Each had its own building and equipment, hired its own teachers, and levied a tax on heads of families.
[5] The tax was based on the length of time the children in the family attended school.
A report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction noted that the three-story building often contained over 500 students.
The next year a committee visited Detroit and Kalamazoo to observe various types of architecture and furnishings.
The school opened in September of that year and was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson.
In November 1952, a bond issue was passed for construction of two new elementary schools and an addition to McKinley.
The building planned for the south side of Adrian was named in honor of Earl C. Michener.
Construction began on a site located between Loveland Road and Riverside Ave. By September 1959 the building was ready for students.