Hartland High School (Michigan)
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Hartland High School is a Public
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 high school
High school
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 located in Hartland Township
Hartland Township, Michigan
Hartland Township is a civil township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,996 at the 2000 census.-Communities:...

, near the historic village of Hartland, within the county of Livingston
Livingston County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 156,951 people, 55,384 households, and 43,531 families residing in the county. The population density was 276 people per square mile . There were 58,919 housing units at an average density of 104 per square mile...

, Michigan
Michigan
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. The school serves over 1,500 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Hartland Consolidated Schools district. Hartland High School offers a variety of classes for students to choose; the standard high school track, an advanced placement program which offers college credit, college preparatory courses for students likely to pursue higher education, and career-based tracks for those likely to enter the labor force immediately upon graduation.

A new high school was recently completed on Dunham Road, on land which had been owned by the school district for several years, dating back to the era where townships were divided into 36 square miles (93.2 km²) blocks, with one of the center blocks being set aside for local government and education. Ore Creek Middle School, Creekside Elementary, and the Village Elementary School can all be found in this block. The township remains 36 square miles (93.2 km²) today, although the school district takes in the parts of Tyrone and Deerfield Townships to the north, and parts of Oceola and Brighton townships to the west and south respectively.

Prior to the new high school being constructed, the high school was located on Highland Road just west of Old 23. Today, this building serves as the transportation facility, is home to an alternative education program, and also the performing arts center. The performing arts center was constructed in 1992, and given its modern design was left open for use as opposed to constructing another theater at the new high school.

Conference Change

Hartland High School athletics recently changed conferences from the KVC (Kensington Valley Conference) to the Kensington Lakes Activities Association.

Science Wing Fire

During the late hours of Friday September 28th, 2007 there was a fire in the science wing of the high school. The school was shutdown for just one week, but the science wing remained closed for an additional 20 days. The fire was started due to improperly stored chemicals in the chemistry storage closet. It's speculated that it was started due to a strong oxidizer getting mistakingly mixed in with a strong reducer
Reducer
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 on a metal shelf. The redox reaction caused the metal to heat up to approximately 451 Fahrenheit and ignited Paraffin
Paraffin
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oil.
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