Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

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. In 2017, the school board voted to close the Community Education Center due to increased costs and decreased funding from the state. The district at the time was also completing the Safety, Security and Technology Bond, that was approved by voters in 2014. When it became time to renovate the Community Education Center, it was determined that due to the age and functions of the building, it would not be fiscally-responsible to complete the projects for that building. The City of Walled Lake filed a lawsuit against the school district to prevent it from being demolished, which the district had gone out to bid for. City officials cited that the building is a historic landmark in the city. In spite of this, demolition of the Community Education Center was completed in late 2018.

Schools

The district has 12 elementary schools, four middle schools, and three high schools which serve nearly 12,000 children.

Preschools

• Twin Suns Preschool (Wixom)
• Dublin Early Childhood Wing (White Lake Township) – opened in 2022 as a wing of the new Dublin Elementary, approved as part of the 2019 Buildings, Infrastructure, & Equity Bond
• Early Childhood Center (Novi) – opened in 2023, approved as part of the 2019 Buildings, Infrastructure, & Equity Bond

Elementary schools

• Commerce Elementary School (Commerce Township)
• Dublin Elementary School (White Lake Township)
• Glengary Elementary School (Commerce Township)
• Mary Helen Guest Elementary School (Walled Lake)
• Hickory Woods Elementary (Novi)
• Keith Elementary (West Bloomfield)
• Loon Lake Elementary (Wixom)
• Meadowbrook Elementary (Novi)
• Oakley Park Elementary (Commerce Township)
• Pleasant Lake Elementary (West Bloomfield)
  • In 2000 it had 600 students, with 20% of them being ethnically Japanese.
• Walled Lake Elementary (Commerce Township)
• Wixom Elementary (Wixom)

Middle schools

• Clifford Smart Middle School (Commerce Township)
• Sarah Banks Middle School (Wixom)
• Walnut Creek Middle School (West Bloomfield)

High schools

• Walled Lake Central High School (Commerce Township)
• Walled Lake Northern High School (Commerce Township)
• Walled Lake Western High School (Commerce Township)

Other facilities

• Educational Services Center (Walled Lake) – District headquarters
• Operations Facility (Commerce Township)
• Outdoor Education Center (Commerce Township)

Defunct schools

• Community Education Center (Walled Lake)
• James R. Geisler Middle School (Commerce Township)
• Maple Elementary (West Bloomfield)
• Twin Beach Elementary School (West Bloomfield)
• Union Lake Elementary School (Commerce Township)

References

References

1. Walled Lake Consolidated Schools. "District History".
2. "Maps: School Districts: Walled Lake Consolidated School District". [[Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget.
3. Walled Lake Consolidated Schools. "District History".
4. (10 April 2003). "Performances, auction mark school dedication". Detroit Free Press.
5. Tippen, Molly. "[http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b9c55a1395b2614867751.txt Facing $22 million deficit, Walled Lake district eyes cuts] {{Webarchive. link. (January 11, 2020 ." ''[[The Oakland Press]]''. Sunday March 14, 2010. Retrieved on June 19, 2013.)
6. Walled Lake Consolidated Schools. "District History".
7. Slagter, Lauren. (28 Aug 2017). "Demolition of 95-year-old school has Walled Lake district fighting city". MLive.
8. "Google Street View:640 N Pontiac Trail, Walled Lake, MI".
9. Higgins, Lori. (2000-02-25). "Embracing Japanese". [[Detroit Free Press]].