Paw Paw Public Schools


Paw Paw Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Paw Paw, Michigan.
It was established in 1870. it has 2,300 students.

Schools

Schools across Paw Paw were closed on Monday, March 19, 2018 due to a threat. The threat was reportedly given by a 15-year-old student, who was arrested after police searched the student's house and.

Controversy

On January 21, 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a federal discrimination complaint alleging a racially hostile environment in the Paw Paw Public Schools District. The ACLU reported that it "used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain a substantial number of school district records that betray the widespread racially toxic climate in the schools." In 2017, the district witnessed a controversy involving the removal of "Redskins" as the school mascot name, with the school board of education voting 4-3 to keep the name.