Harrison High School

For schools with a similar name, see Harrison High School (disambiguation).Harrison High School (also known as "Farmington Harrison" or simply as "Harrison") is a four-year secondary institution located in Farmington Hills, Michigan in Oakland County, MI. It is part of the Farmington Public School District. The schools fields students from the cities of Farmington and Farmington Hills, and a portion of West Bloomfield Township. As of the 2015-2016 school year, the school educates a student body of 1,083. Harrison High School’s Mission is "to develop students to be caring and engaged learners who make informed decisions as they become internationally minded in their stewardship of the world and its resources." Harrison's mascot is the Hawk and its colors are green and gold.In March 2016, the Farmington school board announced that the school will be closed following the 2018-19 academic year, citing lower student populations in the city of Farmington Hills.HistoryHarrison High School opened in September 1970 with Freshman, Sophomore and, Junior classes. The Juniors were the first graduating class in June 1972. The school is named for Gerald V. Harrison who was superintendent of Farmington Public Schools from 1957 to 1967, a period of dramatic growth in the school district. Harrison was the third high school in the district, and the only one with a Freshman class. The school building was an imposing three stories, with class rooms on the third floor. The gymnasium, auto shop, pool, and auditorium were on the first floor extending into the second floor as needed. Other parts of the second floor were largely unused. Since only the third floor class rooms had windows the building had an austere presence, inspiring jokes that it looked like a prison - especially as viewed from the adjoining freeway. Nevertheless, the view from the third story class rooms windows afforded pleasant vistas over the largely undeveloped wooded areas surrounding the school site. Because of the needs of a growing student body large windows were added to the second floor as part of a major renovation in 2000.