Flushing High School (Michigan)
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Flushing High School is a four-year public high school in Flushing, Michigan, U.S.A. It is operated by Flushing Community Schools.
Its sports teams are known as the Raiders. Colors: Orange and Black. The principal is Jason Melynchek.
In 1930, students at the school went on strike to protest the school board's firing of superintendent Herbert V. Truemner.[1]
In 1998, the collapse of a cinder block wall in a new auditorium under construction at the school killed several workers.[2] [3] [4]
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Michigan artist Richard Wolfgang taught at the school.[5]
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- ^ "Pupils Strike in Michigan School.", The New York Times, March 20, 1930, Thursday, p. Page 16. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
- ^ Four workers killed when wall collapses. Wichita Eagle, The (Wichita, Kansas), August 25, 1998, Page 3A
- ^ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AK&s_site=ohio&p_multi=AK&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB6C1FD9C32D892&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM SCHOOL AUDITORIUM WALL CRUSHES WORKERS. Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), August 25, 1998, Page A3] ]
- ^ Wall collapses at school, killing 4, injuring 2. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 25, 1998
- ^ Mackinac Artist Richard Wolfgang Painting Mind, Body and Soul
- Murphy, Shannon. "Between prom and fall, crash risks rise for teen drivers", The Flint Journal, Monday May 05, 2008, 4:53 PM. Retrieved on 2008-05-07. "In May 1996, three Flushing High School students were killed in a crash following the annual senior sleepover at another student's home."

