Background
Black River Public School, also known as Black River or BRPS, currently resides in 491 Columbia Avenue with students from grades K-12. The head of school is Shannon Brunink, who followed David Angerer and the original head of school, Dr. K. Don "Jake" Jacobusse. As a result of its limited student population, Black River aims to serve the students more efficiently through smaller class sizes, typically fewer than 20 students. Additionally, parents of Black River students and alumni play an active role in the school's direction. In fact, the majority of the Board of Trustees are parents. A couple of parents are also teachers. The Parent Organization was promptly created for parents and other volunteers to address concerns from other parents and improve the quality of the school.
In the summer of 2003, Black River added two new 8 and 6 room modular buildings just outside the main building to accommodate more elementary students.
Each grade level is capped at 80 students. The 2005 graduating class contained 32 students and the class of 2012 gave Black River its largest graduating class with 76.
In the spring of 2007 Black River completed construction of a new 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) facility housing a gymnasium, lyceum (cafeteria), and music facilities. Previously existing facilities were remodeled to provide additional classroom space.
In the fall of 2011 remodeling was completed on a former storage/loading dock facility to house the kindergarten program following its transition to an all-day schedule. Black River has been lauded by the Michigan Montessori Society for the beauty and function of its kindergarten facility.
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