Mount Pleasant Public Schools

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The Mount Pleasant Public Schools (MPPS) is a public school district in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

In 2021, the entire district territory joined the service area and the taxation area of Mid Michigan College as per the results of an election. On May 4, voters passed two ballot proposals that sought approval for both annexation and the college's millage rate. Within the Mt. Pleasant School District, 1,593 and 1,415 voters approved being a part of the service area and taxation area, respectively, while 952 and 1,141 voted against each, respectively.^[1]

Indigenous Land Acknowledgement Statement[]

Since March 15, 2021, the Mt. Pleasant Public Schools' Board of Education has opened its meetings with an Indigenous Land Acknowledgement Statement developed in partnership with representatives from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe. The statement is read at the beginning of meetings following the Pledge of Allegiance.

Mt. Pleasant Public Schools is honored to acknowledge the Anishinaabe people whose traditional land we are gathered on today. To recognize the Anishinaabe people and their ancestral land is our expression of gratitude and appreciation, and a way of honoring the Indigenous people who have been living and working on this land since time immemorial and whose land on which the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe have resided and who have continued to reside on for centuries. We feel it is important to understand the long-standing history of this land and to seek to understand our place within that history.^[2]

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