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Southfield-Lathrup High School
Closed – archive entry · 2016
A Southfield Public Schools high school that closed in 2016 after music program alum House Shoes attended in the late 1980s and early 1990s; the campus was mostly rebuilt in the 2020s.
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Southfield-Lathrup High School opened in 1967 to serve the Southfield Public Schools district, becoming known over the years for a strong music program. DJ and producer House Shoes, a key figure in Detroit's underground hip-hop scene, came up through that music program in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Declining enrollment across the district, which fell by roughly half over a decade, pushed Southfield Public Schools to close Southfield-Lathrup in June 2016 and consolidate its students with Southfield High. The building then housed the district's University High School Academy and other programs for several more years. As part of a 2022 capital bond, the district began tearing down most of the aging building in the mid-2020s, keeping only the auditorium standing, with plans to rebuild the campus as a new K-12 academy expected to reopen later in the decade.
- Opened in 1967 as part of Southfield Public Schools
- DJ and producer House Shoes came up through its music program
- Closed in June 2016 amid falling district enrollment
- Later housed University High School Academy
- Mostly demolished in the mid-2020s for a rebuilt campus
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- House Shoes · hip-hop DJ and producer
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His high school, known for its music program; it closed in 2016 and the campus now houses University High School Academy.
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