Killdeer Public School District #16, also known as Killdeer Public Schools, is a school district headquartered in
Killdeer, North Dakota
Killdeer (Hidatsa: Cíìdadagi Arudíheesh, "happy land") is a city in Dunn County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 939 at the 2020 census.
History
Killdeer was founded in 1914 at the end of a Northern Pacific Railway branch li ...
.
Located in
Dunn County, the district serves, in addition to Killdeer:
Dunn Center
The Winfield Dunn Center (officially the Winfield Dunn Health and Physical Education Building and Convocation Complex) is a facility, located on the main campus of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. Construction began on th ...
and
Manning.
History
At one point the district had around 100 students, a low enrollment.
In 2002 the Killdeer district had 347 students. That year the district leadership considered merging the district with
Halliday School District
Halliday Public School District 19 is a school district headquartered in Halliday, North Dakota.
The district is mostly in Dunn County, and has a small section in Mercer County.
History
In 2002 the district leadership considered merging the ...
of
Halliday.
Halliday voters ultimately voted down the plan. Therefore, parents of 39 children residents in Halliday requested permission to send their children to Killdeer. As North Dakota districts allowed districts to restrict how many children are sent by parents to public schools outside of their districts, a group of parents attempted to persuade the
North Dakota Legislature
The North Dakota Legislative Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Dakota. The Legislative Assembly consists of two chambers, the lower North Dakota House of Representatives, with 94 representatives, and the upper North ...
in changing the laws governing how many students may attend schools outside of their school districts. The administration of Halliday schools did not interfere with them withdrawing their children even though the parents did not succeed in having the law concerning children attending out of district changed. Additionally, the
Grassy Butte district closed and sent its students to Killdeer. In Fall 2003 the Killdeer district had around 400 students, a 10% increase from the previous year.
In the 2009–2010 school year, 40 students residing in the Halliday district went to Killdeer schools while only around 20 students attended Halliday schools.
In 2014 enrollment was at 450 with lower grade classes having the largest growth. That year the school unveiled a modular classroom to get overflow. The library and wrestling room held classes before the addition of the modular classroom.
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Transportation
After the Grassy Butte merger and exodus from Halliday, the district did not get an increase in its transportation budget, but to do bus services to Grassy Butte it purchased a school bus for $50,000.[
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References
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External links
Killdeer Public School District
School districts in North Dakota
Dunn County, North Dakota