Kettle Moraine School District is a school district headquartered in
Wales, Wisconsin
Wales is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, first settled by Welsh immigrants. The population was 2,862 at the time of the 2020 census.
Geography
Wales is located at (43.003882, -88.377558).
According to the United States Census Burea ...
.
The district, mostly in
Waukesha County
Waukesha County () is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 406,978, making it the third-most populous county in Wisconsin. Its county seat and largest city is Waukesha.
Waukesha Co ...
, includes: all of
Dousman, almost all of Wales, much of
Delafield, a portion of
Summit
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, and a small portion of
North Prairie. The Waukesha County portion includes sections of the towns of
Genesee
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*Genesee, Alberta, an unincorporated community
United States
*Genesee, California
*Genesee, Colorado
*Genesee County, Michigan
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and
Ottawa
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. A portion of the district extends into
Town of Sullivan,
Jefferson County.
History
In 1968 there was a $3,130,000 bond proposal.
Eight persons in the Kettle Moraine Estates subdivision had requested that the subdivision should become a part of this district in a petition they signed. Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) No. 16's Agency School Committee ruled in 1968 that the subdivision should stay in its previous school district.
In July 2022 the school board enacted a policy that prevented employees from having flags in their rooms indicating political movements and which prevented them from indicating what pronouns they prefer using in their e-mail signatures. The board clarified that
LGBT pride
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flags are included in the ban. Students are still allowed to use both. The policy was criticized for targeting "attacks at specific viewpoints, like LGBT communities, or welcome and safe spaces to students of color", and over 13,000 people signed a petition to oppose the policy.
Schools
; Secondary
*
Kettle Moraine High School
Kettle Moraine High School (KMHS) is a secondary school located in Wales, Wisconsin. It is a part of the Kettle Moraine School District.
It is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA CASI). Kettle Moraine was nam ...
* High School of Health Sciences
* KM Perform
* KM Global
* KM Connect
* Kettle Moraine Middle School
;
; Elementary
* Cushing Elementary School
* Dousman Elementary School
* Magee Elementary School
* Wales Elementary School
References
External links
Kettle Moraine School District{{Education in Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Education in Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Education in Jefferson County, Wisconsin
School districts in Wisconsin