Clara B. Ford Academy
Clara B. Ford Academy is a charter school located in the city of Dearborn Heights, Michigan. The school is located at 20651 West Warren Avenue. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd ran a Detroit area outreach program for young women and in the 1930s began fundraising with the Salvation Army for a large campus. The automaker Henry Ford and his wife, Clara B. Ford, donated 50 acres of land. The residential school opened in 1942 as part of the Vista Maria facility.[1] By the 1980s the facility had evolved into a lay-run "residential treatment and detention facility for young women, placed [t]here by the court".[2] The school has grades 5 - 12[3] and serves about 170 students at any time but 450 individuals in a school year. For some years Clara B. Ford was operated by the Dearborn School District although it is located in Dearborn Heights.
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- Clara B. Ford Academy
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secondary schools
- Crestwood SD
- Crestwood HS
- Dearborn PS
- Dearborn Heights SD 7
- Annapolis HS
- Westwood Community SD
- Wayne-Westland Community Schools
- Taylor SD
- Clara B. Ford Academy
- Henry Ford College
Universal Learning Academy moved to Westland in 2011.
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