Lewis and Clark Public School District explained

Address:401 4th Avenue NE
City:Berthold
State:North Dakota
Zipcode:58718
Country:United States
Type:Public
Grades:PreK–12
Students:435
Teachers:37.92
Staff:33.34
Ratio:11.47

Lewis and Clark Public School District 161 is a school district headquartered in Berthold, North Dakota.[1] The district is named after Lewis and Clark.

It operates two schools: Berthold Public School and NSP Public School, the latter in Plaza and serving Plaza and North Shore.

History

The district formed on July 1, 2003 from the merger of the Berthold, North Shore, and Plaza school districts. In Berthold, the vote to approve the merger was 167-35. In North Shore, the vote was 178-64. In Plaza, the vote was 146-2.[2] The North Shore district was based in Makoti.[3]

In 2011 residents of northern McLean County and southern Ward County requested to the state that it re-assign 80000square feet of land, or 125 sections of land, from Lewis and Clark to the Max School District.[4]

Area

The district has 875sqmi of territory.[2] In Ward County the district serves Berthold, Makoti, much of Carpio, and a section of Ryder.[5] Within Mountrail County it serves Plaza.[6]

It also serves sections of McLean County and Renville County.[7] [8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lewis and Clark Public School District. National Center for Education Statistics. 2021-08-15.
  2. News: More school districts merging. Bismarck Tribune. Bismarck, North Dakota. 2002-11-21. 2B. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: NORTH DAKOTA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS 2002-03. North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. 2003-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20030916172715/http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/resource/directry/c.pdf. 2021-08-13. 2003-09-16. N Shore 158 PO Box 127 Makoti ND.
  4. Web site: Downs. Caroline. Annexation request would take 125 sections of land from Lewis & Clark School District. The Kenmare News. 2011-12-28. 2021-08-15.
  5. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Ward County, ND. U.S. Census Bureau. 2021-08-15. - Carpio is on pages 11-12 (PDF p. 12-13/39), Berthold is on page 17 (PDF p. 18/39), Makoti is on pages 29 and 34 (PDF p. 30, 35/39), and Ryder is on page 35 (PDF p. 36/39).
  6. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Mountrail County, ND. U.S. Census Bureau. 2021-08-15.
  7. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McLean County, ND. U.S. Census Bureau. 2021-08-15.
  8. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Renville County, ND. U.S. Census Bureau. 2021-08-15.

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