Rawlins County USD 105 explained
Rawlins County USD 105 is a public unified school district headquartered in Atwood, Kansas, United States.[1] The district includes the communities of Atwood, Herndon, Blakeman, Ludell, and nearby rural areas.[2]
Schools
The school district operates the following schools:[1]
- Rawlins County Junior-Senior High School. Its mascot is Buffaloes.[3]
- Rawlins County Elementary School
History
In 1945 (after World War II), the School Reorganization Act in Kansas caused the consolidation of thousands of rural school districts in Kansas.[4]
In 1963, the School Unification Act in Kansas caused the further consolidatation of thousands of tiny school districts into hundreds of larger Unified School Districts.[5]
It was formed in 2003 by the consolidation of Herndon USD 317 and Atwood USD 318.[6]
In June 2023, the high school was damaged by a fire.[7]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: USD 105 Website . https://web.archive.org/web/20200518140110/https://www.usd105.org/ . May 18, 2020 . live.
- Web site: USD 105 District Map . . https://web.archive.org/web/20200531133531/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/SchoolDistrict/School%20District_105.pdf . May 31, 2020 . live.
- Web site: Rawlins County USD 105 . USD 105 . 6 January 2017.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=TQ_RAAAAMAAJ&pg=1 Your School District: The Report of the National Commission on School District Reorganization; National Education Association; 286 pages; 1948.
- Web site: Administration of Unified School Districts in Kansas . Kansas State Department of Public Instruction . https://web.archive.org/web/20200710105315/https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED037897.pdf . July 10, 2020 . January 1967 . live.
- Web site: School consolidations in Kansas for past decade. The Topeka Capital-Journal. 2011-07-24. 2020-04-26.
- Web site: Northwest Kansas school receives ‘significant’ fire damage . KSN 3 TV . https://web.archive.org/web/20230606210037/https://www.ksn.com/news/state-regional/crews-respond-to-school-fire-in-northwest-kansas/ . June 6, 2023 . June 5, 2023 . live.
