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40-695: Grand Blanc Community Schools , or Grand Blanc School District , is a school district that serves the city of Grand Blanc , most of Grand Blanc Township , parts of the City of Burton , Mundy Township , and Atlas Township in Genesee County, Michigan , and a part of Holly Township, Michigan in Oakland County, Michigan . The first school between Waterford and Mackinaw is believed to have been built by Edmund Perry around 1830 on his land in Grand Blanc near part of

80-481: A "board of trustees," "board of education," "school committee," etc.. This body usually appoints or hires an experienced public school administrator to function as the district's superintendent of schools – a district's chief executive . The superintendent oversees daily operations, decisions and implements the policies of the board. The school board may also exercise a quasi-judicial function in serious employee or student discipline matters. School districts in

120-673: A 2800-seat indoor arena, was added to the high school at a cost of $ 9 million. In 2007, Grand Blanc Schools restarted its alternative education program, the Center For Student Success, on the High School west campus. By 2013, the district was the largest school district in Genesee County, surpassing Flint at over 8200 students enrolled. In 2013, students at the City School, an experimental 215-day school elementary program housed at

160-603: A certain degree comparable to a school district. Other arrangements are possible: certain types of special schools in North Rhine-Westphalia are run by the Landschaftsverbände . There also exist private schools , mostly funded by the States, but run by private entities like churches or foundations. In Italy , school districts were established in 1974 by the " Provvedimenti Delegati sulla scuola " ("Assigned Laws [to

200-561: A decline in property tax revenues during and after the Great Recession . By 2016 there were about 13,000 school districts, and the average student population was about 5,000. Although these terms can vary slightly between various states and regions, these are typical definitions for school district constitution: These terms may not appear in a district's name, even though the condition may apply. In England and Wales , school boards were established in 1870, and abolished in 1902, with

240-411: A decrease of 38,127 or 35%. Many states had passed laws facilitating school district consolidation. In 1951 the majority of the school districts in existence were rural school districts only providing elementary education, and some school districts did not operate schools but instead provided transportation to other schools. The Midwest had a large number of rural school districts. Previously areas of

280-401: A grant of authority and within geographic limits created by state law. The executive and legislative power over locally-controlled policies and operations of an independent school district are, in most cases, held by a school district's board of education. Depending on state law, members of a local board of education (often referred to informally as a school board ) may be elected, appointed by

320-632: A minority of secondary schools , a few primary schools, and much further education . (Most schools are neither organized geographically nor publicly managed, although the Department of Education inspects and funds them and pays teachers' salaries.) Each ETB area comprises one or more local authority areas , with city or county councilors forming the bulk of the ETB board. The ETBs was formed in 2005 by amalgamating Vocational Education Committees established in 1930, also based on local government areas. In Hong Kong ,

360-407: A political office holder, serve ex officio , or a combination of any of these. An independent school district is a legally separate body corporate and political . Most school districts operate as independent local governmental units with exclusive authority over K–12 public educational operations and policies. The extent of their control is set by state-level law. Litigation against school districts

400-450: A school system that is separate but similar to a town's or a county's powers. These include the power to enter contacts, use eminent domain , and to issue binding rules and regulations affecting school policies and operations. The power of school districts to tax and spend is generally more limited. For example, many school districts in New York state require a majority of voters living in

440-706: A single school district." Noting that most modern school districts were formed by consolidating one-room school districts in the first seven decades of the 20th century, Fischel argues that "outside the South, these consolidations were consented to by local voters" who "preferred districts whose boundaries conformed to their everyday interactions rather than formal units of government" and that "[t]he South ended up with county-based school districts because segregation imposed diseconomies of scale on district operations and required larger land-area districts." In New York , most school districts are separate governmental units with

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480-427: Is common and some law firms specialize in education law. Districts typically maintain professional liability insurance in order to pay its settlements and legal liabilities. As of 2023 in most U.S. states, public school districts may lay taxes to fund their operations. In others, such as Maine , some school districts are able to lay taxes and others are not. Independent school districts often exercise authority over

520-689: The Education Bureau divides primary schools into 36 districts, known as school nets, for its Primary One Admission System . Of the 36 districts, districts 34 and 41 in Kowloon and districts 11 and 12 in Hong Kong Island are considered the most prestigious. In Iranian cities school kids normal registrations are limited by school districts, register is online at my.medu.ir and the parent sees schools within range online. Don Batchelor Donald G. Batchelor (June 15, 1895 – September 25, 1970)

560-773: The Midwest and West tend to cross municipal boundaries, while school districts in New England and the Mid-Atlantic regions tend to adhere to city, township, and/or county boundaries. As of 1951 school districts were independent governmental units in 26 states, while in 17 states there were mixes of independent school districts and school districts subordinate to other local governments. In nine states there were only school districts subordinate to local governments. In most Southern states, school systems operate either as an arm of county government or at least share coextensive boundaries with

600-671: The Unorganized Borough of Alaska were not served by school districts but instead served by schools directly operated by the Alaska Department of Education and by Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools. The state schools were transferred to the Alaska State-Operated School System (SOS) after the Alaska Legislature created it in 1971; that agency was terminated in 1975, with its schools transferred to

640-442: The county council and county borough councils becoming the local education authorities . In France, the system of the carte scolaire was dismantled by the beginning of the 2007 school year. More school choice has been given to French students; however, priority is given to those who meet the following criteria: In Germany , schools and teachers are predominately funded by the states of Germany , which also are in control of

680-454: The Bobcats' original home, today Don Batchelor Field, was rebuilt as a 6,000-seat multipurpose stadium; the Bobcats' football team returned to Batchelor that September. In 2021, Grand Blanc School Board member Amy Facchinello stirred controversy with her Q-anon conspiracy posts to which she responded “I’m a victim of cancel culture " In 2023, School Board member Amy Facchinello was indicted by

720-546: The Government] about the school"). Each district must contain a minimum of 10,000 inhabitants. The national government attempted to link the local schools with local society and culture and local governments. The school districts were dissolved in 2003 by the "legge finanziaria" (law about the government budget) in an attempt to trim the national budget. In the Republic of Ireland, 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) administer

760-665: The Michigan Attorney General for her part in a fake electorate scheme in attempt to install Donald Trump as president after his loss in the 2020 election. In 2006, the entire Big Nine Conference applied for membership in the Flint Metro League to encourage discussion on a merger with only a single team accepted. Grand Blanc Schools moved to the Kensington Lakes Activities Association starting in 2009–2010 season. In 2018 Grand Blanc moved to

800-457: The Perry building, applied for and were granted a Michigan State Historical Marker for the Perry building at Saginaw & Perry Rds. in downtown Grand Blanc. The Grand Blanc Bobcats, as they are now known, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the football team in the fall of 2019 and the 100th graduating class from Grand Blanc High School in 2021–2022. In 2023, after 30 years at Frank Thomas Field,

840-524: The Saginaw Valley League. School district In the U.S., most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts. A school district usually operate several elementary , middle , and high schools . The largest urban and suburban districts operate hundreds of schools. While practice varies significantly by state (and in some cases, within a state), most American school districts operate as independent local governmental units under

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880-512: The Thread Creek. Sarah Dayton is believed to have been the first teacher at the Grand Blanc school, however other accounts suggest Daniel Wakefield taught there. The school was founded on arithmetics as the main focus. The school was later moved farther down Perry Road near the Henry Mason farm. In 1933, another schoolhouse was built in the northern section of Grand Blanc Township. When the township

920-459: The United States tend to be different from the demographics of the students. This difference is "most pronounced in majority nonwhite jurisdictions and school districts with the largest racial achievement gaps ." There were 130,000 school districts in the country in 1930, with an average student population of 150. From 1942 to 1951 the number of school districts declined from 108,579 to 70,452,

960-457: The University of Michigan. Ten teachers, a principal, and a superintendent ran the school which now held 12 grades, eliminating the need to send juniors and seniors to Flint High School. Berneda Taylor, Ethel Tyler, and Ernest Somers returned from Flint High School to become the first graduating class of Grand Blanc in 1922. Over the next decade, the school grew to over 800 students, and was building

1000-500: The capacity from 330 to 690 students. Brendel Elementary was the next to be constructed. In 1961 Grand Blanc passed a bond for $ 4 million to construct a new High School at Saginaw and Holly Rds. which opened in 1963 with a capacity of 1500 students. The old building at Saginaw & Perry Rds. was renamed Grand Blanc Junior High School. Indian Hill Elementary and Reid Road Elementary were designed to be nearly identical and both opened in 1964. Anderson and Cook were added in 1966 and 1967, and

1040-464: The district or the local government to approval their annual budget, but school districts in Virginia have no taxing authority and must depend on another local government (county, city, or town) for funding. A district's governing body, usually called a school board , is typically elected by direct popular vote but may be appointed by other governmental officials. The governing body might also be known as

1080-399: The first township unit school in Genesee County was passed by Grand Blanc voters in late 1920. In December of the same year, the school building was destroyed in a fire. In early 1921 a vote to build a new centralized school building carried by a two-thirds majority. Full township consolidation was voted for as well, meaning all students in the township would attend the new school. Warren Holmes

1120-481: The high school. Jewitt Trail was installed to accommodate the new building. In 1983 the district had to cut back due to falling enrollment and budgetary concerns. Cook Elementary was closed and leased to General Motors until it was reopened in 1987, while Reid Elementary was closed and leased to a church. Enrollment remained low through the 1980s but began to increase again by 1990. In the 1990s those schools were reclaimed and opened, and expansion began again. An addition

1160-496: The large brick building at Saginaw & Perry Rds. was officially renamed after Ezra W. Perry. The Grand Blanc Township Unit School District was renamed the Grand Blanc Community Schools in the mid-1960s as well, and the population of Grand Blanc continued to grow, with enrollment reaching 8062 students by 1970. In 1976 the west campus building of Grand Blanc High School was opened to help with overcrowding issues at

1200-585: The newly created Alaska Unorganized Borough School District, which was broken apart into twenty-one school districts the following year. In the 2022 Census of Governments, the United States Census Bureau enumerated the following numbers of school systems in the United States: School districts in the US have reduced the number of their employees by 3.3%, or 270,000 between 2008 and 2012, owing to

1240-504: The overall education policies. On the other hand, school buildings are mostly run and funded by municipal governments on different levels of the municipal system (municipalities proper, districts), depending on the size and specialization of a certain school or the population size of a certain municipality. As with other fields of government, for more specialized schools, special government bodies ("Zweckverband") can be established, where municipalities, and not voters, are members; these are to

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1280-441: The power to levy taxes and incur debt, except for the five cities with a population of over 125,000 ( Buffalo , Rochester , Syracuse , Yonkers , and New York City ), where the schools are operated directly by the municipalities. The Hawaii State Department of Education functions as a single statewide school district, unique among states. According to a 2021 study, the demographics of voters who elect local school boards in

1320-622: The school until 1920 when two Ford Model-T chassis were purchased for $ 500 each. In 1919 the Grand Blanc Rural Agricultural High School was organized and adopted the Smith-Hughes Agricultural Act curriculum. Specialized agricultural, home economics, and manual training classes were added. By 1920 the Grand Blanc School had five classrooms at the corner of Saginaw and Perry Rds. The vote to create

1360-551: The state's counties. A 2010 study by economist William A. Fischel found that "two-thirds of medium-to-large American cities have boundaries that substantially overlap those of a single school district" with substantial regional and state variations in the degree of overlap, "ranging from nearly perfect congruence in New England , New Jersey, and Virginia, to hardly any in Illinois, Texas, and Florida." Older and more populous municipalities "tend to have boundaries that closely match those of

1400-561: The team played Fenton. The game drew over 2000 people to attend and Grand Blanc won 18–7. In 1954, with the population still growing rapidly, a piece of land in Whigville became the home of the first dedicated elementary building, McGrath Elementary. Even before opening in 1955, the school was over capacity with an enrollment of over 700. The next elementary school was built at Hill and Belsay on land donated by Faye Myers, thus named Myers Elementary upon completion in 1957. An expansion in 1959 took

1440-746: Was a professional football player who spent two years of the National Football League with the Canton Bulldogs and the Toledo Maroons . Batchelor won an NFL championship with the Bulldogs in 1922 . In 1923 , he played for the Maroons. After his professional football career, Don settled in Grand Blanc, Michigan . He later worked as a school teacher, a coach, and was a Republican representative to

1480-420: Was expanded. It is likely the first football game was played around the year 1920. A football field was constructed near the building on Perry Rd. As early as 1930 the colors red and black represented the school, where they were nicknamed "The Big Reds" because of the big red school building they attended. Homecoming was held for the first time in 1936. A parade marched down Saginaw st. to the football field where

1520-452: Was made to Grand Blanc High School again in 2000, and expansions to Reid, Indian Hill, and Brendel in 2002. Mason Elementary, a brand new elementary building, was also opened in April 2002. By 2004, Grand Blanc Middle School was the largest in the state. The district passed a bond to add two brand new middle school buildings, East and West, which were completed in 2006. Also in 2006, Tartoni Center,

1560-483: Was officially organized in 1833, the boards of school inspectors divided it into school districts. By 1878 there were ten school districts spread throughout the township. In 1903 the state of Michigan passed a law allowing townships to consolidate school districts and mandate a busing system. In 1903–1904, the first consolidated school district in the state stood in Grand Blanc with three classrooms holding 115 students in 10 grades. Two horse-drawn vehicles bused children to

1600-529: Was the architect from Lansing that designed the Grand Blanc Township Unit School (now the Perry Center) that was built at Saginaw & Perry Rds. in 1921–22. It was considered state-of-the-art at the time. It contained 15 classrooms in three stories with a gymnasium that had a seating capacity of 500. The building opened on January 9, 1922, with 350 students enrolled, and was accredited through

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