Kearsley Community Schools

Kearsley Community School District is a public school district in Genesee County, residing in the U.S. state of Michigan and is part of the Genesee Intermediate School District.

Kearsley Community School District
Address
4396 Underhill Drive, Flint, MI Genesee Charter Township Genesee County, Michigan, 48506 United States
District information
Type	Local school district
Grades	PK-12
Established	1868
President	Chad Langworthy
Vice-president	Dr. Charles Wade
Superintendent	Paul Gaudard
Students and staff
Students	2,893 (2018-2019)
Teachers	143.81
Student–teacher ratio	20:1
District mascot	Hornet
Colors	Blue   Gold
Other information
Intermediate District	Genesee
Website	www.kearsleyschools.org

History

Kearsley Community Schools is named after U.S. Army Major Jonathan Kearsley, who fought in the War of 1812. The first Kearsley school opened before the American Civil War, the land being donated by Mr. and Mrs. John and Mary Cashin, the single room building was burnt down later in 1929. The same year the district got a $42,500 bond to purchase land and build an eight-room school. In 1937 the first superintendent, George Daly, was hired. Sometime in 1940 four different school districts, Tanner, White, Wentworth, and Kearsley, combined to form the Kearsley Rural Agricultural School District.^[1]

Schools

Located east of Flint, Michigan, the Kearsley School District is home to nearly 3000 PK–12 students. Schools operated by the Kearsley Board of Education include:

• Pumpkin Patch Early Childhood Center (Buffey Elementary)
• Weston Elementary
• Dowdall Elementary
• Fiedler Elementary
• Armstrong Middle School
• Kearsley High School

Former Kearsley schools

• Tanner Elementary
• Paro Elementary
• Burgtorf Elementary School
• George Daly Jr High; formerly Kearsley High
• Wentworth Elementary

Notable alumni

• Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad^{[citation needed]}