Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools
| Carman-Ainsworth Community School District | |
|---|---|
| school district | |
 Location of Carman-Ainsworth Community School District within Genesee County, Michigan. | |
| Coordinates: 42°57′43″N 83°49′35″W / 42.96194°N 83.82639°WCoordinates: 42°57′43″N 83°49′35″W / 42.96194°N 83.82639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| Intermediate District | Genesee |
| Government | |
| • President | Barry Saunders |
| • Vice-President | Peggy Anderson |
| • Superintendent | Steve Tunnicliff |
| • Assistant Superintendent | Russ Parks |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 48473, 48507, 48532 |
| Website |
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Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools is a Michigan public school district teaching grades kindergarten through 12th grade. The district covers parts of Flint Township, Flint(minor), Mundy Township and Burton.
History
Mundy Township created School District #8 in 1837. With the donation of a section of Elijah Carman's farm land, which is now the corner of Bristol and Fenton Roads, in 1847 the District was renamed as the Carman School District.[1]
A dedication ceremony for the Robert N. Mandeville High School was held December 2, 1949 and was named after one of 16 students of the District's 1936 class who died in combat serving in the Air Force during World War II.[2]
In 1949 the Graham School District consolidates with the Dye School District. The consolidated Dye Schools builds two elementary school, Dye in 1956 and Randels in 1961.[3]
In the 1950s, the Rankins School District is dissolved and parceled out to Carman, Lake Fenton, Grand Blanc, and Swartz Creek districts. The Hoover School District opened Lena Stalker Elementary School in 1956, while the Utley School District build in 1957 Woodland Elementary School.[3]
The district build four elementary schools in 1955: Carman Park Elementary, Fenton Lawn Elementary, Rankin Elementary and Van Slyke Elementary.[3]
In 1961, Dye, Utley and Hoover districts merge into the Carman School District[4] quadrupling its student population. Mandleville building became a junior high school that year,[2] while the Ainsworth High School was build and open that fall overcrowded. The high school was named for the Donnelson and Wayne Ainsworth, a father and son that served a total of 60 years on the Carman School board. Planning on a second high school began right a way for the district's north end and in 1967 that school, Carman High School, was opened.[1]
The Gladys Hawkins Dillon Elementary School was constructed in 1962.[3]
Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools
The Carman School District was renamed in 1986 to Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools to indicate the community approach and the dual K-12 zones covered by the high schools. The district peaked its enrollment in 1970 with nearly 10,000 K-12 students. The student population slid do to the withdrawal of the automotive industry to near 5,000 students in the mid 1980s. As a result, 3 middle schools were closed and sold. Ainsworth School became the lone junior high and Carman School the high school.[1]
buildings
| Building | Type | Location | Principal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carman-Ainsworth High | secondary | Flint Township | Debbie Davis |
| Carman-Ainsworth Middle | secondary | Mundy Township | Kevin Summey |
| Carman Park-Baker Career Academy | career high school | Flint Township | Diana Balbaugh |
| Dillon | elementary | Burton | Gina Ryan |
| Dye | elementary | Flint Township | Detra Fields |
| Randels | elementary | Flint Township | Bonnie Haffajee |
| Rankin | elementary | Mundy Township | Cathy McGilvery |
| Woodland | elementary | Flint Township | Maria Cox |
| The Learning Community | Flint Township | Kristi Myatt (Director) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Our District History". About Carman-Ainsworth. Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sanders, Rhona S. (February 16, 2012). "A district history lesson surfaces at board meeting". Flint Township View (JAMS Media Group/View Newspapers). Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Important Dates in Carman-Ainsworth History". About Carman-Ainsworth. Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ↑ Maghielse, Ross (November 12, 2012). "'Country boys' from 1947 Dye football team headed into Greater Flint Area Sports Hall of Fame". The Flint Journal (Mlive Media Group). Retrieved October 2, 2014.
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