Williams County School District #8, previously New Public School District #8 or New Public Schools, was a school district headquartered in
Williston, North Dakota
Williston is a city in and the county seat of Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The 2020 census gave its population as 29,160, making Williston the sixth-largest city in North Dakota. The city's population nearly doubled between 20 ...
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The district mainly served
unincorporated areas
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that were rural territories near Williston.
Additionally the district included a portion of Williston itself and all of
Blacktail and
Long Creek. It was the geographically largest school district in North Dakota.
[ - The article mistakenly uses "Williston Public School District No. 8" to mean "New Public School District #8"]
The district only served grades K-8. High school students were sent to
Williston High School in the
Williston Public School District 1, to the
Nesson School District's Ray School in
Ray, and to the
Tioga School District's Tioga High School in
Tioga.
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History
It was established in the early 1950s,
[ as a merger of various smaller school districts.][
The name changed to its final name, Williams County 8, in 2017.
In 2020 a vote was held on whether it was to merge with the Williston District 1 to form a new district. 59.6% of the District 8 voters approved, as did 86.6% of the District 1 voters. The no percentages were 40.4% for District 8 and 13.4% for District 1. Some land that was in District 8 was given to other school districts.][
In 2021 the Williams County district merged with the Williston District to form the Williston Basin School District 7.
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Area
The east-west dimension of the district was , with the North Dakota-Montana
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border as the westward edge.[
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Schools
None of the schools were in the Williston city limits even though the district administration was in Williston.[
* Garden Valley Elementary School (K-5) - It is east of Williston. In 1997 it had 60 students.][
* Round Prairie Elementary School (K-5) - It is west of Williston. In 1997 it had 34 students.][
* Missouri Ridge (6-8)
Previously all schools were K-8 schools.][
Previously it operated Harney School, a K-8 ]one room school
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,[ located in a mobile home.][ ]
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. east of Williston,[ and south of Tioga.][ It historically had the lowest student enrollment of any of the schools.][ 12 was the peak enrollment.][ In 1997 the school had three students, making it the smallest of any North Dakota school. That year it had three computers in the back of the classroom along with a fax machine, a microwave, and a refrigerator.][ In the 2002-2003 school year, the number of students was six. For the 2003-2004 school year there was only one student enrolled, and the school closed after that year.][ At the end of its life the school had a fax machine and was wired to connect to the internet.][ Its second classroom, in the school's final year, functioned as an ]ad hoc
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dormitory for the sole teacher. Scheduling was flexible to accommodate the single student and break up monotony.[ The school board intended to not provide hot lunches nor school bus services for the lone student.][ The student's father took him to and from school. The superintendent allowed the student to do archery practice as he was the only student.][ Stony Creek was to take the former student after the closure of Harney.
The district also formerly operated Stony Creek School, immediately east of Williston.][ In 1997 it had 152 students.][ In 2016 it was a middle school only.][ By 2021 the school was in disuse and the district was determining how to give the school back to the property owner.][ ]
From this page
see "Amendment to Reorganization Plan" which leads to https://5il.co/lvul
References
External links
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* {{cite web, url=https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com:443/documents/asset/uploaded_file/707551/Comparative_Study_WCSD__8-revised.pdf, title=Comparative Study For Williams County School District #8