Vernonia School District Explained

Vernonia School District
Type:	Public
Grades:	K-12
Location:	Vernonia, Oregon
Country:	USA
Website:	www.vernonia.k12.or.us

The Vernonia School District is a public school district that serves students in the communities of Vernonia and Mist in the U.S. state of Oregon. Vernonia Elementary School, Vernonia Middle School, and Vernonia High School are contained in separate wings of a single building in Vernonia constructed on high ground after floods in 1996 and 2007 severely impacted the city.^[1] The new building was built above the floodplain to prevent future flooding.^{[1] [2]}

Schools

• Mist Elementary School
  • As of 2015, Mist Elementary served 16 students in grades K-5, in a 1917 school building with one teacher^[3]
• Vernonia Elementary School
• Vernonia Middle School
• Vernonia High School

See also

• Great Coastal Gale of 2007
• Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton
• Willamette Valley Flood of 1996

External links

• Vernonia School District (official website)

Notes and References

1. News: Hallman Jr. . Tom . Vernonia Celebrates Opening of State-of-Art New K-12 School to Replace Flood-Ravaged Buildings . . August 21, 2012 . March 8, 2015.
2. News: Vernonia Celebrates School's Move To Higher Ground . August 21, 2012 . Baer . April . . March 8, 2015.
3. Web site: Mist Elementary School . Vernonia School District . March 8, 2015.