Mead School District No. 354 is a public
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Mead
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and North
Spokane communities for over 100 years. Over 10,000 students attend the 15 schools in the district which consists of two high schools, an alternative high school, a
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academy, two middle schools, eight elementary schools, and the Mead Education Partnership Program at Five Mile Prairie School House. The school district currently has two additional schools, a middle school and elementary school under construction, slated for opening in fall 2020. The Superintendent of the Mead School District is Shawn Woodward, who took office on July 1, 2019, replacing the retiring Dr. Tom Rockefeller who had been superintendent since 2006.
Schools
High schools
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Mead High School
Mead High School (also Mead Senior High School, MHS) is a four-year public secondary school in Spokane, Washington, United States. MHS is one of two traditional high schools in the Mead School District #354 and has an enrollment of around 1,600 ...
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Mt. Spokane High School
Mount Spokane High School is a public high school located in Mead, Washington. It is located several miles north of Spokane and has a student body that currently enrolls 1,382 students in grades 9-12. The school opened in 1997, and had its first ...
Middle schools
* Highland Middle School
* Northwood Middle School
* Mountainside Middle School
Elementary schools
*Brentwood Elementary School
*Colbert Elementary
*Creekside Elementary
*Evergreen Elementary
*Farwell Elementary
*Meadow Ridge Elementary
*Midway Elementary
*Prairie View Elementary
*Shiloh Hills Elementary
*Skyline Elementary
Alternative schools
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MEAD Alternative High School is an innovative and award winning program that affords a small community of selected students a diversity of flexible learning options.
Other schools
*Five Mile Prairie School House - used by Mead Educational Partnership Program (MEPP). North Star School is affiliated with the Five Mile Prairie School and MEPP.
2004 Bond
As a result of the $37.7m bond passed by voters in 2004, the Mead School District completed numerous projects to enhance learning district-wide. The enhancements included the installation of Multimedia
LCD Projectors in every classroom in the district, wireless
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in classrooms, and the purchase of computer equipment.
Construction projects
Along with the passage of the 2004 bond came several construction projects.
Completed projects
*Traffic safety/parking improvements at Colbert, Evergreen, and Meadow Ridge Elementary Schools
*Recarpeting of Mead Education Alternative Department Alternative High School
*Northwood Middle School multi-purpose room addition
*Northwood Middle School, Midway Elementary School, and M.E.A.D. security system upgrades
*Renovation of the Five Mile School house
*Prairie View Elementary, the district's eighth elementary school.
*Mountainside Middle School, the district's second middle school.
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