South Haven Public Schools
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| South Haven Public Schools | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
554 Green Street[1]
, Van Buren County, Michigan, 49090United States | |
| District information | |
| Grades | Pre-Kindergarten-12 |
| Superintendent | Ana Aleman-Putman[2] |
| Schools | 6[3] |
| Budget | $30,361,000 2021-2022 expenditures[3] |
| NCES District ID | 2632300[3] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 1,779 (2023-2024)[3] |
| Teachers | 120.25 (on an FTE basis) (2023-2024)[3] |
| Staff | 257.73 FTE (2023-2024)[3] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 14.79 (2023-2024)[3] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
South Haven Public Schools is a public school district in southwest Michigan. In Van Buren County, it serves South Haven and parts of the townships of Geneva and South Haven.[4] In Allegan County it serves part of Casco Township.[5]
The first school in South Haven was established in 1852 at the corner of Indiana Avenue and Superior Street.[6] Near the intersection of School Street and Erie Street, a frame school building was built in 1858. It was expanded and improved upon several times over the next fifty years, receiving a brick veneer in 1897.[7]
Some of South Haven's early schools included Indiana Elementary from 1898, Hartman Elementary from 1906,[8][9] and the former South Haven High School from 1913. It was built east of the 1858 high school, facing Broadway.[10]
The 1913 high school was expanded west along Erie Street in 1925 with a section called the Central Building.[11][12] The addition was dedicated in fall 1926.[13] The Vocational Building, facing Superior Street, was added to the high school campus in 1936. Lincoln Elementary was built in 1954.[11]
Replacing the 1913 high school, L.C. Mohr High School opened in fall 1961, named after the district superintendent who had served for thirty years.[14] The high school is also simply known as South Haven High School and continues to serve as such.[15] The architect was Guido Binda of Battle Creek.[16] The former high school became a junior high and later, an elementary school.[17]
Baseline Middle School opened in January 1993. The new building featured technology such as a centralized video system and industrial robots for career education. Grades six, seven and eight each had a classroom wing identified by green, blue, or burgundy carpets.[17][8]
In 1999, the historic Central, Hartman, Indiana buildings were still in use, with a section of Central condemned due to air quality concerns.[8] Repeated bond issue votes to fund construction failed until 2003.[18] The new school, North Shore Elementary, opened in fall 2005 and replaced those three schools.[19] Listiak Auditorium, with 570 seats, opened at the high school in May 2006.[20] A South Haven graduate converted Indiana Elementary into two condos.[21] Hartman School, at 355 Hubbard Street, was repurposed as the Historical Association of South Haven.[6] Central Elementary was redeveloped into residential units beginning in 2007.[22]