Grosse Pointe Public School System
{{short description|School district in Michigan}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{third-party|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox school district
|name = Grosse Pointe Public School System
|logo = GPPSS-Logo-Color blackring.png
|address = 20601 Morningside
|city = Grosse Pointe Woods
|county = Wayne
|state = Michigan
|country = United States
|type = Public school district
|budget = $156,010,000 2021-2022 expenditures
|established = {{Start date|1921|12|23}}
|grades = K-12
| us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|2625740|district_name=Grosse Pointe Public Schools}}
|superintendent = Andrea Tuttle{{cite web| author= Grosse Pointe Public School System| title= Central Office| url=https://mi01000971.schoolwires.net/Page/12383| access-date= May 12, 2025}}
|schools = 2 High Schools
3 Middle Schools
7 Elementary Schools
|teachers = 402.68 {{FTE}} (2023-2024)
|staff = 871.71 FTE (2023-2024)
|conference = Macomb Area Conference
|website = [http://www.gpschools.org/ www.gpschools.org]
}}
The Grosse Pointe Public School System (GPPSS) is a public school district in Wayne County, Michigan. It serves Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe Woods, and The Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, a Michigan City. It also serves a part of Harper Woods.{{Cite web |author= Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget| title=Wayne County School Districts| url=https://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_WAYNE%20COUNTY.pdf|access-date=May 12, 2025}}
History
Voters approved the consolidation of five Grosse Pointe-area school districts in December, 1921. In 1925, the first high school class graduated from the building at 389 St. Clair St. Grosse Pointe South High School opened in February 1928, and Grosse Pointe North High School opened in fall 1968.{{cite web| author= Grosse Pointe Public School System| title= Important Dates in Our School System| url= https://www.gpschools.org/cms/lib/MI01000971/Centricity/Domain/31/GPPSS_History.pdf| access-date= May 12, 2025}}
Schools
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High schools:
- Grosse Pointe North High School (Grosse Pointe Woods)
- Grosse Pointe South High School (Grosse Pointe Farms)
Middle schools:
- Brownell Middle School (Grosse Pointe Farms)
- Parcells Middle School (Grosse Pointe Woods)
- Pierce Middle School (Grosse Pointe Park)
Elementary schools:
- Defer Elementary School (Grosse Pointe Park)
- Ferry Elementary School (Grosse Pointe Woods, formerly Ferry Middle School)
- Kerby Elementary School (Grosse Pointe Farms)
- Maire Elementary School (Grosse Pointe)
- Stevens T. Mason Elementary School (Grosse Pointe Woods)
- Monteith Elementary School (Grosse Pointe Woods)
- Pere Gabriel Richard Elementary School (Grosse Pointe Farms)
Preschools:
- Barnes Early Childhood Center (Grosse Pointe Woods, formerly Barnes Elementary School)
In June 2019 the school board voted to close Poupard Elementary School and Trombly Elementary School as the numbers of students had declined.{{cite web|author=Khaleel, Sonia|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2019/06/25/grosse-pointe-votes-to-close-poupard-trombly-elementary-schools|title=Grosse Pointe votes to close Poupard, Trombly elementary schools |work=Metro Times|date=2019-06-25|accessdate=2019-07-06}}
Governance
GPPSS policy is governed by the seven-member Board of Education and administered by the Superintendent.
=Responsibilities=
- Recruits, hires and evaluates the performance of the superintendent.
- Establishes policy for the district and shares in policy development.
- Helps translate the district vision into long and short-term goals. The board establishes the structure to accomplish the vision, and periodically evaluates the results.
- Reviews and adopts the budget submitted by the superintendent and aligns the funding priorities with the district goals.
- Approves recommended curriculum and texts based on standards, goals and policies established by the board. Review and evaluate curriculum as it relates to student assessment results.
- Adopts policies governing salaries and salary schedules, terms and conditions of employment, fringe benefits, leave and professional development and employee evaluations.
- Determines school facility needs and communicates proposed construction plans to the community.
- Adopts policies governing school-community relations, advocates for the public school system and remains responsive to community ideas and needs.
- Evaluates the performance of the board and provides feedback for personal leadership development."[http://gpschools.schoolwires.net/page/530 Board of Education]" Grosse Pointe Public School System, Retrieved April 21, 2013
References
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External links
{{Portal|Michigan|Schools}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091127055827/http://gpschools.schoolwires.net/gpschools/site/default.asp Grosse Pointe Public School System]
{{Grosse Pointe}}
{{Harper Woods, Michigan}}
Category:Education in Wayne County, Michigan
Category:School districts in Michigan