| D.C. Everest School District | |
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| Location | |
| 6300 Alderson Street. Weston, WI United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1953 |
| Superintendent | Kristine A. Gilmore |
| Enrollment | 5,704 |
| Color(s) | Green White |
| Mascot | Evergreens |
| Website | http://www.dce.k12.wi.us/index.html |
The D.C. Everest School District is a public school district serving the city of Schofield, the villages of Weston, Hatley, Rothschild, and Kronenwetter, and the towns of Ringle and Easton in central Wisconsin.
Over the past few years, the school district has been expanding in a way that resulted in new middle and elementary school buildings. In addition, the high school has been expanding in its opportunities for academically driven students as an increased amount of Advanced Placement classes have begun to be offered.[1]
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Originally named after David Clark Everest, whose management of Marathon Paper Mills greatly influenced the local area. The district was consolidated in 1950, with the Senior High School opening in 1953 with 388 students in grades nine through twelve. Prior to this time, the district operated a K-10 school in Rothschild, a K-8 school in Schofield, and smaller one-room rural schools in the Township of Weston, Wisconsin, Wausau, and Kronenwetter, which became the basis for the elementary school that exist in the district today.[2]
In 1960, Rothschild Elementary was constructed. Three years later, the overcrowded Junior-Senior High school, today the Junior High School, was expanded, Weston Elementary was constructed and Schofield Elementary was also expanded.
In the mid 1960’s, the community approved the purchase of 63 acres of land, at a cost of $105,000. Although the original plans were to build a new middle school, the district decided to construct a new senior high school. In 1968, after the initial vote for a nearly five million dollar building was voted down, a four million dollar building was finally approved and D.C. Everest Senior High School was approved. Soon after, district enrollment exploded from 1,668 students in 1953, to 4,225 in 1971.
To accommodate its growth, the district was forced to construct more schools. Evergreen Elementary was dedicated in September 1976 and was the first district school to utilize the open classroom concept. In 1979, Riverside Elementary was built in the Town of Ringle.
In February 1996, the district approved funding of the Greenheck Field House, named after, and largely funded by Bob Greenheck, who also had a large impact on the community through his industry.[3][4]