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Union Free School District
A Union Free School District is a school district in New York State governed by a board of education; in principle, it may contain multiple primary schools and a single high school, though in practice there are Union Free School Districts that do not include any high school. The term, dating from 1853, is unrelated to labor unions. It is related to a "union" of two or more common school districts; the initial idea was that the resulting united district could establish a high school to serve the graduates of the existing common schools. Many early union free districts were created to serve a municipality, and have the same boundaries as the municipality they serve. The original purpose was to provide for secondary education, but as of the early 21st century, thirty of 151 existing union free school districts provide only elementary education. Of those thirty, eleven are part of a central high school district; the others contract with a neighboring district for secondary education. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School District
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, which usually operate several schools, and the largest urban and suburban districts operate hundreds of schools. While practice varies significantly by state (and in some cases, within a state), most American school districts operate as independent local governmental units under a grant of authority and within geographic limits created by state law. The executive and legislative power over locally controlled policies and operations of an independent school district are, in most cases, held by a school district's board of education. Depending on state law, members of a local board of education (often referred to informally as a school board) may be elected, appointed by a political office holder, serve ex officio, or a combination of any of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |