Fowlerville Community Schools

The first schools within the present district's boundaries were started in 1837. According to the district's history as written in the 1976 Fowlerville High School Yearbook, "A log cabin with a plank floor and a large stone fireplace was typical of the early breed. Seats were made of split logs on legs, and the desks were simply wooden planks fastened to the walls."^[9]

By 1879, there were 725 schoolchildren in Handy Township, including Fowlerville, and seven frame one-room schoolhouses, with the eighth school in the village being two stories. A high school that went to only grade ten was established in 1883. A dedicated high school was built in 1891, and by 1893 it went to grade twelve. Students from primary school districts in outlying townships could attend the high school for tuition, and typically commuted on horseback.^[9]

The two-story village elementary, which had been built in 1871, burned in a suspicious fire in 1921. Lansing architect and Fowlerville alumnus Warren S. Holmes designed its replacement, which opened in 1923, to hold all grades.^[9]

Two more elementary schools were built prior to the district's consolidation with the outlying rural school districts in April of 1953. In 1956, a new high school was built on the current school campus and the 1923 building became a middle school.^[9]

In fall 1982, John S. Munn Middle School and Fowlerville High School were dedicated. Munn Middle School was converted from the former high school.^[10]

Natalie Kreeger Elementary opened in fall 1992.^[11]

In fall 1999, the former Fowlerville Junior High School opened.^[12] It was designed by TMP Architecture to be eventually converted to the high school. This occurred around 2006, with extensive additions and renovations, including an 800-seat auditorium. The 1982 high school became a junior high.^[13]

As part of a construction bond issue passed in 2021, H.T. Smith Elementary was replaced with Fowlerville Elementary, which opened in January 2025. The former H.T. Smith Elementary was converted to Little Glad Early Childhood Center, which had formerly occupied the Munn Middle School building.^[14][15] The former Munn Middle School will be demolished.^[16]