Hastings Public Schools (HPS) is a school district headquartered in

Hastings, Nebraska Hastings is a List of cities in Nebraska, city and the county seat of Adams County, Nebraska, Adams County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 25,152 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is known as the town where Kool-Aid ...

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. In 2015 the

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(ACLU) sent a letter to the district, asking it to cease enforcing Neb. Rev. Stat. 79-8,108, a Nebraska state law that requires teachers to sign a pledge that they believe in American ideals. Hastings Middle School received one shooter threat in the December of 2021, which lead to a student being removed. No one was harmed.

Schools

* Hastings High School * Hastings Middle School * Elementary schools: Alcott, Hawthorne, Lincoln, Longfellow, Watson

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External links

Hastings Public Schools
School districts in Nebraska Education in Adams County, Nebraska Hastings, Nebraska {{Nebraska-school-stub