Woodland Public Schools (Oklahoma)

Woodland Public Schools, also known as Woodland School District, is a school district headquartered in Fairfax, Oklahoma. It has an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school.

The district boundary is mostly in Osage County and includes Fairfax, a portion of Burbank,[1] and Gray Horse.[2] It is also partially in Pawnee County, where it includes Ralston.[3]

As of 2022 the high school has Osage language as a class for world languages.[4]

History

It was established in 1990 when the Fairfax and Ralston school districts merged.[5]

In 2002 the Burbank school district dissolved, with a portion going to Woodland.[6]

Beginning in the 2013–2014 school year, the district stopped sending certain data to the Oklahoma Department of Education and the United States Department of Education (ED).[7] Circa 2021 the ED asked about 17,000 school districts to respond to a request, and Woodland was the sole district not to comply.[8]

References

  1. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Osage County, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "Osage County, Oklahoma". Oklahoma State University. Retrieved January 21, 2024. - Compare the location of the "Grayhorse Indian Reserve" to the school district map.
  3. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Pawnee County, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 21, 2024. - Text list
  4. ^ Duty, Shannon Shaw (September 30, 2022). "Awakening the Osage Language". Osage News. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
  5. ^ "FAIRFAX.". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  6. ^ Marks, Dawn (May 25, 2002). "98-year-old school closes". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 4-A. - Clipping at Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Gilbert, Amanda (February 1, 2021). "Oklahoma school district risks loss of funds after failing to report mandatory information". Fox 23 News. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  8. ^ "Woodland Schools in Trouble With State, U.S. Dep. of Education". KWON. January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2024.


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