Lamphere Public Schools

The school made headlines in fall 1937, when it refused to accept 40 unhoused students who were living in a tent city at the corner of Thirteen Mile Rd.

The tent city was created by Oakland County as disaster relief for families suffering from the Great Depression.

[4] The district claimed it had no resources to accommodate the students and requested three funding proposals to voters, which were denied.

Because of the relocation of many Detroiters to the suburbs, Lamphere went on a half-day schedule in order to ease overcrowding in 1955, the year Madison Heights incorporated as a city.

However, due to a lack of funds needed to hire 17 teachers, both Edmonson Elementary and Lamphere High School went on a half day schedules in 1957.