Editing Lathrup Village, Michigan (section)

==Education==
The city is within [[Southfield Public School District]]; it formerly housed [[Southfield-Lathrup High School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southfieldk12.org/schools/hs/university-high-school-academy/uhsa-about/directions-and-map/|title=Directions and Map|website=www.southfieldk12.org}}</ref> University High School and MacArhur K-8 School are located in Lathrup Village.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.niche.com/k12/macarthur-university-academy-lathrup-village-mi/|title=Explore MacArthur University Academy|website=Niche}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southfieldk12.org/schools/elem/mcintyre-elementary-school/|title=McIntyre Elementary School|website=www.southfieldk12.org}}</ref> [[Southfield High School for the Arts & Technology]] and McIntyre Elementary, in Southfield, are in the District.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southfieldk12.org/schools/hs/southfield-high-school/|title=Southfield High School for the Arts and Technology|website=www.southfieldk12.org}}</ref>

===Annie Lathrup School===
Lathrup Village was formerly served by the Annie Lathrup School, an elementary school located on Southfield Rd. in the center of the city.<ref>Arthur A. Hagman, Oakland County Book of History, p.207</ref> The school was built in 1926 and opened in 1927, opposite the Town Hall Sales Office, in an effort to give Lathrup Village a focal point.<ref>This is the date carved on the building entrance</ref> The building originally had four classrooms, a [[kindergarten]], and a gymnasium.<ref>Southfield Sun, 4 Dec 2013</ref> Additional classrooms were built in the 1950s.<ref>Michigan Roads and Construction vol. L, p22</ref> It was incorporated into the Southfield Public School system, and eventually closed in the late 1970s.<ref name="auto">{{cite web
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The school building is Lathrup Village's only historical landmark.<ref>https://www.miplace.org/link/8eb20a9fc8df45e484f7e3370ccc8544.aspx {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> According to the city's Economic Development Strategy, "With the demolition of the town hall in the 1990s, the school remains the only historic structure on Southfield Road." The Lathrup Village Redevelopment Report relates that "The Annie Lathrup School was included in the Lathrup Village Local Historic District when it was established in 1999" and "is listed on the National Register of Historic Places."<ref>Lathrup Village Redevelopment Report, 2013</ref> All existing efforts to redevelop the city center of Lathrup Village must contend with the difficult question of how to treat this building, and as such none of the many redevelopment plans have been accepted.<ref>{{cite web
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The school was named for Annie Lathrup (1861–1954), mother of developer Louise Lathrup Kelley. The school mascot was a beaver, and the sports teams were known as the Lathrup Beavers.<ref name="Gordie: The Legend of Mr. Hockey">Gordie: The Legend of Mr. Hockey</ref> Muriel Stacey established the library at the school.<ref>Detroit News, 24 Jun 2012</ref>

[[Mark Howe]], [[Marty Howe]], and the rest of [[Gordie Howe]]'s children attended the school.<ref name="Gordie: The Legend of Mr. Hockey"/>

After the school was closed, the building was purchased by [[Yeshivat Akiva]], which was based there until 1999. In the late 1990s the building was sold to a real estate developer, who hoped to use the land for a shopping center. The residents of Lathrup Village protested against this plan and instead another academic organization, the Academy of America, rented the building and opened a branch called The Academy of Lathrup Village.<ref>Marsha Low, "Historic Building Saved, But Few Pleased As Charter School A Reluctant Compromise" in Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr 1995, B5</ref> As of December 2013 the building was up for lease.<ref name="auto"/>