Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
public school in Walled Lake, MI, United States
The Walled Lake Consolidated School District is a public school district in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan, serving Walled Lake, Wixom, Wolverine Lake, and portions of Commerce Township, Novi, Farmington Hills, Orchard Lake Village, West Bloomfield, and White Lake Township.
History
Walled Lake Consolidated School was built in 1922 at 615 North Pontiac Trail, and included all grades and a high school. The school housed about 200 students from the 52 square mile district. In the late 1940s, enough elementary schools had been built in the district to allow the Consolidated School to become a junior/senior high school. A new senior high school was built in 1954 and the original building became a junior high. The Dublin School District was annexed by the district in 1967, leading to the construction of Walled Lake Western High School in 1969. Walled Lake Northern High School was dedicated in 2003.
In 2010 the district reported having a potential deficit of $22.7 million for the 2010–2011 school year. The district proposed a deficit reduction plan which proposed privatizing transportation and custodial services and laying off 300 district employees, including teachers.
The original Consolidated School had become the Community Education Center in 1992.
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