Kalamazoo School Case
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N 42° 17.051 W 085° 35.388
16T E 616269 N 4682292
Located on the northwest corner of Westnedge Avenue and Vine Street. Parking is available nearby.
Waymark Code: WM1G3Y
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2007
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Near here, in 1858, Kalamazoo's first high school was opened. Fifteen years later the right of the school board to levy taxes to support a high school was challenged. A unanimous decision of the Michigan Supreme Court, rendered by Justice Thomas M. Cooley in 1874, affirmed an opinion of Kalamazoo Circuit Judge Charles R. Brown that upheld this right. As a result the way opened for free high schools in Michigan and also in other states.
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