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'''Buena Vista School District''' was a school district headquartered in ], ]. It was one of the school districts served by the ] (Saginaw ISD), ]. As of July 2013, the school district closed and became a tax-collecting district of the Saginaw ISD to pay the district's outstanding debts. | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| ===Formation=== | ===Formation=== | ||
| The district was formed in 1955 as the ] demand that any rural schools sending students to Saginaw High to have a joint building program or join the district. Instead of either, a ] study committee recommended that the |
The district was formed in 1955 as the ] demand that any rural schools sending students to Saginaw High to have a joint building program or join the district. Instead of either, a ] study committee recommended that the township's school district be merged. In 1956, the consolidation proposal for schools received 94% approval. Those four schools were Ricker, Leidlein, Star and Highland Park school districts. The ], Service, Downes and Harding districts do not join up with the consolidated school district. The first superintendent of the new district was Ricker School District Superintendent Joseph Barr. Also, a $2.5 million building bond issue was passed for the new district.<ref name=sn>Johnson, Bob. May 16, 2013. . The Saginaw News (Mlive Media Group). Accessed August 12, 2013.</ref> | ||
| Buena Vista School District 9 begins its first school year in 1956-57. Ricker Junior High takes in all seventh through ninth-graders with 10th through 12th graders continue at Saginaw School District. Ricker and Leidlein students attend Ricker, while Star students were moved to Highland Park School. Each year after, an additional grade is added until 1961-1962 when the school district graduated its first ].<ref name=sn/> | Buena Vista School District 9 begins its first school year in 1956-57. Ricker Junior High takes in all seventh through ninth-graders with 10th through 12th graders continue at Saginaw School District. Ricker and Leidlein students attend Ricker, while Star students were moved to Highland Park School. Each year after, an additional grade is added until 1961-1962 when the school district graduated its first ].<ref name=sn/> | ||
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| On April 5, the district send the ] a deficit reduction plan that was later rejected.<ref name=sn0>Knake, Lindsay. (May 2, 2013). . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on September 9, 2013.</ref> Also in April, the school district was considering four different single building closing plans to deal with a $1 million deficit originally for a canceled April 17 meeting then rescheduled for April 25.<ref>Knake, Lindsay. (April 18, 2013) . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> At the April 25th meeting, a decision on the plans were delayed as the state was assisting with another possible plan while outsourcing transportation was being looked at by the district administration.<ref>Knake, Lindsay. (April 25, 2013) . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> | On April 5, the district send the ] a deficit reduction plan that was later rejected.<ref name=sn0>Knake, Lindsay. (May 2, 2013). . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on September 9, 2013.</ref> Also in April, the school district was considering four different single building closing plans to deal with a $1 million deficit originally for a canceled April 17 meeting then rescheduled for April 25.<ref>Knake, Lindsay. (April 18, 2013) . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> At the April 25th meeting, a decision on the plans were delayed as the state was assisting with another possible plan while outsourcing transportation was being looked at by the district administration.<ref>Knake, Lindsay. (April 25, 2013) . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> | ||
| On May 1, the district announced that the district will run out of money and will be unable to pay employees as of May 24 and is working toward declaring a ]. Also, the district would not receive state aid for April, May or June to repay the Wolverine Center per pupil funding received for the year.<ref>Knake, Lindsay. (May 02, 2013) . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> The school board president was hopeful that the teacher would continue teaching the rest of the year while considering other options if they don't return.<ref>Johnson, Bob. (May 02, 2013) . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on September 4, 2013.</ref> Revision on the deficit reduction plan were due on May 1.<ref name=sn0/> On May 3, it was revealed that the district owned a $2 million loan by August 20 to the ], but may get a replacement loan of up to $1.2 million leaving $800,000 to be paid back.<ref name=sn0>Knake, Lindsay. (May 3, 2013). . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on September 9, 2013.</ref> | On May 1, the district announced that the district will run out of money and will be unable to pay employees as of May 24 and is working toward declaring a ]. Also, the district would not receive state aid for April, May or June to repay the Wolverine Center per pupil funding received for the year.<ref>Knake, Lindsay. (May 02, 2013) . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> The school board president was hopeful that the teacher would continue teaching the rest of the year while considering other options if they don't return.<ref>Johnson, Bob. (May 02, 2013) . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on September 4, 2013.</ref> Revision on the deficit reduction plan were due on May 1.<ref name=sn0/> On May 3, it was revealed that the district owned a $2 million loan by August 20 to the ], but may get a replacement loan of up to $1.2 million leaving $800,000 to be paid back.<ref name=sn0>Knake, Lindsay. (May 3, 2013). . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on September 9, 2013.</ref> As of May, about 500 students from the Buena Vista district were using the school of choice program to attend other school districts.<ref name=KnakeSeeWhere/> | ||
| On July 10, the Saginaw ISD step in pay various expenses for the district: security, phone lines and utilities, maintenance and insurance.<ref name=sn0>Knake, Lindsay. (July 11, 2013) . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> On Wednesday, July 17, the School Board selected charter management company Leona Group on a volunteer basis to intercede with state officials in the district's case. The district would then manage the district under the superintendent and board. A dissolution and disorganization meeting for the district was called by ] ] and ] ] for July 18 at 9:30 a.m. in State Treasurer's Board Room, Richard H. Austin Building, Lansing.<ref>Knake, Lindsay. (July 18, 2013). . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> | On July 10, the Saginaw ISD step in pay various expenses for the district: security, phone lines and utilities, maintenance and insurance.<ref name=sn0>Knake, Lindsay. (July 11, 2013) . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> On Wednesday, July 17, the School Board selected charter management company Leona Group on a volunteer basis to intercede with state officials in the district's case. The district would then manage the district under the superintendent and board. A dissolution and disorganization meeting for the district was called by ] ] and ] ] for July 18 at 9:30 a.m. in State Treasurer's Board Room, Richard H. Austin Building, Lansing.<ref>Knake, Lindsay. (July 18, 2013). . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> | ||
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| With the district dissolved, the Saginaw ISD assumed ownership of the former districts buildings for 21 days after which the building will be transferred to the local district in where it lies under the redrawn boundaries.<ref name=sn0/> Also, the district became a tax-collecting unit, under the intermediate school district's control, to pay off debts of more than $5.7 million.<ref>Knake, Lindsay. (July 11, 2013) . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> | With the district dissolved, the Saginaw ISD assumed ownership of the former districts buildings for 21 days after which the building will be transferred to the local district in where it lies under the redrawn boundaries.<ref name=sn0/> Also, the district became a tax-collecting unit, under the intermediate school district's control, to pay off debts of more than $5.7 million.<ref>Knake, Lindsay. (July 11, 2013) . The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> | ||
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The Saginaw Schools acquired the Buena Vista headquarters building, all five school buildings and the majority of the school district territory. This territory included areas north of Hess Avenue except for the parcels located between Airport Road and Townline Road that are south of Holland. 261 students were expected to attend Saginaw schools. The Bridgeport-Spaulding District took property west of Airport and south of Hess as well as areas south of East Holland Road between Airport and Towerline. 135 ex-Buena Vista students were expected to go to Bridgeport-Spaulding. The property east of airport road was assigned to the Frankenmuth District. Frankenmuth did not anticipate gaining any additional students because its area is rural. Historically most of the Buena Vista district's students lived closer to the City of Saginaw.<ref>Knake, Lindsey. "." '']''. July 30, 2013. Updated July 31, 2013. Retrieved on November 2, 2013.</ref> | ||
| Ultimately 135 former Buena Vista students entered Bridgeport-Spaulding schools and 109 former Buena Vista students began attending Saginaw schools. The Francis Reh Academy, a charter school, received 17 ex-Buena Vista students. ] had six new students using school of choice who previously attended Buena Vista. ] had three additional ex-Buena Vista students. Frankenmuth ultimately received ten more students, who had previously lived in the Buena Vista boundary but had attended other school districts as part of the school of choice program. Those students now live in the Frankenmuth district.<ref name=KnakeSeeWhere>Knake, Lindsey. "." '']''. September 17, 2013. Retrieved on November 2, 2013.</ref> | Ultimately 135 former Buena Vista students entered Bridgeport-Spaulding schools and 109 former Buena Vista students began attending Saginaw schools. The Francis Reh Academy, a charter school, received 17 ex-Buena Vista students. ] had six new students using school of choice who previously attended Buena Vista. ] had three additional ex-Buena Vista students. Frankenmuth ultimately received ten more students, who had previously lived in the Buena Vista boundary but had attended other school districts as part of the school of choice program. Those students now live in the Frankenmuth district.<ref name=KnakeSeeWhere>Knake, Lindsey. "." '']''. September 17, 2013. Retrieved on November 2, 2013.</ref> | ||
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| As of May 2013, about 500 students from the Buena Vista district were using the school of choice program to attend other school districts.<ref name=KnakeSeeWhere/> | |||
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Buena Vista School District was a school district headquartered in Buena Vista Charter Township, Michigan. It was one of the school districts served by the Saginaw Intermediate School District (Saginaw ISD), Michigan. As of July 2013, the school district closed and became a tax-collecting district of the Saginaw ISD to pay the district's outstanding debts.
History
Formation
The district was formed in 1955 as the Saginaw City School District demand that any rural schools sending students to Saginaw High to have a joint building program or join the district. Instead of either, a Buena Vista study committee recommended that the township's school district be merged. In 1956, the consolidation proposal for schools received 94% approval. Those four schools were Ricker, Leidlein, Star and Highland Park school districts. The Indiantown, Service, Downes and Harding districts do not join up with the consolidated school district. The first superintendent of the new district was Ricker School District Superintendent Joseph Barr. Also, a $2.5 million building bond issue was passed for the new district.
Buena Vista School District 9 begins its first school year in 1956-57. Ricker Junior High takes in all seventh through ninth-graders with 10th through 12th graders continue at Saginaw School District. Ricker and Leidlein students attend Ricker, while Star students were moved to Highland Park School. Each year after, an additional grade is added until 1961-1962 when the school district graduated its first seniors class.
Middle years
In July 1970, the first District Superintendent Joseph Barr passed away with James A. Vitany replaces him. The school was cited by the Michigan Bureau of School Services in 1972 for not having a six hour day at the high school and may have losted its accreditation. The high school's capacity was 800 but with 1,100 students, the district used a split-schedule to deal with the overcrowding. The accreditation for the district was not removed.
In 1993, a ROTC program started with 60 students. Follow in 1994 with the return of the marching band relauched by Alvin Level, 1987 graduate and music teacher. Formed in 1997 is the FIRST Robotics Team which takes 17th out of 31 teams in state competition in March. In April 1998, FIRST takes 116th place out of 165 teams in national competition.
| Superintendent | start | end |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Barr | 1955 | July 1970 |
| James A. Vitany | July 1970 | June 1978 |
| James B. Smith | June 1978 | 1985 |
| T.C. Wallace | 1985 | July 1995 |
| Vivian Keys Brown | July 1995 | November 2000 |
| Elmer Hollenbeck (interim) | November 2000 | June 2001 |
| Henry L. McQueen | June 2001 | March 2003 |
| Vivian Keys Brown (i) | March 2003 | August 2003 |
| Deborah T. Clarke | August 2003 | June 2007 |
| Sharron Jenkins Norman | June 2007 | August 2011 |
| Patricia Scott (i) | August 2011 | August 2012 |
| Deborah Hunter-Harvill | August 2012 | July 30, 2013 |
In January 1999, after resigning from the school district, Alvin Level and his spouse, another school district employee, are sentenced for various embezzlement charges.
From November 2000 to August 2003, the district goes through five different interim or regular superintendents with one serving twice. A December 2002 review showed that the district was losing pupils and funding but not a similar decrease in staffing or spending. The review also showed that $1.5 million in spending cuts were need or the district would go bankrupt by 2003 and recommended that two elementary schools be closed and sold.
Only 52 percent of seniors graduated in June 2007. The last yearbook was issued in Spring 2008.
With the high school's repeated failure to meet No Child Left Behind standards for improvement, state official in May 2010 given the district board options to restructure the district. Options for the high school included turning it into a charter school, turn it over to the state, outsource its operations, replace all or most of the failing schools staff or "restructure the school's 'government arrangement' to make fundamental reforms". In September of that year, the state education department named Buena Vista the lowest performing schools in the state. In October, a Circuit Court Judge forced two board members off the board for multiple counts of felony election fraud.
Since 2010, the federal government has given the school district $2.5 million to transform the district. The district was also receiving $1.3 million per year in federal Title I funds, which are designed to help high-poverty schools. The funding did little to advance the students's achievement. There were no eighth-graders that were proficient in math, reading or science on 2012 state exams. Student enrollment when from 760 to about 400 from 2011-2012 year to 400 for the 2012-1013 school year for a 47% decrease thus a decrease in state per pupil funding. While enrollment was reduced, overhead cost for building operation and salaries stated constant or increased.
The school board in January 2011 chose to close Brunkow Elementary School. For state assessment program test scores for February 2012, No third-, sixth- and eighth-grade students are proficient in three subjects, while in math no fourth-grader, sixth-grader amd eighth-graders were proficient. Also, no sixth-grader were proficient in social studies and no eighth-graders were proficient in science.
Budget crisis
| Count date | students |
|---|---|
| February 1998 | 1,745 |
| February 2007 | 1,128 |
| February 2008 | 1,054 |
| October 2010 | 798 |
| February 2011 | 761 |
| October 2011 | 651 |
| February 2013 | 433 |
The Wolverine Secure Treatment Center, a private juvenile detention facility, ended its contract with the district in June 2012. While the school board hires Superintendent Deborah Hunter-Harvill in July 2012, several employees quit and 22 other employees are laid off including an interim principal to stem off a $1.2 million budget deficit. In August the sports programs began competing in Class D as the high school population dropped below 217 Class C minimum.
The district took $400,000 in the 2012-2013 school year for educating 90 students at Wolverine Center, an alternative school, but its contract with the center had expired at the end of the 2011-2012 school year.
For the February 2013 Michigan Educational Assessment Program exams, no students achieved proficiency in eight grade-subjects: fourth-grade math, fifth-grade science, sixth-grade social studies, eighth-grade math, eighth-grade science, eighth-grade reading and ninth-grade social studies.
On April 5, the district send the State Department of Education a deficit reduction plan that was later rejected. Also in April, the school district was considering four different single building closing plans to deal with a $1 million deficit originally for a canceled April 17 meeting then rescheduled for April 25. At the April 25th meeting, a decision on the plans were delayed as the state was assisting with another possible plan while outsourcing transportation was being looked at by the district administration.
On May 1, the district announced that the district will run out of money and will be unable to pay employees as of May 24 and is working toward declaring a financial emergency. Also, the district would not receive state aid for April, May or June to repay the Wolverine Center per pupil funding received for the year. The school board president was hopeful that the teacher would continue teaching the rest of the year while considering other options if they don't return. Revision on the deficit reduction plan were due on May 1. On May 3, it was revealed that the district owned a $2 million loan by August 20 to the Michigan Department of Treasury, but may get a replacement loan of up to $1.2 million leaving $800,000 to be paid back. As of May, about 500 students from the Buena Vista district were using the school of choice program to attend other school districts.
On July 10, the Saginaw ISD step in pay various expenses for the district: security, phone lines and utilities, maintenance and insurance. On Wednesday, July 17, the School Board selected charter management company Leona Group on a volunteer basis to intercede with state officials in the district's case. The district would then manage the district under the superintendent and board. A dissolution and disorganization meeting for the district was called by State Superintendent Mike Flanagan and State Treasurer Andy Dillon for July 18 at 9:30 a.m. in State Treasurer's Board Room, Richard H. Austin Building, Lansing.
Buena Vista missed a deadline to find loans or extra funding by July 22. With no loans or other funding, the state ordered that the district be dissolved. On July 30, 2013, the Saginaw Intermediate School District Board of Trustees officially dissolved Buena Vista Schools. The Buena Vista District area was split up between three other districts: Saginaw City School District, Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District, and Frankenmuth School District.
Post-closure
With the district dissolved, the Saginaw ISD assumed ownership of the former districts buildings for 21 days after which the building will be transferred to the local district in where it lies under the redrawn boundaries. Also, the district became a tax-collecting unit, under the intermediate school district's control, to pay off debts of more than $5.7 million.
The Saginaw Schools acquired the Buena Vista headquarters building, all five school buildings and the majority of the school district territory. This territory included areas north of Hess Avenue except for the parcels located between Airport Road and Townline Road that are south of Holland. 261 students were expected to attend Saginaw schools. The Bridgeport-Spaulding District took property west of Airport and south of Hess as well as areas south of East Holland Road between Airport and Towerline. 135 ex-Buena Vista students were expected to go to Bridgeport-Spaulding. The property east of airport road was assigned to the Frankenmuth District. Frankenmuth did not anticipate gaining any additional students because its area is rural. Historically most of the Buena Vista district's students lived closer to the City of Saginaw.
Ultimately 135 former Buena Vista students entered Bridgeport-Spaulding schools and 109 former Buena Vista students began attending Saginaw schools. The Francis Reh Academy, a charter school, received 17 ex-Buena Vista students. Saginaw Township Community Schools had six new students using school of choice who previously attended Buena Vista. Reese Public Schools had three additional ex-Buena Vista students. Frankenmuth ultimately received ten more students, who had previously lived in the Buena Vista boundary but had attended other school districts as part of the school of choice program. Those students now live in the Frankenmuth district.
Sports
The district's Knights football team in 1966 is selected as the polled state Class B championship as there was no tournament. The team went 9-0 with 403 points to its opponents' 37. The team repeats as undefeated state champs in 1967.
From 1979 to 1993, the school is a powerhouse in boys basketball with the team competing in the state Class B championship game seven times, winning four times and runners up three times. In 1979, the team lost to Muskegon Heights in the championship game while in 1984 losing to Oak Park. In the 1985 championship game, the team losing to Beecher, but the next year in defeats Beecher, 33-32. In 1987, student Mark Macon is named Michigan's Mr. Basketball. In 1989, the team wins the state championship game against St. Joseph, 41-37, and in 1992 against Grandville Calvin Christian, 54-44. The team is crowned Class B state champions in 1993 with a win over Muskegon Heights, 69-52.
Two Class C basketball state championships are won in March 2004 against Charlevoix, 63-52 and in March 2006 defeating Berrien Springs, 57-52.
References
- ^ Johnson, Bob. May 16, 2013. Timeline: Buena Vista School District from start to now. The Saginaw News (Mlive Media Group). Accessed August 12, 2013.
- ^ Layton, Lyndsey. July 23, 2013.Tiny bankrupt school district in Michigan is closed for good. Washington Post.
- ^ Knake, Lindsay. (May 2, 2013). Michigan Department of Education: Too early to tell what will happen to Saginaw County's Buena Vista School District. The Saginaw News. Retrieved on September 9, 2013. Cite error: The named reference "sn0" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- Knake, Lindsay. (April 18, 2013) Buena Vista schools building consolidation meeting rescheduled for April 25. The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.
- Knake, Lindsay. (April 25, 2013) Buena Vista schools Board of Education moves consolidation vote back for second time. The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.
- Knake, Lindsay. (May 02, 2013) Buena Vista School District unable to make payroll, must return state money. The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.
- Johnson, Bob. (May 02, 2013) Buena Vista Township School Board president: We need teachers to finish out the year. The Saginaw News. Retrieved on September 4, 2013.
- ^ Knake, Lindsey. "See where former Buena Vista School District students now attend school." Mlive. September 17, 2013. Retrieved on November 2, 2013.
- Knake, Lindsay. (July 18, 2013). Buena Vista schools partners with charter company Leona Group as possible dissolution looms. The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.
- Buena Vista, Inkster school districts to be dissolved. Michigan Radio.
- Riley, Siobhan. (July 22, 2013) Buena Vista School District will be dissolved. ABC12. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.
- Burns, Candace. (July 31, 2013) SISD officially dissolves Buena Vista schools. ABC12. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.
- Knake, Lindsay. (July 11, 2013) Buena Vista School District could keep collecting taxes after dissolution to repay debt. The Saginaw News. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.
- Knake, Lindsey. "Buena Vista School District is no more; students to attend Saginaw, Bridgeport-Spaulding, Frankenmuth schools." MLive. July 30, 2013. Updated July 31, 2013. Retrieved on November 2, 2013.
