Northwest High School (Michigan)

Northwest High School is a public high school in Jackson, Michigan in the United States of America, the schools principal is Erik Bergh.

History

Established in 1954, Northwest Community schools is one of the largest districts in Jackson County. Northwest provides some of the most outstanding educational and extra-curricular programs in the area. The district includes approximately 144 square miles and serves 3,600 students in kindergarten through twelfth grade and another 600 children and adults through an extensive Childcare and Adult & Community Education Program. Having over 350 staff members.

Bond Issues

The Northwest School District has attempted to pass a bond seven times including the last attempt (October 3rd, 2005). However, each and every time this has failed to produce any results. As a direct result the lack of additional money, plus the state of Michigan cutting down Government funding, a dilemma has been created. Especially noted by Chris Galloway (Asst. Principle), "Unfortunately the people of Jackson are not as supportive as we have hoped. Many of you have already heard that necessary budget cuts will be taken, and 17 teaching positions will be abolished. However, this will not deter us from offering your child the best education possible." To update the validity of this quote MEAP scores decreased, and the average GPA has gone down .31 points out of 4.0 (cite: Secretary of Records, Julian Garmack). The school by choice, taking children away from Northwest to other schools, has increased 47.4%; second higest in Jackson, only trailing Western High School by 1.7%.

External links

• Official school site