When were schools built in Warren Township?
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The first known school in Warren was s split log school house the farmers built near Creek Road (Chicago Road) and Ryan roads. This school house was also used for a church for both the Methodist and Baptist groups. Log buildings also had split log benches. There were often few if any good books. Church buildings were sometimes used for schools.
West school was built in 1894 to the south on Ryan Road. That burned down in 1931.A newer better red brick building was built to the south on Ryan Road and is still standing.
The North school built in 1859 was also called the Berz school. It was located on the West side of Mound just South of 15 Mile Road. It became part of the Warren Consolidated School District in 1941, It was sold in August of 1952.
The South school was built in 1866. It was located on the East side of Mound Road between 13 Mile Road and 12 Mile Road. There was also an East School built before 1875 on Chicago Road between Van Dyke and Mound.
Leonard Schemm School Nine mile at Hoover were one room school. Washington later built there
The 1865 Jeremiah O'Leary School at Bunert & Frazo burned about 1875. Probably leading August and Mine Bunert to donate land so local children would be closer at the Bunert One Room School built in 1875. It housed students in grades 1-8. A larger two room school was built in 1927.
The 1869 Plunkett school named after Mortimer Plunkett who taught there 1900-1916 after Frank Bacon. Mort had a farm in southern Van Dyke Note school was in use before school district formed. These had grades 1-8. St Clement School before 1868. Murthumn High was built in 1926. Busch High 1921. Students could attend either. Schools with two or more rooms followed. Lincoln 1921. Harding 1925. Ellis 1926. Groesbeck, Mckinley, Macomb Park 1928. Ladd 1941, Victory 1942. In 1944 a new 6 room school was built and named Charwood after Betty Chargo and Irene Woodward. Miller 1950. Peck 1961 CLHS 1962. Flynn 1973.
Below schools by school District and year built. Info directly from school districts or by calling school to get year off of plaque. Some schools refused to give the historian even the year on the plaque in the hall which was paid for with public money.
Center Line Public Schools
Crothers Elementary
Busch 1921
Ellis 1926
High School 1954
Kramer Elementary 1942
Groesbeck Elementary 1928
New Groesbeck Elementary 1954
Frank Ladd Elementary 1941,
Miller Elementary 1950
Peck Elementary 1961
Plunkett 1869
Roose Elementary 1960
Sherwood Elementary 1950
Victory Elementary 1942
Glenn Wolfe Middle School 1960
Fitzgerald Public Schools
Chatterton 1970
Lefever 1960
Mound Park 1953
Neigebaur 1940
Schofield Elementary 1955
Fitzgerald High School 1940
Westview Elementary 1959
New Westview 2006
St Anne Elementary c1950
St Clement
Elementary 1860s
brick Grade School 1921
High School 1952
above thanks to Mike Grobbel
Van Dyke Public Schools
Leonard Schemm School 1865
Jeremiah O'Leary School 1865
Harding 1925
Lincoln 8 room school 1921
Lincoln 12 room 1925.
Mckinley 1928
Macomb Park 1928
Lincoln High School 1940s
Lincoln Middle School 1945
Lincoln Elementary School
Marjorie Carlson Elem 1960
Kennedy Elementary 1964
McKinley Elem 1928, 1932, 1954, 1964
Washington Elementary School
1940s (now closed)
Little 1954
Warren Consolidated Schools
Log Cabin School 1850s
East School before 1875
Flynn 1973
William Murthumn High 1926
Warren High School 1926
Warren High Victory 1944
2nd Warren High School 1950
North School Berz 1859
South school 1866
West School 1894
Angus Elementary School 1962
Black Elementary School 1966
Cromie Elementary School 1962
Fillmore Elementary School 1969
Green Acres Elementary 1958
Harwood Elementary 1970
Holden Elementary School 1971
Hatherly Elementary 1970
Jefferson Elementary 1976
Pearl Lean Elementary 1964
Susick Elementary School 1966
Siersma Elementary School 1964 Wilde Elementary School 1964
Wilkerson Elementary 1969
Willow Woods Elementary 1970
Agnes E. Beer Middle Sch 1969
Annie E. Flynn Middle Sch 1971
Virgil I. Grissom Middle 1969
Carter Middle School 1969
Will Carleton Middle Sch 1971
Cousino High School 1961
Warren Mott High School 1965
Sterling Heights High 1971
Former Schools
Warren High School 1950 (closed 1992)
Maple Lane Elementary 1970 Closed 1980 Sold to MISD
Murthum Elementary School (Closed 1978, completely demolished by 1992)
Warner Elementary School 1961 (closed 1992)
North Elementary School 1859
Fuhrmann Middle School 1958 (Events still happen there. Was used by students and staff from Grissom, Beer, and Carleton Middle Schools when they were under construction & remodeling.
John Haitama Elementary School
County Line Elementary School (Corner of 15 mile/Dequindre is now a shopping center)
Frost Elementary School Demolished 2008
Beaver Elementary School (Administration Building now)
South Elementary School 1866
Warren West Elementary 1894
Alan Shepherd Elementary School
Thorpe Elementary School (Used for Sterling Heights Police Department Training) Building was demolished
Robert J. Hesse Elementary School (Building still standing, now part of a housing complex built on the former school grounds, located in the 29700 block of Boewe Drive)
Hartsig Junior High School
Melby Junior High School (Currently Regina High School)
Butcher Junior High 1963 (building now used for the Macomb Math, Science and Technology Program)
Norman Rockwell Elementary School (Closed)
Monfort Elementary (closed 1958)
Pennow Elementary
John F. Holland Elementary School (Closed 1981, used through early-mid eighties for Warren Parks & Recs during the summers, demolished by 1992
Rinke Elementary (Currently Macomb Christian School)
Career Prep Center 1976
New CPC 15 Mile Rd. 1974
Frost Curriculum Center
Warren Woods Public Schools
Bunert 1875
Bunert II 1927
Charwood 1944
Warren Woods High School 1965 closed in 1983 merged with Robert Tower High School1983
Warren Woods Tower High School 27900 Bunert 1983
Warren Woods Enterprise High School
Warren Woods Middle School.
Briarwood Elementary 1966
Pinewood Elementary 1969
Westwood Elementary 1962
Former schools
Alwood
Robinwood
Ridgewood
Parkwood
Redwood
Maplewood
Northwood
Shadywood
Holly High
Hickory High
Hawthorne High
Macomb Community College
founded 1954
East Detroit School District
Note Some Warren Students attend in this school district.
Crescentwood Elementary 1953
Forest Park Elementary 1956
Bellview Elementary 1959
Pleasantview Elementary 1953
East Detroit High School 1929
Kelly Middle School 1965
Kellwood Alternative Ed 2011
Former Schools
Oakwood Middle School
Kantner Elementary c1953
Roosevelt Elementary 1945
Warrendale Elementary School
Woodland Elementary 1953
Former Kellwood School
Admin center was a school 1953
Now there is an ongoing endless parade of private schools opening and closing.
Now some students are being home schooled.
In addition some students are attending online schools.
Education is changing.
Historian comment:
Many high school graduates in 2012 do not actually get as good an education as students did in 1890. Today's students would fail the 1890 8th grade test. Many can't tell you who we fought in WWII or why. Many can't even make change without a calculator. And many are not prepared to fill out job applications or for even a basic career.