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{{Infobox school district
{{Infobox school district
| name = Burt Township Schools
| name = Burt Township School District
| image = Grand Marais Public School (early 1900s).png
| image = Burt Township Schools (Michigan) front.jpg
| image_size = 300 px
| image_size = 275
| image_caption = Old school building in Grand Marais, early 1900s
| image_caption = Grand Marais High School in 2021
| address = 27 Colwell Avenue<br>
| address = 27 Colwell Avenue<br>[[Grand Marais, Michigan]] 49839
[[Grand Marais, Michigan]] 49839
| county = [[Alger County, Michigan|Alger County]]
| county = [[Alger County, Michigan|Alger County]]
| country = [[United States]]
| country = [[United States]]
| grades = KG – 12
| grades = K–12
| established = {{Start date and age|1885}}
| established = {{Start date and age|1885}}
| students = 33
| students = 33
| teachers = 6.35
| teachers = 6.35
| ratio = 5.2<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020|title=School Detail for Burt Township School|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=260747004328&ID=260747004328|url-status=live|access-date=March 15, 2021|publisher=Common Core of Data, [[National Center for Education Statistics]], [[U.S. Department of Education]]}}</ref>
| ratio = 5.2<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020|title=School Detail for Burt Township School|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=260747004328&ID=260747004328|access-date=March 15, 2021|publisher=Common Core of Data, [[National Center for Education Statistics]], [[U.S. Department of Education]]}}</ref>
| website = [http://grandmaraisschools.org/ Official Website]
| free_label = District area
| free_text = {{convert|238.6|sqmi|km2|1|abbr=on}}<ref name=SIZE>{{cite web |url=https://www.michigan.gov/documents/squaremiles_11742_7.pdf |title=Square mileage of Michigan school districts, as of May 22, 2018 |publisher=[[State of Michigan]] |accessdate=April 12, 2021}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://grandmaraisschools.org/|Official website}}
}}
}}
[[File:Burt_Township_Schools_(Michigan)_rear.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Back view of Grand Marais High School]]
'''Burt Township Schools''' is a school district headquartered in [[Grand Marais, Michigan]].<ref>"[http://grandmaraisschools.org/about-us/contact-us/ Contact Us]." Burt Township Schools. Retrieved on July 21, 2018. "Burt Township Schools 27 Colwell Ave P.O. Box 338 Grand Marais, MI 49839"</ref> The district serves the residents of [[Burt Township, Alger County, Michigan]], an area covering {{convert|617.90|km2|disp=flip}} in the [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.michigan.gov/documents/squaremiles_11742_7.pdf |title=Square mileage of Michigan school districts, as of May 22, 2018 |publisher=[[State of Michigan]] |accessdate=April 12, 2021}}</ref>{{efn-ua|Another source puts it at {{convert|597|km2|disp=flip}}.<ref name="CensusReporter">{{cite web |url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/97000US2607470-burt-township-school-district-mi/ |title=Burt Township School District, MI School District (Unified) |work=[[Census Reporter]] |accessdate=April 13, 2021}}</ref>}}
'''Burt Township School District''' is a school district headquartered in the community of [[Grand Marais, Michigan|Grand Marais]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]].<ref>"[http://grandmaraisschools.org/about-us/contact-us/ Contact Us]." Burt Township Schools. Retrieved on July 21, 2018. "Burt Township Schools 27 Colwell Ave P.O. Box 338 Grand Marais, MI 49839"</ref> The district serves the entirety of [[Burt Township, Alger County, Michigan|Burt Township]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Michigan Geographic Framework|url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_ALGER%20COUNTY.pdf|title=Alger County School Districts|date=15 November 2013|accessdate=June 28, 2021}}</ref> The district covers a very large area of {{convert|238.57|sqmi|sqkm|2}} in northeastern [[Alger County, Michigan|Alger County]].<ref name=SIZE/>{{efn-ua|Another source puts it at {{convert|230.5|sqmi|sqkm|1}}.<ref name="CensusReporter">{{cite web |url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/97000US2607470-burt-township-school-district-mi/ |title=Burt Township School District, MI School District (Unified) |work=[[Census Reporter]] |accessdate=April 13, 2021}}</ref>}}


The district has a single school building, with elementary on the first floor and secondary on the second floor.<ref name=ES>"[http://grandmaraisschools.org/about-us/elementary/ Elementary]." Burt Township Schools. Retrieved on July 21, 2018. "Our elementary school consists of grades Kindergarten through 5th grades and is housed on the first level of our school building."</ref><ref>"[http://grandmaraisschools.org/about-us/high-school/ High School]." Burt Township Schools. Retrieved on July 21, 2018. [...]students at Grand Marais High School, housed on the second level of our building,[...]</ref>
The district has a single school building, with elementary on the first floor and secondary on the second floor.<ref name=ES>"[http://grandmaraisschools.org/about-us/elementary/ Elementary]." Burt Township Schools. Retrieved on July 21, 2018. "Our elementary school consists of grades Kindergarten through 5th grades and is housed on the first level of our school building."</ref><ref>"[http://grandmaraisschools.org/about-us/high-school/ High School]." Burt Township Schools. Retrieved on July 21, 2018. [...]students at Grand Marais High School, housed on the second level of our building,[...]</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[File:Grand Marais Public School (early 1900s).png|thumb|left|250px|Old school building in early 1900s]]
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The district's history dates to 1885 when a small school was built in Grand Marais serving 50 students. As the area boomed in the early 1900s, the district's attendance grew to 520 students in 1905. The current school building, originally known as '''Grand Marais High School''', was completed in 1929 at a cost of $125,000.<ref name=About/> The building is a two-story brick structure overlooking [[Lake Superior]]. It has high ceilings and oak-trimmed interiors.<ref name=DFP/> In 1936, ''[[The Escanaba Daily Press]]'' touted the district's "modern public school system, which offers the children of the community educational advantages comparable to those offered by other cities in the Upper Peninsula."<ref>{{cite news|title=Grand Marais High School|newspaper=The Escanaba Daily Press|date=May 9, 1936|page=|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73320352/grand-marais-high-school/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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[[File:Burt Township School Forest, Grand Marais, Michigan (30862430246).jpg|left|thumb|250px|Burt Township School Forest, 2016]]


The district's history dates to 1885 when a small school was built in Grand Marais serving 50 students. As the area boomed in the early 1900s, the district's attendance grew to 520 students in 1905. The current school building, originally known as '''Grand Marais High School''', was completed in 1929 at a cost of $125,000.<ref name="About">{{cite web |title=About Us: Burt Township School History |url=https://burt.school/about-us/ |access-date=March 12, 2021 |publisher=Burt Township School District}}</ref> The building, which overlooks [[Lake Superior]], is a two-story brick structure with high ceilings and oak-trimmed interiors.<ref name=DFP/>
[[Ira W. Jayne]] was school superintendent at the onset of the 20th Century.<ref name="Biographical">{{cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Book_of_Detroiters/Rz4XAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&kptab=overview |page=266 |title=Ira W. Jayne |work=The Book of Detroiters: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Detroit|date=1914 |publisher=[[Marquis Who's Who|A.N. Marquis]] |location=Chicago |edition=2nd |language=English |last1=Marquis |first1=Albert Nelson, Editor |authorlink1=Albert Nelson Marquis}}</ref>


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[[Ira W. Jayne]] was school superintendent at the onset of the 20th Century.<ref name="Biographical">{{cite book |last1=Marquis |first1=Albert Nelson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rz4XAQAAMAAJ |title=The Book of Detroiters: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Detroit |publisher=[[Marquis Who's Who|A.N. Marquis]] |year=1914 |edition=2nd |location=Chicago |page=266 |language=English |quote=JAYNE, Ira W., lawyer; born, Fenton, Mich. , 1884; son of Daniel G. and Alice C. (Waite) Jayne; A.B., University of Michigan, 1905; married, Dec. 27, 1911, Jean Farland Bilton, of Detroit. Superintendent of Burt Township schools, Alger County, Mich., 1905-7 |authorlink1=Albert Nelson Marquis}}</ref> In 1936, ''[[The Escanaba Daily Press]]'' touted the district's "modern public school system, which offers the children of the community educational advantages comparable to those offered by other cities in the Upper Peninsula."<ref>{{cite news|title=Grand Marais High School|newspaper=[[Escanaba Daily Press|The Escanaba Daily Press]]|date=May 9, 1936|page=|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73320352/grand-marais-high-school/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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As the area's population declined in the late 20th century, so too did the school's attendance.<ref name=About/> As of 2007, the school attendance stood at approximately 70 students from kindergarten through 12th grade.<ref name="Mackinac">{{cite news|title=Burt Township teachers vote out MEA, NEA|publisher=[[Mackinac Center for Public Policy]]|date=August 15, 2007 |work=[[Michigan Education Report]] |url=https://www.mackinac.org/8824}}</ref> By 2015, attendance had declined to 30 students.<ref name=About>{{cite web|title=About Us: Burt Township School History|publisher=Burt Township School District|access-date=March 12, 2021|url=https://burt.school/about-us/}}</ref>


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Beginning in 1983, the school district implemented a novel telephone teaching program. The program, which included [[microphone]]s and [[electronic blackboard]]s allowing students in Grand Marais and teachers in Marquette to remotely view each other's work, was funded with a $22,000 grant from the state and made it possible for students to participate in classes offered by the Marquette Public Schools in subjects including art, foreign languages, and advanced mathematics. At the time, it was the only school in Michigan to use telephone teaching.<ref name="DFP">{{cite news|title=Telephone transmits lessons to UP school|newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]|author=Thomas BeVier|date=March 25, 1986|page=7D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73317553/telephone-transmits-lessons/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the district has instituted [[remote learning]]. which is used as needed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://burt.school/coronavirus/ |title=Coronavirus (Covid-19) Hub |publisher=Burt Township Schools |accessdate=April 13, 2021}}</ref>
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[[File:Burt Township School Forest, Grand Marais, Michigan (30862430246).jpg|right|thumb|165px|Burt Township School Forest, 2016]]
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The Burt Township Schools also own a 1,300-acre school forest adjacent to Lake Superior and bordering on the [[Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore]].<ref name=About/>


In 1954, the Burt Township School received an award from the Northern Michigan Sportsmen's Association for its outstanding conservation education program.<ref>{{cite news|title=Conservation Education Programs Included In Curriculums of Upper Peninsula Schools|newspaper=The Escanaba Press|date=October 1, 1954|page=|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73312565/conservation-education-programs/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
In 1954, the Burt Township School received an award from the Northern Michigan Sportsmen's Association for its outstanding conservation education program.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 1, 1954 |title=Conservation Education Programs Included In Curriculums of Upper Peninsula Schools |page= |newspaper=The Escanaba Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73312565/conservation-education-programs/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>


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In 1984, the Burt Township school system spent more per pupil ($4,958) than any other school district in Michigan.<ref>{{cite news|title=School outlay rise smallest in decade|newspaper=[[Lansing State Journal]]|date=March 29, 1984|page=5B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73312237/school-outlay/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 2007, the teachers' union voted to become "local only" and disaffiliated with the [[National Education Association]] and the [[Michigan Education Association]].<ref name="Mackinac">{{cite news |date=August 15, 2007 |title=Burt Township teachers vote out MEA, NEA |work=[[Michigan Education Report]] |publisher=[[Mackinac Center for Public Policy]] |url=https://www.mackinac.org/8824}}</ref> In 2018, the voters of the township approved a bond authorizing expenditure of approximately $1 million for maintenance of the school building.<ref name=ABC/>
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Beginning in 1983, the school district implemented a novel telephone teaching program. The program, which included [[microphone]]s and [[electronic blackboard]]s allowing students in Grand Marais and teachers in Marquette to remotely view each other's work, was funded with a $22,000 grant from the state and made it possible for students to participate in classes offered by the Marquette Public Schools in subjects including art, foreign languages, and advanced mathematics. At the time, it was the only school in Michigan to use telephone teaching.<ref name=DFP>{{cite news|title=Telephone transmits lessons to UP school|newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]|author=Thomas BeVier|date=March 25, 1986|page=7D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73317553/telephone-transmits-lessons/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the district has instituted [[remote learning]]. which is used as needed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://burt.school/coronavirus/ |title=Coronavirus (Covid-19) Hub |publisher=Burt Township Schools |accessdate=April 13, 2021}}</ref>


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As the area's population declined in the late 20th century, so too did the school's attendance.<ref name="About" /> As of 2007, the school attendance stood at approximately 70 students from kindergarten through 12th grade.<ref name="Mackinac" /> By 2015, attendance had declined to 30 students.<ref name="About" />
The school has also served other purposes, including the [[library]] serving the community at large and the [[Gym|gymnasium]] serving as a [[community]] [[recreation center]].<ref name=DFP/>

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In 1984, the Burt Township school system spent more per pupil ($4,958) than any other school district in Michigan.<ref>{{cite news|title=School outlay rise smallest in decade|newspaper=[[Lansing State Journal]]|date=March 29, 1984|page=5B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73312237/school-outlay/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 2007, the teachers' union voted to become 'local only" and disaffiliated with the [[National Education Association]] and the [[Michigan Education Association]].<ref name="Mackinac"/> In 2018, the voters of the township approved a bond authorizing expenditure of approximately $1 million for maintenance of the school building.<ref name=ABC/>


The district's future was called into question in 2019 by a proposed cut in a state program providing funding for school districts in remote areas. Governor [[Gretchen Whitmer]] used a [[line-item veto]] to eliminate the cut.<ref>{{cite news|title=State budget cuts could mean the end for Burt Township Schools|publisher=[[WLUC-TV|TV 6]]: Upper Peninsula Source|date=October 3, 2019|url=https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/State-budget-cuts-could-mean-the-end-for-Burt-Township-Schools-562109101.html}}</ref><ref name="ABC">{{cite news|first1=Trent |last1=Bailey|title=Whitmer's vetoes "crippling" small northern Michigan school districts|publisher=[[WBUP|ABC 10 UP]]|date=October 2, 2019|url=https://abc10up.com/2019/10/02/whitmers-vetoes-crippling-small-northern-michigan-school-districts/}}</ref>
The district's future was called into question in 2019 by a proposed cut in a state program providing funding for school districts in remote areas. Governor [[Gretchen Whitmer]] used a [[line-item veto]] to eliminate the cut.<ref>{{cite news|title=State budget cuts could mean the end for Burt Township Schools|publisher=[[WLUC-TV|TV 6]]: Upper Peninsula Source|date=October 3, 2019|url=https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/State-budget-cuts-could-mean-the-end-for-Burt-Township-Schools-562109101.html}}</ref><ref name="ABC">{{cite news|first1=Trent |last1=Bailey|title=Whitmer's vetoes "crippling" small northern Michigan school districts|publisher=[[WBUP|ABC 10 UP]]|date=October 2, 2019|url=https://abc10up.com/2019/10/02/whitmers-vetoes-crippling-small-northern-michigan-school-districts/}}</ref>


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The school has also served other purposes, including the [[library]] serving the community at large and the [[Gym|gymnasium]] serving as a [[community]] [[recreation center]].<ref name="DFP" /> The Burt Township Schools own a 1,300-acre school forest adjacent to Lake Superior, bordering on the [[Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore]].<ref name="About" />
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The schools are unranked by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', which has compiled [[demographic]] information on the district's population and students.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/michigan/districts/burt-township-school-district/burt-township-school-143121 |title=Burt Township Schools |work=U.S. News & World Report |accessdate=April 12, 2021}}</ref>


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The schools are unranked by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', which has compiled [[demographic]] information on the district's population and students.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/michigan/districts/burt-township-school-district/burt-township-school-143121 |title=Burt Township Schools |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |accessdate=April 12, 2021}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
===Notes===
===Notes===

Latest revision as of 02:24, 27 September 2023

Burt Township School District
Grand Marais High School in 2021
Address
27 Colwell Avenue
Grand Marais, Michigan 49839
Alger County
United States
District information
GradesK–12
Established1885; 140 years ago (1885)
Students and staff
Students33
Teachers6.35
Student–teacher ratio5.2[1]
Other information
District area238.6 sq mi (618.0 km2)[2]
WebsiteOfficial website
Back view of Grand Marais High School

Burt Township School District is a school district headquartered in the community of Grand Marais in the U.S. state of Michigan.[3] The district serves the entirety of Burt Township.[4] The district covers a very large area of 238.57 square miles (617.89 km2) in northeastern Alger County.[2][A]

The district has a single school building, with elementary on the first floor and secondary on the second floor.[6][7]

History

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Old school building in early 1900s
Burt Township School Forest, 2016

The district's history dates to 1885 when a small school was built in Grand Marais serving 50 students. As the area boomed in the early 1900s, the district's attendance grew to 520 students in 1905. The current school building, originally known as Grand Marais High School, was completed in 1929 at a cost of $125,000.[8] The building, which overlooks Lake Superior, is a two-story brick structure with high ceilings and oak-trimmed interiors.[9]

Ira W. Jayne was school superintendent at the onset of the 20th Century.[10] In 1936, The Escanaba Daily Press touted the district's "modern public school system, which offers the children of the community educational advantages comparable to those offered by other cities in the Upper Peninsula."[11]

Beginning in 1983, the school district implemented a novel telephone teaching program. The program, which included microphones and electronic blackboards allowing students in Grand Marais and teachers in Marquette to remotely view each other's work, was funded with a $22,000 grant from the state and made it possible for students to participate in classes offered by the Marquette Public Schools in subjects including art, foreign languages, and advanced mathematics. At the time, it was the only school in Michigan to use telephone teaching.[9] In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the district has instituted remote learning. which is used as needed.[12]

In 1954, the Burt Township School received an award from the Northern Michigan Sportsmen's Association for its outstanding conservation education program.[13]

In 1984, the Burt Township school system spent more per pupil ($4,958) than any other school district in Michigan.[14] In 2007, the teachers' union voted to become "local only" and disaffiliated with the National Education Association and the Michigan Education Association.[15] In 2018, the voters of the township approved a bond authorizing expenditure of approximately $1 million for maintenance of the school building.[16]

As the area's population declined in the late 20th century, so too did the school's attendance.[8] As of 2007, the school attendance stood at approximately 70 students from kindergarten through 12th grade.[15] By 2015, attendance had declined to 30 students.[8]

The district's future was called into question in 2019 by a proposed cut in a state program providing funding for school districts in remote areas. Governor Gretchen Whitmer used a line-item veto to eliminate the cut.[17][16]

The school has also served other purposes, including the library serving the community at large and the gymnasium serving as a community recreation center.[9] The Burt Township Schools own a 1,300-acre school forest adjacent to Lake Superior, bordering on the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.[8]

The schools are unranked by U.S. News & World Report, which has compiled demographic information on the district's population and students.[18]

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Another source puts it at 230.5 square miles (597.0 km2).[5]

Citations

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  1. ^ "School Detail for Burt Township School". Common Core of Data, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Square mileage of Michigan school districts, as of May 22, 2018" (PDF). State of Michigan. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "Contact Us." Burt Township Schools. Retrieved on July 21, 2018. "Burt Township Schools 27 Colwell Ave P.O. Box 338 Grand Marais, MI 49839"
  4. ^ Michigan Geographic Framework (November 15, 2013). "Alger County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  5. ^ "Burt Township School District, MI School District (Unified)". Census Reporter. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "Elementary." Burt Township Schools. Retrieved on July 21, 2018. "Our elementary school consists of grades Kindergarten through 5th grades and is housed on the first level of our school building."
  7. ^ "High School." Burt Township Schools. Retrieved on July 21, 2018. [...]students at Grand Marais High School, housed on the second level of our building,[...]
  8. ^ a b c d "About Us: Burt Township School History". Burt Township School District. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c Thomas BeVier (March 25, 1986). "Telephone transmits lessons to UP school". Detroit Free Press. p. 7D – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Marquis, Albert Nelson (1914). The Book of Detroiters: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Detroit (2nd ed.). Chicago: A.N. Marquis. p. 266. JAYNE, Ira W., lawyer; born, Fenton, Mich. , 1884; son of Daniel G. and Alice C. (Waite) Jayne; A.B., University of Michigan, 1905; married, Dec. 27, 1911, Jean Farland Bilton, of Detroit. Superintendent of Burt Township schools, Alger County, Mich., 1905-7
  11. ^ "Grand Marais High School". The Escanaba Daily Press. May 9, 1936 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Coronavirus (Covid-19) Hub". Burt Township Schools. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  13. ^ "Conservation Education Programs Included In Curriculums of Upper Peninsula Schools". The Escanaba Press. October 1, 1954 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "School outlay rise smallest in decade". Lansing State Journal. March 29, 1984. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ a b "Burt Township teachers vote out MEA, NEA". Michigan Education Report. Mackinac Center for Public Policy. August 15, 2007.
  16. ^ a b Bailey, Trent (October 2, 2019). "Whitmer's vetoes "crippling" small northern Michigan school districts". ABC 10 UP.
  17. ^ "State budget cuts could mean the end for Burt Township Schools". TV 6: Upper Peninsula Source. October 3, 2019.
  18. ^ "Burt Township Schools". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
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