![]() The majority of the students of these schools were moved to other elementary schools in the district. The schools chosen for closure were Chippewassee, Longview, Parkdale, Mills, and Cook. On December 15, 2009, the board elected to close five (5) elementary schools beginning with the 2010-2011 school year. Consolidation of the district's administrative offices was proposed, as well as relocation to a closed elementary school. Only one elementary school was projected to close for the 2009-2010 school year, but three more were planned for 2010-2011 when students zoned for Central Middle School would be sent to Jefferson and Northeast Middle Schools. Enrollment had been declining for several years to a point where the district's 12 elementary schools were below two-thirds capacity and several needed to be closed. Elementary schools gained classrooms when they lost grade 6.Īs Michigan's economy worsened in 2009, the school board debated alternatives to reduce expenses in preparation for a $3–6 million reduction in state funding. A freshman class was added to high schools in 1997 and intermediate schools changed from grades 7-8-9 to 6-7-8 school names were changed from Intermediate to Middle School. Herbert Henry Dow High School opened to sophomores in 1968, and added one grade each year until the first class graduated in 1971. Midland High School was overcrowded again, but the decision was made to build a second high school in Midland, less than ten years after the current MHS was completed. For the 1963-64 school year, Jefferson Intermediate was opened to handle children from the Post-World War II baby boom. The 1908 (first) MHS was torn down in 1957. For the 1956-57 school year, the high school moved to the new building and the 1937 (second) MHS became Central Intermediate, the second middle school in Midland. Student populations climbed higher and a third MHS was completed in late 1955, larger than ever. The 1908 (first) MHS was used as an elementary school, then as the intermediate school until Northeast Intermediate was opened in 1950. By the mid-1930s, the student population had grown and the second, larger MHS was built in 1937. The institution was renamed Midland High School (MHS), and their nickname was “Chemics”. ![]() A new school was constructed the following year using a large donation from the local Dow Chemical Company. The roots of Midland Public Schools go back to the 1872 Union High School, which educated local students until a boiler explosion destroyed the building in 1907. Midland Public Schools is a public school district located in Midland, Michigan, United States. Dow was again preparing drawings for a two-story addition on the west side of the building that provided eight more classrooms. At the time of its official dedication in January 1956, however, it was renamed Parkdale Elementary School. Nelson Street School opened in September 1955 with 289 students and a staff of nine teachers. The one-story portion housed two kindergarten rooms and two classrooms, while the two-story portion contained seven classrooms, an arts and crafts room, library, offices, and gymnasium/assembly room. The tan brick façade featured narrow vertical bands of aluminum-clad windows separated by plaster friezes between the two floors. The total cost including all trades was $425,638, plus $5,337 for furniture and equipment.Ī basically rectangular floorplan was divided roughly in half with one story to the east of the entrance lobby and a larger two-story section to the west. Collinson & Son of Midland awarded the general construction contract. Bids were opened one month later, with W. Dow, who completed the drawings for the school in May 1954. ![]() For the design, the Board of Education again selected Mr. Dow in December of 1953, one corner of the same 60-acre plot of land was soon to become the location of Nelson Street Elementary School. While the initial site plan for Midland High School was being sketched by Alden B. Dow Archive, Michigan Project, Midland Project Nelson Street School/Parkdale Elementary School by Alden B. ![]()
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