New Salem-Almont School District Explained

Address:310 Elm Avenue
City:New Salem
State:North Dakota
Zipcode:58563
Country:United States
Type:Public
Grades:PreK–12
Students:346
Teachers:33.88
Staff:30.41
Ratio:10.21

New Salem-Almont Public School District 49 is a school district headquartered in New Salem, North Dakota. It includes two schools in New Salem: Prairie View Elementary School and New Salem-Almont High School.

It serves New Salem and Almont in Morton County.[1] It also serves sections of Grant County and Oliver County.[2] [3] It takes high school students from the Sweet Briar School District.[4]

History

The current eight-classroom elementary school opened circa 1963, and the current 17-classroom secondary school, built for $400,000, opened in 1963.[5]

The New Salem district ordered the Judson School, which had 18 students, closed in 1976. The per-student cost in 1976 was $1,400, which was higher than the school district average of $952. Officials of the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction argued that the school was in a bad facility condition and should not continue to operate. By 1976 William Heisler, the Morton County superintendent of schools, was to determine whether the Judson School should reopen.[6]

In 1981 the North Dakota Supreme Court was deliberating whether the district and the Mandan School District could receive funds from coal impact money from the state, with the definition of a "tipple" being a determining factor.[7]

The New Salem district had 399 students in 1999.[8]

By 2005 the Sims School District of Almont sent high school students to New Salem, as the Sims district was now elementary only.[9] In 2008 the Sims district merged into New Salem,[10] and its remaining elementary school closed; in Fall 2008 the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction listed Almont Elementary as being "nonoperating".[11]

In 2017 the high school principal, Michael Gilbertson, applied to be on Bismarck Public Schools's school board.[12]

The district had a school bond vote scheduled for October 1, 2019 as the district wanted to expand the elementary school, including having a special education unit in six new rooms.[13]

Schools

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Morton County, ND. U.S. Census Bureau. 2021-08-19.
  2. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Grant County, ND. U.S. Census Bureau. 2021-08-19.
  3. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Oliver County, ND. U.S. Census Bureau. 2021-08-19.
  4. Web site: Dura. Jack. New era for rural Sweet Briar School. Bismarck Tribune. 2018-10-06. 2021-08-13. - Alternate title: "Sweet Briar School looks ahead amid record enrollment of 22 "
  5. News: 600 Attend Dedication Of New Salem Addition. The Bismarck Tribune. 1963-05-03. 16. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  6. News: Judson School Opening Mulled. The Bismarck Tribune. Bismarck, North Dakota. 1976-06-11. 20. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  7. News: Andrist. Steve. Tipple Case Arguments Presented. The Bismarck Tribune. Bismarck, North Dakota. 1981-06-09. 13. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  8. Web site: Home. New Salem School District. 1999-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/19991004045038/http://www.newsalem.k12.nd.us/. 2021-08-19. 1999-10-04.
  9. News: Donovan. Lauren. Almont goes it alone. Bismarck Tribune. Bismarck, North Dakota. 2005-11-28. 1A, 7A. - Clipping from first and from second page at Newspapers.com.
  10. Web site: Johnson. Stephen Lewis. Successful Reorganization Of Rural North Dakota Schools With Declining Enrollment. University of North Dakota. January 2014. - PhD Thesis. CITED: Page 84 (PDF page 98/143).
  11. Web site: 2008-2009 NORTH DAKOTA EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY. North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. 2021-08-19. F1 (PDF p. 52/155). https://web.archive.org/web/20130313085008/http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/resource/directry/archive/dir0809.pdf. 2013-03-13.
  12. Web site: Michael Gilbertson, principal of New Salem-Almont High School . Bismarck Tribune. 2017-08-04. 2021-08-19.
  13. News: Hoffman. Megan. New Salem-Almont bond vote set for October 1. KFYR-TV. 2019-09-11. 2021-08-19.
  14. Web site: Home. Prairie View Elementary School. 1999-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/19991004083630/http://www.newsalem.k12.nd.us/pve.htm. 2021-08-19. 1999-10-04.

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