Traverse City Area Public Schools

Traverse City Area Public Schools
TCAPS logo
Address
412 Webster Street, Traverse City, Michigan
Grand Traverse County
District information
Type Public
Motto Great Community, Great Schools
Grades Young 4s to 12
Superintendent Paul Soma
Other information
Website www.tcaps.net

Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) is a public school district based in Traverse City, Michigan, United States. This district includes 12 elementary schools, two middle schools, three high schools, one international school, and one Montessori school. The district is headquartered in the Boardman Building. In 2017, Traverse City Central and West High Schools were named among the most challenging in the country.[1]

The district serves 10,000 students over an area of 285 square miles (738 km2).[2] This makes it the largest district in northwestern Michigan.

History

This district was founded in 1871 when Boardman, Central, Elmwood Avenue, Oak Park, and Union Street Independent Schools united. Today, all of these schools are closed, but Boardman, Central and Union Street school buildings are used for other purposes.

Since 1871, many other schools around the area have been annexed and built.

Since 2003, Bertha Vos, Norris, and Interlochen Schools have closed.

In 2011, Long Lake Elementary School closed for a rebuild next door, due to the school being old.

In March 2016, TCAPS decided to close Bertha Vos International School and Interlochen Elementary. Officials almost closed Old Mission Elementary School, but an unknown donor has pledged to pay about $100,000 dollars to keep it open. In May 2016, the nearby Kingsley Area Schools decided to look into purchasing the Interlochen.[3]

For both 2015 and 2016 the TCAPS Japanese exchange program, in which TCAPS students exchange with Japanese ones for one week, has been completely paid for by an anonymous donor.

In summer 2016, with the closing of Interlochen Elementary, over two-thirds of its students moved to Silver Lake Elementary. With this sudden influx of students and teachers, TCAPS voted to expand Silver Lake Elementary to accommodate the extra students. The project started in May 2017, and it was supposed to end by December 2017. The whole project is said to cost near $2 million.[4]

Also in May 2017, Eastern Elementary closed for a rebuild, similar to the rebuild of Long Lake Elementary six years prior. The project will last the entire 2017/18 school year, and should be ready by July 2018. The students were moved to the nearby vacant Bertha Vos, which closed the previous year. This project will cost around $10 million.[5]

In 2017, a Traverse City food company called Tamarack bought the vacant Long Lake Elementary School building, which was used as an elementary school before 2011. The company is in the process of remodeling the school into a warehouse.[6]

In 2018, TCAPS has three vacant properties around the Traverse City Area. It is unknown if these properties are to become schools, but TCAPS has expressed feelings of building a new district headquarters, replacing the old Boardman Building in Traverse City.

In the summer of 2018, Old Mission School may become an independent district.

Schools

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Elementary schools (Young 4s–5)

School Name Address Mascot Principal Nearest Town
Blair 1625 Sawyer Road Bobcats Kirsten Morgan Grawn
Central 301 7th Street Superstars Toby Tisdale Traverse City
Cherry Knoll 1800 3 Mile Road Wildcats Victoria Derks Traverse City
Courtade 1111 Rasho Road Cougars Katherine Bonne Traverse City
Eastern 1600 Eastern Avenue Stars Biz Rusowski Traverse City
Glenn Loomis 1009 Oak Street Mercury Lisa VanLoo Traverse City
Long Lake 7600 North Long Lake Road Panthers Kate Burwinkel Traverse City
Old Mission 2699 Island View Road Panthers Beth Still Old Mission
Silver Lake 5858 Culver Road Seahawks Angela Camp Grawn
Traverse Heights 933 Rose Street Roadrunners Ryan Schrock Traverse City
Westwoods 1500 Fisher Road Red Wings Dan Tiesworth Interlochen
Willow Hill 1250 Hill Street Falcons Angela Sides-McKay Traverse City
Montessori school (Young 4s–6)
School Name Address Mascot
TCAPS Montessori @ Glenn Loomis 1009 Oak Street Mercury

Middle schools (6–8)

School Name Address Mascot Principal
East 1776 3 Mile Road Trojans Colleen Smith
West 3950 Silver Lake Road Titans Terry Smith

High schools (9–12)

School Name Address Mascot Principal
Central 1150 Milliken Drive Trojans Jessie Houghton
West 5276 North Long Lake Road Titans Joe Esper
Traverse City High School 3962 3 Mile Road Mavericks Lance Morgan

References

  1. ↑ "U.S. high school rankings by state — Most challenging schools". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  2. ↑ "About Our District". Traverse City Area Public Schools. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ Kaminski, Kyle (May 18, 2016). "Officials Explore Interlochen Options". Traverse City Record-Eagle. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ Kaminski, Kyle (April 11, 2017). "Silver Lake Elementary Expands". Traverse City Record-Eagle. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  5. ↑ Kaminsky, Kyle (August 5, 2016). "District Moves Toward Eastern Rebuild". Traverse City Record-Eagle. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  6. ↑ Thompson, Carol (May 2, 2017). "Tamarack Purchases Old Long Lake School". Traverse City Record-Eagle. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Schools". Traverse City Area Public Schools. Retrieved October 25, 2017.

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