School Consolidation a Difficult Road The Detroit Free Press had a weekend feature on the obstacles for school consolidation including post-merger tax hikes and funding changes and community attitudes. In the 1950s & 1960s, mergers took the number of districts from almost 5,000 to less than 650. Michigan now has 552 traditional K-12 districts along with some 200 charter schools. Read School consolidation full of financial, political challenges in the Freep Posted/updated May 9, 2005 by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan) click to Send This Story to a Friend! Main Michigan News Page Go Back One Page

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