Dexter Community Schools is a public
school district
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in
Washtenaw County
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. It includes all of the municipality of
Dexter
Dexter may refer to:
People
* Dexter (given name)
* Dexter (surname)
* Dexter (singer), Brazilian rapper Marcos Fernandes de Omena (born 1973)
* Famous Dex, also known as Dexter, American rapper Dexter Tiewon Gore Jr. (born 1993)
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, as well as sections of the following townships:
Dexter
Dexter may refer to:
People
* Dexter (given name)
* Dexter (surname)
* Dexter (singer), Brazilian rapper Marcos Fernandes de Omena (born 1973)
* Famous Dex, also known as Dexter, American rapper Dexter Tiewon Gore Jr. (born 1993)
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,
Webster,
Lima
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,
Scio,
Northfield,
Freedom
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, and
Lodi. The district extends into
Hamburg Township
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Communities
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,
Livingston County.
The district's buildings are connected by sidewalks on a campus on the south side of Dexter.
History
The first school in Dexter was built in 1830. A
union school was constructed in 1857. It was replaced in 1887. An addition to it, called the Copeland Building, was built in 1937. When the 1887 building was demolished, in 1956, the Copeland Building remained, and was used by the district until its sale in 2020.
The ''
Ann Arbor News
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'' wrote that there had been "years of effort" to create an amalgamated school district. In 1949 a merger proposal for 21 school districts was formally proposed. The school district Dexter Agricultural Schools was created via consolidation in 1950. The eleven primary school districts that consolidated with Dexter's district were:
*Eastern and Parker in Lima Township
*Arnold, Hudson, Smith and Gallagher in Dexter Township
*Dexter and Hawkins in Scio Township
*Podunk, Peatt, Church and Merrill in Webster Township.
The oldest district building still operating is Bates School, built as Dexter Elementary in 1953.
It houses district administration, community education and half-day preschool.
The district acquired its present name in 1956.
A high school, now Creekside Intermediate School, opened in 1958.
The current high school opened in February, 2002. Its architect was Kingscott Associates.
A bond issue passed in 2025 will renovate Creekside Intermediate School and move grades seven and eight there. Grades five and six will be moved to Mill Creek Middle School. Additions will also be built at the high school.
Schools
References
External links
Dexter Community Schools
Education in Washtenaw County, Michigan
Education in Livingston County, Michigan
School districts in Michigan
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