Historical Groupings of public schools in the City of Grand Rapids
1. Township Schools
Kent Twp - brief inventory of early Grand Rapid Township schools.
Paris Twp - don't know yet, maybe never
Walker Twp - asked but received no response
Wyoming Twp - don't know yet
2. City of Grand Rapids Schools
City begins with three schools in 1850 - includes location map
Central, Union, Coldbrook (East Leonard)
The Big Three 1851-1871 - includes location map
District 1: Central: North Division, South Division, Wealthy, (Vanden Berg), Fountain, Grandville
District 2: Union: Turner, Lexington
District 3: Coldbrook (East Leonard), North Ionia (Coldbrook)
The Grand Rapids Board of Education 1872-1890 - includes location map
Coit, East Bridge, Henry, Madison, Pine, Plainfield, Sheldon, South Ionia, Stocking, Straight, West Leonard,
Annexation 1891- includes location map
Baxter, Congress, Diamond, Hall, Lake, Oakdale, Sibley, Walker, Widdicomb
Buchanan, Jefferson, Palmer, Buchanan , Alexander, Sigsbee, Finney
1916-1927 New Regime, New Construction techniques, more annexations
1929-1946 the Depression and WWII
1950 - 1960 the Baby Boom
2000 - new century, new challenges.
Temporary - Temporary, rented facilities
misc hold Don't know where to put them yet
From article
School HistoryFrom Heading History and the City of GrandRapids
From web site: MyCityofGrandRapids.info