Independence Public School District
Independence Public School District is a school district headquartered in Independence, Missouri, United States. The district serves most of Independence and Sugar Creek.
Superintendent
As of 2013 the Superintendent of Schools in the Independence Public School District is Dr. Dale Herl.
High schools
Comprehensive
- William Chrisman High School
- Truman High School
- Van Horn High School
Alternative
- Independence Academy
Middle schools
- Pioneer Ridge
- George Caleb Bingham
- James Bridger
- Nowlin Middle School
Elementary schools
- Thomas Hart Benton Elementary School
- Bryant Elementary School
- Blackburn Elementary School
- Fairmount Elementary School
- Glendale Elementary School
- John W. Luff Elementary School
- Little Blue Elementary School
- Mill Creek Elementary School
- Abraham Mallinson Elementary School
- Mount Washington Elementary School *CLOSED*
- North Rock Creek/Korte Elementary School
- Christian Ott Elementary School - recent winner of Missouri Gold Star
- Proctor Elementary School
- Randall Elementary School
- Santa Fe Trail Elementary School
- William Southern Elementary School
- Spring Branch Elementary School
- Sugar Creek Elementary School (Sugar Creek)
- Sycamore Hills Elementary School
- Three Trails Elementary School
Annexation Boundary Line Debate
In November 2007, the voters of Independence, Missouri and Kansas City, Missouri, voted for seven schools, consisting of one high school, one middle school, and five elementary schools, to be taken over by the Independence School District. This is perceived as another major setback for the Kansas City, Missouri School District and a huge undertaking with a great boon for Western Independence. Jim Hinson, the superintendent of the Independence district, believed that the KCMO district fought the annexation was because it was a "pride issue" and because the KCMO district feared that other parts of the district could secede.[1]
The transfer did not include the C. R. Anderson School, which was originally called the Pitcher School. KCMSD annexed the school in 1957. The school became an alternative school for troubled students in the 1980s. The school closed in 2000.[2]
Transfer to Independence School District
- 1. Van Horn High School - (Independence)
- 2. Nowlin Middle School - (Independence)
- 3. Fairmount Elementary - (Independence)
- 4. Mount Washington Elementary - (Independence)
- 5. North Rock Creek/Korte Elementary - (Independence)
- 6. Sugar Creek Elementary - (Sugar Creek)
- 7. Three Trails Elementary - (Independence)
References
- ↑ "Q&A with Superintendent Jim Hinson, Independence School District." American School Board Journal. Retrieved on January 20, 2011.
- ↑ Barton, Eric. "Buy This School." The Pitch. August 12, 2008. 1.