Affidavit of Norman C. Katner

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AFFIDAVIT OF NORMAN C. KATNER

STATE OF MICHIGAN)
) ss:

COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
NORMAN C. KATNER, being first duly sworn, deposes and says 

as follows:
1. This Deponent is the Assistant Superintendent of West 

Bloomfield School District, Oakland County, Michigan.
2. This Affidavit is executed in support of a Petition, 

to which this Affidavit is attached, addressed to the United States 
Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, in connection with the litigation 
described in the pleadings to which this Affidavit is attached.

3. Deponent shows that he has searched the records of 
West Bloomfield School District, and that the allegations made in 
this Affidavit are made on his information and belief, based upon 
those records, and that he believes the allegations herein made are 
true and correct.

4. West Bloomfield School District, as it now exists, 
resulted from the consolidation of four (4) predecessor school 
districts which may be identified as follows:

a. School District No. 2, known as Scotch
School District. •

b. School District No. 4, known as Hosner 
School District.

c. School District No. 6, known as Green 
School District.

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d. School District No. 5, also known as 
West Bloomfield School District and sometimes referred 
to as Keego Harbor School District.

Until on or about May 23, 1949, the first three above identified
School Districts were Primary school districts, and the last named
School District was a Graded school district, as those terms were
used in the School Code, more properly identified as Act 319, of the
Public Acts of the State of Michigan of 1927, as amended. The
Deponent shows, on information and belief, that the Primary school
districts were created in recognition of the early needs of the
community as it developed in the wilderness and gradually evolved
into a rural area; and, that the Graded school district was a
classification deemed appropriate by the legislature as population
increased and as the needs of the community changed.

5. Deponent shows that on or about May 23, 1949, pursuant 
to a vote of the electorate, the four above named School Districts 
were consolidated so as to form School District No. 5, Fractional, 
of West Bloomfield Township and Sylvan Lake City, Oakland County, 
Michigan, and that the School District thus resulting was classified 
as a Rural Agricultural School District.

6. Deponent shows that by virtue of a vote of the 
electorate on June 8, 1970, School District No. 5 Fractional of West 
Bloomfield Township and Sylvan Lake City, which was created by the 
aforementioned consolidation, became a School District of the Third 

Class.

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7. Deponent shows that the outer boundaries of the present 
School District approximate, with only minor adjustments, the outer 
boundaries of the original four school districts identified above.

8. Deponent shows that it is his conclusion, based upon 
the available records, and his knowledge of the territory encompassec 
by the boundaries of the present School District, that the boundaries 
of the several original school districts were established and 
facilities developed in each in recognition of the needs of the 
respective communities, without regard to any classification, 
division, or assemblage of persons on any basis related, directly or 
indirectly, to race, religion, color or national origin; and, furtheij, 
that the consolidation of the school district into the present 
entity did not have the effect of excluding or including anyone who 
was not previously within the boundaries of one of the four 
predecessor school districts, and that the consolidation was effected 
without regard to any classification, division, or assemblage of 
persons on any basis related, directly or indirectly, tro race, religion, 
color, national origin, or to any social or economic status of any 

of the persons within said school district.
9. Deponent shows that at no time was West Bloomfield 

School District or any portion of it a part of the School District 
of the City of Detroit, Michigan. 4

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Norman C. Katner •/ f
Subscribed and sworn to before me /
this 30th day of June ,A .D. , 1972.

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Monica M. Boyce, Notary ‘Public,
Oakland County, Michigan
My commission expires; 8/24/75

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