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 not currently in operation; Flint Northern High School, founded in 1929, ranked in the bottom 1% of Michigan secondary schools and was also closed in 2013.[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)
Elementary Schools (Grades K-6)

  • Brownell Elementary School - Grades K-2 (STEM School - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)[11]
  • Carpenter Road Elementary School[12]
  • Cummings Elementary School[13]
  • Doyle/Ryder Elementary School (built on site of original Doyle Elementary School) [14]
  • Durant-Tuuri-Mott Elementary School[15]
  • Eisenhower Elementary School[16]
  • Freeman Elementary School[17]
  • Neithercut Elementary School[18]
  • Holmes Elementary School - now a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) School Grade 3-6
  • Pierce Elementary School[19]
  • Potter Elementary School[20]
  • Scott Elementary School[21]

Other
Defunct

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