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Coordinates: 42°51′35.1″N 83°43′36.

6″W

Lake Fenton Community Schools


Lake Fenton Community School District is a public school
Lake Fenton Community
district in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan and in the
Genesee Intermediate School District. The district is a classified as School District
a "Class C" school district consisting of 27 square miles which Lake Fenton Community
takes in portions of the city of Fenton, Fenton Township, parts of Schools
Grand Blanc, Linden and Mundy townships.[1] Location
Genesee County, Michigan
History Midwest
United States
The district originally began as a collection of six one-room Coordinates 42°51′35.1″N
schoolhouses that consolidated in two waves. O'Dell Schoolhouse
83°43′36.6″W
was designated as School District No. 1 and was located at the
corner of Baldwin and Torrey roads in Fenton Township on land District information
owned by Lafayette O'Dell and later donated by his descendant Established 1956
William O'Dell. The school was started in 1837, and was the first
President Chris Fletcher
record school in the county. The first schoolhouse was built in
1845. At annexation, the school was the oldest district still in Vice-president Larry Godlewski
continuous operation.[1] Superintendent Julie Williams

The first wave of consolidation was in 1922, and consisted of Other information
Severance, Long Lake and Sand Bar schools joined together. In Intermediate Genesee
1953–54, the school district added the O'Dell, South Mundy and District
Kennedy one-room schools.[1]
Website www
Consolidation began in 1922 and, in 1956, the Lake Fenton .lakefentonschoo
Community School (essentially West Shore Elementary and Torrey ls.org (http://ww
Hill Middle School) was built to replace the one-room schools. w.lakefentonscho
The school itself sat on the site of one of the one-room schools, the ols.org)
former Long Lake School. Then, in 1959, the first Lake Fenton
High School was built, being added onto the Community School. In time, West Shore and Torrey Hill
moved to a new building in Lahring Road, and the high school occupied the 1956 school building. Today,
Torrey Hill is an intermediate school, the original high school a middle school and a new high school that
has been built on Lahring Road in Fenton Township.

High school
Lake Fenton High School
Athletics
Address
The Lake Fenton Blue Devils play in the Flint Metro
League and compete in many sports including Basketball,
Cheer (Competitive & Sideline), Football, Cross Country,
Track, and, after adding Gymnastics and Lacrosse in 2015,
Fenton offered opportunities for every Michigan High
School Athletics Association (MHSAA) tournament
sport.[2]

References
1. "History of the Lake Fenton schools" (http://www.tc
times.com/history-of-the-lake-fenton-schools/articl
e_3d9e0092-a3c4-5965-8f03-abd11e0c1d5a.htm
l). Tri-County Times. August 14, 2004. Retrieved
January 10, 2017.
4070 Lahring Rd
2. "An in-depth look at Fenton Area Public Schools"
Fenton Township, Michigan
(https://www.tctimes.com/news/an-in-depth-look-at
-fenton-area-public-schools/article_1aeed69e-ae2 United States
e-11e4-bea8-6b47959457d7.html). Tri-County Information
Times. Feb 6, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2020. Type High School
School Lake Fenton Community
External links district Schools

lakefentonschools.org (http://www.lakefentonscho Principal Kate VanHouten


ols.org/) - official url Grades 9-12
lake-fenton.schoolfusion.us (http://lake-fenton.sch Color(s) Blue, white, black
oolfusion.us/) - actual website
Mascot Blue Devil
Rival Goodrich Martians
National 69
ranking
Website lake-fenton.ms.schoolfusion
.us (http://lake-fenton.ms.sch
oolfusion.us/)

Lake Fenton Community


Schools
School Lake Fenton High
School
Conference Flint Metro League
Athletic
Brad LaRowe
director
Location Fenton, Michigan
Nickname Blue Devils
Fight song Michigan State
Fight Song
Colors Blue,
White, and Black

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