AMA Educational Service District

You can also find staff emails and more information on our website: amaesd.org.

⚠️ Note: Messenger accounts are not monitored. Our constituent districts include Alcona Community Schools, Alpena Public Schools, Atlanta Community Schools, and Hillman Community Schools. The Michigan Legislature created Intermediate School Districts (ISDs) in 1962 to offer quality and equitable educational opportunities for students and schools throughout the state. Since then, Michigan’s ISDs - they may also be called Regional Educational Service Agencies (RESAs), Educational Service Agencies (ESAs), Regional Educational Service Districts (RESDs) or Educational Service Districts (ESDs) - have led the way in educational innovation. ISDs are designed to provide and coordinate essential services with their local, constituent school districts to facilitate teaching and learning. They also conserve resources by providing consolidated administrative services in the areas of business, technology, and health and safety. By coordinating efforts and resources, ISDs provide specialized services to students that would not otherwise be affordable or feasible. These services can include special education, vocational education, language programs, early childhood education, parent services, student wellness support, community involvement, equity and inclusion initiatives, special populations assistance, transportation, extracurricular activities, lifelong learning and adult education, and other necessary and exciting offerings that are shared across
districts for the success of every learner. By law, Michigan’s 56 ISDs serve all public schools in Michigan’s 83 counties including rural, suburban and urban school districts and public school academies.