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Kalamazoo Township, and again in 1965 with the inclusion of the Green Meadow School located in the south-western portion of Comstock Township and serving portions of Pavilion and Portage Townships. With the addition of Gull Road and Green Meadow, the total number of elementary schools in the district grew to five.
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