Allen Park Public Schools

Allen Park Public Schools is a school district in Allen Park, Michigan, United States.

The school district first opened Lapham School north of Southfield near Hoger. It was a k-8 school, and highschoolers would end up going to a Detroit Public high school after Lapham.

They later opened up Allen Park High on Champagne Rd. in 1955. They later built 5 Elementary Schools, and 1 middle school in the 60's.

The middle school was on Allen Rd. and later became an office building and was located in front of Pretty Family Park.

The 5 Elementary schools were-

• Sudman, on Philomene Blvd.
• Riley, on Moore (Later became Community School for expelled students and the location of school district)
• Bennie, Next to the highschool
• Lindemann, on Carter near Wick
• Arno, near Markese

The school district closed Lapham and turned it into the school district office and community center. The school district later closed Sudman, tearing it down and leaving the property as a public park by the name, Sudman Park.

They built a new Middle school on Vine near Lincoln Park and closed the one on Allen Rd. The old middle school was sold and is rented out as an office building. The building still has carvings on the outside doorways from the former school. Such as the words Auditorium on the left hand side door.

The district later closed and tore down the Lapham building and closed Riley turning it into the district office and the school for expelled children of the high school (as earlier mentioned above)

John J. Sturock is the superintendent of the school district.

Board of education

The district is governed by a seven-member Board of Education. The Board's President is Frank Liberati. The Board's Vice President of Operations is Paul A. Klenczar.

External links

• Allen Park Public Schools official school district home page