Kearsley Community School District is a public school district in Genesee County, residing in the U.S. state of Michigan and is part of the Genesee Intermediate School District.
History
Kearsley Community Schools is named after U.S. Army Major Jonathan Kearsley, who fought in the War of 1812. The first Kearsley school opened before the American Civil War, the land being donated by Mr. and Mrs. John and Mary Cashin, the single room building was burnt down later in 1929. The same year the district got a $42,500 bond to purchase land and build an eight-room school. In 1937 the first superintendent, George Daly, was hired. Sometime in 1940 four different school districts, Tanner, White, Wentworth, and Kearsley, combined to form the Kearsley Rural Agricultural School District.[1]
Schools
Located east of Flint, Michigan, the Kearsley School District is home to nearly 3000 PK–12 students. Schools operated by the Kearsley Board of Education include:
- Pumpkin Patch Early Childhood Center (Buffey Elementary)
- Weston Elementary
- Dowdall Elementary
- Fiedler Elementary
- Armstrong Middle School
- Kearsley High School
Former Kearsley schools
- Tanner Elementary
- Paro Elementary
- Burgtorf Elementary School
- George Daly Jr High; formerly Kearsley High
- Wentworth Elementary
Notable alumni
References
- ^ McKay, Ave'r (December 14, 2015). "Kearsley celebrates its 75th anniversary". Kearsley Eclipse.
https://kearsleyeclipse.com/12975/news/kearsley-celebrates-its-75th-anniversary/
https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?ID2=2620070
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