HSISD provides a variety of administrative and instructional services to the local school districts in Cass County, including Cassopolis, Dowagiac Union, Edwardsburg, and Marcellus. Services range from accounting and auditing of student enrollment numbers to the oversight of early childhood education, special education, and career-technical education (CTE) programs. We also provide general education services for professional development, curriculum support, and mental health services. Heritage Southwest ISD is one of 57 ISDs which were formed in 1962 when the 83 county school districts in the state of Michigan were reorganized by Public Act 190 as intermediate school districts. Heritage Southwest ISD has a Superintendent and a Board of Education which operate in much the same fashion as the local school districts. Instead, they are chosen by the local Board of Education members from each of the school districts in Cass County. Heritage Southwest ISD’s mission and purpose is SERVICE! We serve as a liaison between the local school districts of Cass County and the Michigan Department of Education, and as your educational service agency “helping Cass County Schools help kids.”
