tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post8013094934117905278..comments2023-11-07T06:56:59.563-05:00Comments on Ann Arbor Schools Musings: A Little HistoryRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10531344380743742801noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-6660521766925815792014-10-12T16:44:41.211-04:002014-10-12T16:44:41.211-04:00Clinton Elementary School is now the Jewish Commun...Clinton Elementary School is now the Jewish Community Center and Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor--search for images that way and you will probably find it. There are also pictures at the Ann Arbor District Library, and you might find them in the Ann Arbor District LIbrary web site, in the section for old news: Clinton Elementary School is now the Jewish Community Center and Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor--search for images that way and you will probably find it. There are also pictures at the Ann Arbor District Library, and you might find them in the Ann Arbor District LIbrary web site for old news: oldnews.aadl.orgRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10531344380743742801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-68375354587779213102014-10-09T17:49:30.582-04:002014-10-09T17:49:30.582-04:00Hi...I was wondering if anyone could help me to fi...Hi...I was wondering if anyone could help me to find pictures from Clinton Elementary. My husband went there in 1971 before he was transferred to Bryant Elementary. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08486384643595281430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-33327808401310814612013-03-15T00:45:55.267-04:002013-03-15T00:45:55.267-04:00Wow! Amazing to read this. I too was at Clinton ...Wow! Amazing to read this. I too was at Clinton from 1979-1985 and I was one of the 4 black children in the whole school. At a certain point I was the ONLY black child in the whole school.<br /><br />What a throwback in time. Now I'm curious who this is because I was probably "one of your beat friend's".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-30652980194378903072010-04-16T22:23:50.386-04:002010-04-16T22:23:50.386-04:00I found a reference to Sullivan School at the web ...I found a reference to Sullivan School at the web site of the Viking Sewing Center -<br /><br />http://www.vikingsewing.com/about_us.htm<br /><br />"The little red schoolhouse that was once snuggled in a cluster of trees is now nestled inside Viking Sewing Center, and still carries on the proud tradition of education. Our classroom is in the actual space that was once Sullivan School. Remnants of the original structure can still be seen, as evidenced by the beautiful original brick work in the front hallway and tongue and groove ceiling in the classroom.<br />We are fortunate to have some original pictures and historical documents, and would welcome any information you might like to share about our very own "little red schoolhouse".Edward Vielmettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07421049499752624699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-89584608100117958402010-03-24T14:50:36.420-04:002010-03-24T14:50:36.420-04:00Clinton Anon, Thank you for sharing your experienc...Clinton Anon, Thank you for sharing your experiences as a child who experienced the changes. Grade reconfigurations and moves can be hard--and in fact, that is why Skyline only opened to 9th graders. <br />In the original plan, Clinton was to become an early childhood education center, and I'm not sure why that was abandoned. And I'm not sure about whether wealthier schools actually did get a pass--Bader, for instance, was right smack in the middle of Ann Arbor Hills, one of the wealthiest areas in the district. <br />As far as using the land of Clinton to build a new high school--two thoughts. First, when you add in the athletic fields, you need a lot of space for a high school. And second (and more importantly) the district had bought the land that Skyline is on in the <b>1960s</b> in case they wanted to build a high school sometime in the future. So 30+ years later, the land was there.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10531344380743742801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-6486600867634384022010-03-22T12:39:44.403-04:002010-03-22T12:39:44.403-04:00I attended Clinton School from 1979-1985 (K-5), wh...I attended Clinton School from 1979-1985 (K-5), when it closed in 1985, I ended up at Pattengill for 6th grade. The whole school closing/split really hit my neighborhood and housing prices hard. It was even more insane b/c I had an older brother (2 years older) who attended Scarlet (9th grade) while I attended Tappen (in 7th grade)-because the split Clinton kids changed from going to Scarlet to attending Tappen. I heard that the board sold Clinton for 250K---WOW! We could have used that land to build a 3rd high school. What a waste.<br /><br />What was unfair was that the wealthier elementary schools seemed to be exempt from the overhaul, even though they were just as "white" as Clinton. For example Lawton and Burns Park had a lot more $$$ talking so they seemed to get a pass (even though Lawton, Lakewood, and Dicken are very close and could have consolidated). Same with Burns Park and Bader and Angell.<br /><br />I would also like to say that in my class of 24 at Clinton we had 4 African American children (one of which was one of my best friends), 2 Asian, and 3 Indian children. That would equal 9 non-Caucasian and 15 Caucasian. I don't think those numbers are any different then anything you would see today at Burns Park, Lawton, Angell, Wines...etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-83661521943055535762010-03-12T08:45:28.078-05:002010-03-12T08:45:28.078-05:00That is a really interesting point. Because housin...That is a really interesting point. Because housing is still so segregated, the pros and cons of keeping kids from neighborhoods together and/versus making schools less segregated are often directly in competition with each other and are still being debated vigorously by educators, community organizers, policy makers, etc.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10531344380743742801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-63700487992101278082010-03-11T20:32:04.376-05:002010-03-11T20:32:04.376-05:00I was a school bus driver during the early 70s and...I was a school bus driver during the early 70s and I recall picking kids up in the Kerrytown area (old Jones school district) and taking them to more than 1 school. I remember thinking it odd that they were bussed all over creation. I think that it kind of destroyed their neighborhood connections. That was an unintended consequence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-28695833150530640692010-03-11T09:46:50.590-05:002010-03-11T09:46:50.590-05:00The original proposal for Burns Park was this: BUR...The original proposal for Burns Park was this: <i>BURNS PARK Remains open. Students living in Iroquois/S. State area remain. Receives all Braeburn Circle students from Bryant. Receives all Bader neighborhood students. </i><br /><br />(Bader is in Ann Arbor Hills.) So I guess the part about the Braeburn Circle students is the part that gave rise to that story. I think that Braeburn Circle probably got switched with Glencoe Hills so that kids from Bryant could have continuity.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10531344380743742801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-61617055635204347152010-03-11T09:07:45.348-05:002010-03-11T09:07:45.348-05:00I heard the story that Burns Park was to be the th...I heard the story that Burns Park was to be the third school in the Bryant Pattengill Burns Park sequence, it was to be k-1 at Bryant, 2-3 at Pattengill and Burns Park was to be 4-5 but at the last minute Burns Park pulled out.<br />Urban legend?<br />Interesting history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com