Nome Public Schools

Nome Public Schools
Location
Nome, Alaska
United States
District information
Grades PK–12
Superintendent Shawn Arnold
Budget $14,500,000
Students and staff
Students 720
Teachers 65
Other information
Schedule August to May
Website http://www.nomeschools.com

Nome Public Schools (NPS), also known as the Nome City School District, is the school district serving the city of Nome, Alaska. The district has one of the highest efficiencies in Western Alaska. The current superintendent of the district is Shawn Arnold.[1]

Though public schools have existed in Nome since 1902, the present-day school district exists mostly to fulfill the obligation that first-class cities in the Unorganized Borough have under state law to provide education and planning/zoning functions within their cities. As such, it is separate from the Bering Strait School District which serves the smaller communities of the surrounding area.

NPS oversees five schools: two traditional grade-based schools (one for elementary grades and one for junior and senior high school grades), plus a charter magnet school, a correspondence program and a school program located in Nome Youth Facility. These five schools have a total enrollment of approximately 720 students, with enrollment per school ranging from 15 to 375.[2]

History

The district's lineage extends to the establishment

The first local school in Nome was established in 1902. [3]

Schools

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NPS Superintendent". Nome Public Schools. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to Nome Public Schools". Nome Public Schools. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Education Program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Alaska 1971-72". Paul Ongtooguk. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

External links

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