Highland Park Schools

[3] The district serves the city of Highland Park, a total of 2.98 square miles (7.7 km2) of land.

[8] Once the "Schools of Choice" program was passed into state law, the district had begun accepting students from Detroit and Hamtramck.

"[10] With the loss of Chrysler and drug dealers coming into the area, the high school was a point of pride for the District and City as it remained a draw for black families seeking suburban-style education without moving there.

Sally Howell, author of "Competing for Muslims: New Strategies for Urban Renewal in Detroit", wrote that "Many of the non-resident students who matriculated in Highland Park had serious disciplinary, academic, or personal problems.

[11] In 2005 the district made plans to attract Arab and Muslim students resident in Detroit and Hamtramck.

[14] In January 2012, the State of Michigan's review team issued a report recommending that the Governor appoint an emergency manager.

On Monday January 30, 2012, Emergency Manager Jack Martin appointed by Governor of Michigan Rick Snyder took control of the School District.

[16] In August 2012, the charter academy system entered into a contract with the Leona Group LLC.

[18] In 2015 the emergency manager, Don Weatherspoon, announced that the Leona-controlled district was closing its high school.

[19] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit saying that the district was failing to provide an adequate level of education.

[4] HPS developed the Career Academy, a program to allow under-achieving students to graduate from high school or to be certified for a GED.