History
Black River Public School was founded on July 1996 after receiving a charter from Grand Valley State University. Its operations initially took place in the Federal School building on 8th street and during its four years there, added 14 portables due to the limited area of the building. The Board of Trustees decided a relocation was necessary and began to search for a new complex. BASF Corporation donated a 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) facility, originally occupied by the Holland Furnace Company, to the school in 1998.
For the 2001 school year, Black River added a Montessori elementary program.
In May 2003, Black River was accredited by the American Academy for Liberal Education (AALE) and in 2004, was accredited by the North Central Association Commission of Accreditation and School Improvement.
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