Roseville Community Schools - Roseville, Michigan

HISTORY OF ROSEVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

Erin Township was divided into six different school districts. Districts 1 and 2 were not within the present Roseville City limits. Districts 3, 4, 5, and 6 are now part of Roseville Community Schools. District 4 (Kern Road Schools) was divided in 1952. The portion within Roseville limits merged with District 5 (Burton Schools) to become Roseville Community Schools.

Later, in 1956, Roseville Schools annexed District 6 (Eastland Schools), and in 1960 annexed District 3 (Greater Gratiot Schools).

TIMELINE

1850     People of Roseville built a log school house. Each family contributed logs for its construction. It was built half mile south of Utica Road near Town Hall Road (now 11 Mile).

1857     Kern Road School District was formed (District 4).

1865     Earliest records of Eastland Schools (District 6).

1870     New school built to replace the log school house (Burton School).

1904     A total of 484 students in schools in Erin Township. The total expenditures was $4,000.

1915     Earliest records of Burton Schools (District 5).

1917     Burton School was moved by C.C. Hook to the corner of Town Hall Road (now 11 Mile) and School Street. The four room school was built on the original site.

1922     Eastland High School was built.

1925     Lincoln Elementary was built.

1929     Earliest records of Greater Gratiot Schools (District 3).

1930     Greater Gratiot School was built.

1943     MacArthur Elementary was built.

1952     Reorganization of districts in Erin Township. District 4 (Kern Road Schools) was split - part joining District 2 in East Detroit and part joining District 5 (Burton Schools) to become Roseville Community Schools.
--Kaiser Elementary was built.

1953     Wellington Elementary was built.

1955     Edgewood Elementary and Huron Park Elementary were built.

1956     Annexation of Eastland Schools (District 6)
--Roseville Junior High School (Old RHS) was built.

1957     Arbor Elementary, Dort Elementary and Fountain Elementary were built.

1958     Guest Junior High School (now Guest Community Center)

1959     Roseland and Chippendale were built.

1960     Annexation of Greater Gratiot Schools (District 3).

1962     Grandmont Elementary was built.

1963     Eastland Junior High School was built.

1965     Greater Gratiot Schools closed.

1966     Old Burton School is destroyed. A new building of the same name was built in the same place. This was called Burton Junior High.

1969     Carl Brablec High School was built (now Roseville High School).
--MacArthur closes. Sold to the state for the construction of I-696.

1982     Edgewood Elementary closes.

1987     Grandmont Elementary closes.

1989     Roseville High School becomes Roseville Junior High.
--Carl Brablec High School becomes Roseville High School.
--Guest Junior High closes but becomes Guest Community Center.

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