Cass Tech
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2501 Second Avenue Detroit, Michigan United States |
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| Type | Examination School of Choice |
| Established | 1907 |
| School district | Detroit Public Schools |
| Principal | Lisa Phillips |
| Faculty | 85+ |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 2328 |
| Color(s) | Hunter green and white |
| Mascot | Technicians |
| Newspaper | CT Visionary |
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Lewis Cass Technical High School
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| Location | 2421 Second Ave, Detroit, Michigan, United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°20′15″N 83°3′36″W / 42.33750°N 83.06000°WCoordinates: 42°20′15″N 83°3′36″W / 42.33750°N 83.06000°W |
| Built | 1922 |
| Architect | Malcolmson and Higginbotham, Albert Kahn |
| Demolished | July 2011 |
| MPS | Public Schools of Detroit MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 10000644 |
| Added to NRHP | March 29, 2011 |
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| Head Coach | Thomas Wilcher |
| Head Coach Years | 14th |
| Head Coach Wins | 101 |
| Head Coach Losses | 56 |
| Stadium | Cass Tech Football Stadium |
| Stadium Capacity | 2,500 |
| Stadium Surface | Natural Grass |
| Location | Detroit, Michigan |
| League | D-PSL Division 1 |
| First year | 1906 |
| School enrollment | 2156 |
| Record (since 1950) | |
| Wins-Losses-Ties | 305–220–9 (.580) |
| State titles | 3 (2011, 2012, 2016) |
| League titles | 7 ('60, '63, '70, '94, '95, '98, '10, '12, '13, '14) |
| State playoff appearance | 31 times since 1950 |
| NCAA Division 1 FBS/FCS Players since 1997 | 75 |
| NFL Professionals since 1920 | 15 |
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Cass Technical High School, commonly referred to as Cass Tech, is a four-year university preparatory high school in Midtown Detroit, United States. The school is named in honor of Lewis Cass, an American military officer and politician who served as governor of the Michigan Territory from 1813 until 1831. The school is a part of Detroit Public Schools.
Until 1977, Cass was Detroit's only magnet school and the only non-neighborhood enrollment school in Detroit. Today, Cass is one of few magnet schools in Detroit. Entrance to Cass is based on test scores and middle school grades. Students are required to choose a curriculum path—roughly equivalent to a college "major"—in the ninth grade. Areas of study include, but are not limited to, arts and communication, business management and marketing, engineering and manufacturing, human services, and science and arts.
The school was founded on the third floor of the old Cass Union School in 1907. Its historic landmark building on Second Avenue in downtown Detroit was built in 1917. To the south of it an addition designed by Albert Kahn was built in 1985. The new, modern facilities of the school were built in 2004 in an adjacent lot to the north of the original building on Grand River Avenue.
In 2007 there was a large fire in the old structure. Complete demolition of the vacant Cass Tech building began in June 2011 and was finished by November. Pictures of the old historic structures, both from the outside and the abandoned inside floors and classes, can be seen here [1]. In addition, a 3D floor-by-floor interactive map of the old building is available here [2] as well.
Following the fire in the old structure, it was demolished and removed by Homrich Demolition. At time of demolition, the school building was approximately 830,000 square feet (77,000 m2) and weighed more than 100,000 short tons (91,000 t). Over 90% of the material in the building was recycled for other uses or as backfill.
In 2008 some classes that were not very popular with students were removed due to reduction in teacher staffing due to declining enrollment.
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