The Flowing Wells Unified School District is a
unified school district
A unified school district (in the states of Arizona, California, Kansas and Oregon) or unit school district (in Illinois), in the United States of America, is a school district that generally includes and operates both primary schools (kindergarten ...
headquartered at 1556 West Prince Road,
Tucson
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. It serves much of
Flowing Wells, as well as bits of Tucson,
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Cortaro,
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Pima County
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. The district does practice
open enrollment for students outside of district boundaries, provided said students maintain certain academic performance.
The school district serves some 6,000 students in ten schools. It was founded in 1889 as the Rillito School District and changed in 1928 due to an error in documentation in the Arizona School Directory. , the superintendent is Dr. Kevin Stoltzfus.
In fiscal year 2016, the district had a budget of approximately $30 million.
The district is overseen by a 5-member board that holds public meetings twice a month.
Schools
Early Childhood
* Emily Meschter Early Learning Center (Teddy Bears)
Elementary schools
* Centennial Elementary School (Coyotes)
* Homer Davis Elementary School (Dragons)
* Walter Douglas Elementary School (Bulldogs)
* J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School (Hawks)
* Laguna Elementary School (Longhorns) (originally the sole school of the since annexed Pima County School District No. 17)
* Robert S. Richardson Elementary School (Roadrunners)
Junior high school
* Flowing Wells Junior High School (Mustangs)
High schools
*
Flowing Wells High School
Flowing Wells High School (est. 1954) is a secondary school in Tucson, Arizona. It is the primary high school in the Flowing Wells Unified School District, the other being Sentinel Peak High School.
Curriculum
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(Caballeros)
* Sentinel Peak High School (Scorpions)
See also
*
Flowing Wells Witch Trial
References
External links
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Education in Tucson, Arizona
School districts in Pima County, Arizona
1889 establishments in Arizona Territory
School districts established in 1889