Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 114,024, which includes about 30,000 students. A person from Ann Arbor is called an "Ann Arborite." The city itself is often called A2 ("A two") or A² ("A-squared"), and less commonly Tree Town (or, usually tongue-in-cheek, The People's Republic of Ann Arbor). Recently, some youth have taken to calling Ann Arbor Ace Deuce or simply The Deuce.

Education

The University of Michigan is the dominant institution of higher learning in Ann Arbor, providing the city with a distinctly college-town atmosphere. Much of the campus is adjacent to and intermixed with the city's downtown district. Because the campus and the city expanded side-by-side, there is often no firm divide between the two, with university buildings scattered through much of the city center.

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University of Michigan - College-town

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Other colleges and universities located in the city are Cleary University, a private business school; Concordia University, a Lutheran liberal-arts institution; and Washtenaw Community College. Ave Maria School of Law, a Catholic institution established by Domino's Pizza cofounder Tom Monaghan, opened in northeastern Ann Arbor in 2000. There were plans to establish Ave Maria University on land occupied by Domino's Farms. However, due to conflicts with local zoning authorities, the new campus is under construction near Naples, Florida.

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Cleary University - Concordia University - Washtenaw Community College - Ave Maria School of Law - Domino's Pizza - Tom Monaghan - 2000 - Ave Maria University - Naples, Florida

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The Ann Arbor Public School District – which enrolls a total of 16,724 students as of 2005 – consists of twenty-one elementary schools, five middle schools, and four high schools (two traditional, two alternative including Community High). Due to overcrowding problems at the two traditional high schools (Pioneer and Huron), a third major high school is under construction as of fall 2005. Students in the district participate in the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) and other standardized tests.

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Elementary school - Middle school - High school - Community High - Michigan Educational Assessment Program

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