Talk:Bentley High School (Livonia, Michigan)

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FWIW, the section of the gym floor that is referred to in this article is framed on the wall in the main gym in the rec center, not in the adult/senior lounge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.234.141.67 (talk) 14:06, 14 March 2010 (UTC) The article incorrectly attributes the "loss of 51% of its peak enrollment" during the 1980s to general economic decline in the Detroit area. The real reason for the decline was the natural aging of the population. Livonia grew by leaps and bounds between 1950 and 1965 as thousands of young Detroit couples moved to new subdivisions in Livonia and the schools had to keep up with the growth of the school-age population that these young couples produced. Every year at least five or six new elementary schools had to be built; soon there were three high schools instead of one and three junior high schools instead of none. But by the 1980s the population of Livonia was no longer mostly young families with children--it had a more "normal" mix of age groups, so naturally there were far fewer children and high school students. This is the reason for the decline in numbers of school children--not "economic adversity" in the Detroit area. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.6.121.205 (talk) 23:16, 20 April 2014 (UTC)