Aaron Foley of said "For many, however, Highland Park Community High School still remains a better alternative to unproven charter schools, outlying suburban schools and the state-controlled Detroit Public Schools." Academics In 2012 the school had 450 students many of them lived in Detroit. īert Johnson, a member of the Michigan Senate and LaTanya Garrett, a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, said that they were trying to reopen the high school. Other students moved on to the Education Achievement Authority (EAA) Central Collegiate Academy. In fall 2015 160 students who formerly attended Highland Park High were enrolled in other area schools 72 were in DPS schools, including Detroit Collegiate Preparatory High School at Northwestern, which became the zoned high school for Highland Park. Highland Park High School was scheduled to close on at the end of June 2015. In June 2015 representatives of schools from DPS schools and other Metro Detroit schools attended a high school fair to convince Highland Park students to attend their schools. In addition to DPS schools, students are eligible to attend charter schools, Education Achievement Authority schools, and suburban schools which accept transfers. By 2015 enrollment had fallen to 160 students, and in May 2015 it was announced that the high school would close in June, with the district negotiating an agreement that could allow students to attend the Detroit Public Schools. In 2014 the high school moved to the Ford School campus. Īs of 2012 the district continued to maintain the former Highland Park High School and considered opening it to students for the 2012-2013 school year.
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The school budget did not have sufficient finances to fix all of the damage. Some lockers had fire damage because students had set the lockers on fire. Doors had knocked out glass panels and missing doorknobs.
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When Martin visited the school he encountered many empty and unused classrooms and various kinds of damage and wear, including water damage, exposed concrete beams, missing and falling ceiling panels, and exposed wiring. In a five-year period before 2012, enrollment plummeted, with 450 students in 2012. In 2000 the school district began operating on a deficit. The school pool closed during that decade. The student population decreased and academic programs and after school activities decreased. The school began to decline in the 1990s. The school had a pool used to train swimmers for Michigan state championships. Many African-American families sent their children to the school so they could get an education comparable to that of schools in suburbs without having to move to the suburbs. Students continued to enroll despite the move of Chrysler to the suburbs.
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The high school had direct access to Highland Park Junior College (later Highland Park Community College), attracting students Jack Martin, who later became the Detroit Public Schools emergency manager, said that the community college "was harder to get into than Wayne State." During its prime, it had graduating classes of 300 students each. The previous high school building was closed in 1978 so the students could attend classes at the new building. In the 1970s Highland Park lost over 20% of its population. Nearby cities include Grosse Pointe Farms, Dearborn Heights, Ecorse, Troy, Birmingham.The final Highland Park High School was built in 1977 to better accommodate students than the old facility had. After a succession of closures and reopenings of the rural post office, the settlement was finally incorporated as a village within Greenfield Township and Hamtramck Township under the name of Highland Park in 1889. Witherell, son of Michigan Supreme Court justice James Witherell, attempted to found a village on this site in 1836, but this plan also failed.īy 1873, the settlement was given a post office under the name of Whitewood. Woodward bought the ridge, and platted the village of Woodwardville in 1825. In 1818, prominent Detroit judge Augustus B. The area that was to become Highland Park began as a small farming community, on a large ridge, six miles north of Detroit in the early 19th century. The population was 11,776 at the 2010 census The city is completely surrounded by Detroit except a small portion that touches the city of Hamtramck, which is also surrounded by Detroit. Highland Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S.