County School Directory Board of Education (agendas and minutes) ISD Web Reporting Bylaws & Policies Annual Notices Special Education History of Lewis Cass ISD Staff Members School Calendar Brookside Center North Pointe Center Early On of Cass County Great Parents Great Start   Instructional Services Talent Development Pictures  Click Here for      Instructional Services     2007-2008 Program Dates Career Technical      Job Postings       Substitute Teachers     Super Days         Technology Plan         2006-2009 Map to LCISD Site Map Other Contacts: Michigan Dept. of Ed. Office of Sp.Ed. Sp.Ed. Resources ISD Web Mail   "Historical Perspective" (.pdf document)   Back to Top		History of Lewis Cass The Lewis Cass Intermediate School District was so named by the Board of Education on February 19, 1963 in honor of Lewis Cass. A brigadier general in the war of 1812, Cass was territorial governor of the Michigan Territory from 1813 to 1831. Most of the social, industrial, and political development can be traced back to the work of Lewis Cass. Lewis Cass spent 56 years as a diplomat and statesman. He was named Secretary of War and later Minister to France by President Jackson. Cass served as United States Senator for Michigan and ran for the presidency in 1848 under the Democratic Party. Cass also served as Secretary of State under President Buchanan from 1857 until 1860 when he resigned. In the same fine tradition of its namesake, the Lewis Cass Intermediate Board of Education desires to contribute to the social and educational progress of ALL children. The Lewis Cass Intermediate School District provides services that the local districts, Cassopolis, Dowagiac, Edwardsburg, and Marcellus, find too costly to operate for themselves. The District coordinates school improvement services as well as support services such as education for the disabled, career technical, gifted and talented and general education. Historical plaque in Cassopolis, Michigan Lewis Cass 1782 - 1866 Photo on right by the Mathew Brady Studio, N.Y. Imperial salted-paper print, 1857 17 3/4 x 13 1/8 inches; 29 x 23 inches framed Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on deposit from Harvard College Library; bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell (original information at: http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/gallery/73gal.html)
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