The first school in Hope was organized in 1862
in a log building with Alfeta Green as their first teacher.
By 1881 Hope Township had the following four schools with
an attendance of 209 children:
No 1 was located in the village
of Hope
No 2 was called the Maxwell
Settlement School and was located on the corner of Middle
and Adams roads
No 3 was called the Clark Settlement
School and was on the corner of Stark and Bombay roads
No 4 was called the Block School
and was on Schearer Road and M-30.
In 1959 the following schools consolidated to
form the present Meridian School System: Sanford, Edenville,
Hope, Averill, and the Maxwell School.
