - 4501 Camden Ave. - 1929-2012
• Merrill Elementary School- 1501 W. Moore St- 1953-2009
• Northern High School #1, Flint Academy - McClellan Street - demolished
• Pierson Elementary School - 300 E. Mott Ave. - 2002
• Selby Elementary
• School of Choice - 5th Avenue - an alternative school
• Sobey Elementary School - 3701 N. Averill Avenue - 2003
• Stewart Elementary School- 1950 Burr Blvd.- 1955-2009
• Stevenson Elementary School
• Summerfield Elementary School - 1360 Milbourne Ave. - 1970-2012 (reopened as early childcare center?)
• Washington Elementary School - 1400 N. Vernon Avenue - 1922-2013
• Whittier Middle School - 800 Crapo Street - 1925-2006
• Wilkins Elementary - 121 E. York Ave. - 2010
• Williams Elementary - 3501 Minnesota Ave. - 2010
• Zimmerman - 2421 Corunna Road - 2013

References

External links

• Flint Community Schools
• GASC Technology Center