Hazel Park Schools is a public school district in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan, serving Hazel Park and a portion of Ferndale.
History Hazel Park Schools, then known as Royal Oak Township School District No. 8, was founded in 1884. A one-room schoolhouse was located at the corner of John R. Road and Nine Mile Road. It remained the only school in the district in 1920. The district then began to grow rapidly, building five schools by 1925. That year, the Detroit Free Press profiled the district:
At the site of Hazel Park Junior High, a high school was built in 1929. It became Beecher Junior High when the current high school opened in March 1960. In 1961, Michigan Attorney General Paul L. Adams stated that the district could not charge fees to rent textbooks, which the district sought to do to ease a budget crisis.
In January 2004, Webb and Beecher Junior Highs merged within the new junior high school building. It was built with funds from a 2002 bond issue, which also paid for the replacement of United Oaks Elementary, the demolition of Clark Elementary and Beecher Junior High, the conversion of Webb Junior High into Webb Elementary, and other renovation projects.
As part of that bond issue, the entrance gate of the football stadium was rebuilt using the stone lintel and clock from the 1929 high school, which was designed by the architectural firm Burrowes and Eurich.
Schools + List of Schools School Address Notes Edison School 1650 Mapledale, Ferndale Center-based program for emotional or behavioral disabilities. Renovated 2019 Hazel Park High School 23400 Hughes St., Hazel Park Grades 9-12. Opened March 1960. Hazel Park Junior High School 22770 Highland Ave., Hazel Park Grades 6-8. Opened January 2004. Hoover Elementary School 23720 Hoover Ave., Hazel Park Elementary INVEST Roosevelt Alternative High School24131 S. Chrysler Dr., Hazel ParkAlternative high school Jardon Vocational School 2200 Woodward Heights, Ferndale Post-secondary United Oaks Elementary School 1001 East Harry Ave., Hazel Park Elementary. Opened fall 2004. Webb Elementary School 2100 Woodward Heights Ave., Ferndale Elementary Webster Early Childhood Center 431 W Jarvis Ave., Hazel Park Preschool
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