KEEGO HARBOR — On Aug. 7, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 to dissolve an order that had paused the demolition of Roosevelt Elementary. Located in Keego Harbor in the West Bloomfield School District, the school building is more than 100 years old.

WBSD is the defendant in the case. The plaintiff is a grassroots nonprofit called The Heart of the Lakes Community, Inc. Many of its members live and work in Keego Harbor, and own and operate businesses there.

They have been fighting to preserve Roosevelt Elementary, which they see as a historic landmark in Keego Harbor, and part of the town’s identity.

‘Not an easy decision’

Roosevelt Elementary was the oldest operating school in Oakland County from 1920 until it closed in June 2022 after part of a ceiling collapsed in an empty classr

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