School district in North Dakota, USA
Lewis and Clark Public School District 161 is a school district headquartered in Berthold, North Dakota .[ 2] 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.[ 3] The North Shore district was based in Makoti.[ 4]
In 2011 residents of northern McLean County and southern Ward County requested to the state that it re-assign 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2 ) of land, or 125 sections of land, from Lewis and Clark to the Max School District .[ 5]
Area
The district has 875 square miles (2,270 km2 ) of territory.[ 3] In Ward County the district serves Berthold, Makoti , much of Carpio , and a section of Ryder .[ 6] Within Mountrail County it serves Plaza.[ 7]
It also serves sections of McLean County and Renville County .[ 8] [ 9]
References
^ a b c d e f
"Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for LEWIS AND CLARK 161" . National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 5, 2022 .
^ "Lewis and Clark Public School District" . National Center for Education Statistics . Retrieved August 15, 2021 .
^ a b "More school districts merging". Bismarck Tribune . Bismarck, North Dakota . November 21, 2002. p. 2B. - Clipping from Newspapers.com .
^ "NORTH DAKOTA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS 2002-03" (PDF) . North Dakota Department of Public Instruction . September 16, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2003. Retrieved August 13, 2021 . N Shore 158 PO Box 127 Makoti ND
^ Downs, Caroline (December 28, 2011). "Annexation request would take 125 sections of land from Lewis & Clark School District" . The Kenmare News . Retrieved August 15, 2021 .
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Ward County, ND" (PDF) . U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 15, 2021 . - 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).
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Mountrail County, ND" (PDF) . U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 15, 2021 .
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McLean County, ND" (PDF) . U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 15, 2021 .
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Renville County, ND" (PDF) . U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 15, 2021 .
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