Finney High School
Jared W. Finney High School was a public comprehensive high school in northeastern Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located at 17200 Southampton, it was a part of Detroit Public Schools, and was in proximity to the Grosse Pointes.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]The school first opened as an elementary school in 1928.[2][3][4][5] It became a high school in 1962.[6][7]
Finney received a $2.5 million bond investment prior to its closure in 2009.[2] The original plan was to rebuild the school in a new $75 million campus on the same site shared with McNair Pre-K-8, but those plans changed.[8] In 2012, Finney and Crockett High School merged into East English Village Preparatory Academy,[2] which was built on the former site of Finney.[1]
The school was named after Detroiter Jared Warner Finney, a United States Commissioner and U.S. Attorney, in honor of his wide-ranging contributions to the City of Detroit. He was one of two sole members of the first graduating class of Detroit High School in 1861. Jared's father, Seymour Finney, was a prominent conductor on Detroit's underground railroad and owned "Finney's Barn," near Griswold and State streets, where the family hid former slaves and helped ferry them to freedom in Canada.[9]
Notable alumni
[edit | edit source]- Gus Calandrino,[10] Mayor, City of Utica, MI
- Tony Elliott,[11] professional football player
- Maria Ewing,[12] opera singer
- Jermaine Jackson,[1] basketball player
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Foster, Terry. "Detroit King pulls out another tough one over East English Village Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine" (archive). Detroit News. September 7, 2013. Retrieved on August 8, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Some DPS buildings no longer in use after major investments" (archive). Detroit Free Press. October 7, 2013. Retrieved on August 8, 2015.
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- ^ Schultz, Marisa. "DPS parents feeling betrayed Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine" (archive). The Detroit News. March 20, 2010. Retrieved on August 8, 2015.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Finney High School Archived 2015-08-07 at the Wayback Machine - notice of closing
- Finney High School (archive)
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