Randall Elementary School was named after Clarence Randall who was born in 1897 in the town of Mayville, Tuscola County, Michigan. He was one of two sons born to Mark and Laura Randall. He attended the public elementary schools of Inkster, Dearborn, Mayville, and Detroit, Michigan and attended high school at Mayville and Dearborn, Michigan.

    Upon completing his formal education, he went to work for the Ford Motor Company in 1915 and became a supervisor and a star man-a position which he held for 29 years. After 31 years of service in the Ford Motor Company, he retired in March, 1946, to his own business, a service station.

    Clarence Randall, his wife Esther Fundan, and their three sons, Walter, Donald, and Clarence Jr.  moved to Taylor Township in 1930. The three boys attended the Taylor Township Elementary Schools and went on to Dearborn to complete their high school education. At that time, Taylor Township did not have their own high school. 
 
     Clarence Randall was elected to the Board of Education at the Edison School in 1937 and since consolidation in 1946, had served until 1966. During his time on the board, he served as president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and trustee.

     When Clarence Randall School was built the officers on the board of education were: Vern E. Thompson, president; Herbert Craddock, Secretary; Harold W. Quigley, treasurer; Clarence Randall, trustee; Ray J. Pilon, trustee.
When the school was dedicated in May 1957, the officers on the board of education were: Clarence Randall, president; Ray J. Pilon, Secretary; Richard J. Trolley, Treasurer; Vern E. Thompson, trustee; Herbert Craddock, trustee.

     Clarence Randall lived to the age of 78. He died in March 1975. Clarence Randall was known for taking time out to work for better education in Taylor Township. No day was too long for Clarence if it was spent working for the boys and girls of the area.

     It is with this admiration and respect that the boys and girls and citizens of this community joined together in honoring him by naming the building the Clarence Randall Elementary School.

The following excerpt is from a writing by Kathleen A. King, History of Americans Ed., May 30, 1979.

     Margaret Wilson was the first principal. She had a staff of ten teachers. There was an open house on Sunday, May 19, 1957. The building consisted of 10 classrooms, health room, mutilpurpose room, principal's office, kitchen, and teachers lounge. It's capacity of 350 students wasn't enough though. An eleventh teacher had to be added and was given the health room as her classroom since no other room was available. Fall of 1957 brought 8 more classrooms with the completion of a new addition. The capacity now was 630 students.
     Population continued to grow in the area. Within 2 years after the eight room addition, a second addition was put up in 1960 as a separate building. No one seems to know why the building wasn't connected on as part of the original building. It brought many problems. Janitors found it difficult to clean. Teachers and students had problems when they needed to return to the main building for lunch or special programs. Margaret Wilson, now married to Ray J. Pilon, moved her 8 sections of kindergarten there, having only two classrooms traveling between the buildings.
     With the area around Clarence Randall School still growing it wasn't long before another addition was to be added to the building. As plans were drawn up, Margaret Pilon went to the building architect with questions about the building being separate. Instead of another wing added to the back of the original building making it U shaped, she wanted the smaller building connected to the original building.
     The architect inserted steps and added a wing between the two sections to connect it all into one very large winding building. this new addition was completer in 1962. With a total of 33 classrooms, student capacity was now about 1200.
     Although Clarence Randall Elementary was very large, there still wasn't the room for the rapidly growing community. In 1968, students in 7th grade had to attend school at the elementary buildings. Clarence Randall's enrollment was over 1300, forcing "grades 1,5 and 7 to go on half days.
     Margaret Pilon was offered an assistant Principal to help with the heavy load of students. She turned down the offer, requesting other help instead. Among her requests were a full time social worker, speech teacher, physical education teacher, elementary counselor, and 1  1/2 music teachers. Her request were filled and Clarence Randall School became the first elementary school in Wayne County to have a counselor.
     In the late 60's early 70's, special education classes first came to Clarence Randall School. Classroom space was scarce though, so they were placed in the music room, causing the music teacher to become a floater from classroom to classroom. Having a special education background, Margaret Pilon's building was figured to be an ideal place for such classes. By 1973 there were 5 such classes at her building, with enrollment going down classroom space was more plentiful.

    Today Randall School has 18 general education classes, 2 special education classes, a part time counselor, a literacy consultant, social worker, psychologist, 2 speech teachers,  and assistance from 2 resource teachers. With enrollment declining all  over the district, schools have closed and 5 of the 8 classes of the Taylor Preschool program were placed in Randall at the wing facing Pardee Road. (A fire broke out in the Preschool end of the building in October 2009, so Preschool was housed at Johnson Elementary school for the remainder of the 2009-2010 school year.) Preschool classes returned to Randall for the 2010-2011 school year.