| Clover Park School District | |
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| Coordinates | 47°9′32″N122°31′11″W / 47.15889°N 122.51972°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Grades | Pre-K through 12 |
| Superintendent | Ron Banner |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 12,019 [1] |
| Teachers | 849 |
| Staff | 729 |
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| Website | www |
The Clover Park School District (CPSD) is the fourth largest school district in Pierce County, Washington, United States, and the 28th largest public school district in the state. [2]
The Clover Park School District is located directly south of Tacoma, Washington in the city of Lakewood. The district includes 68 square miles (180 km2) within the western area of Pierce County.
CPSD serves the majority of Lakewood, North Fort Lewis, the Joint Base Lewis-McChord community (the district boundary includes almost all of the boundary of Fort Lewis and much of the McChord Field territory), and portions of Parkland and Tacoma. [3]
Clover Park is composed of 17 elementary schools, four middle schools, two high schools, one alternative high school and Harrison Preparatory School (grades 6-12). The district also serves two specialty schools within Western State Hospital.
| Name | Grade levels/type | Established | Enrollment | Nickname | WIAA Classification | Notes | |
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| Clover Park | Comprehensive 9-12 | 1938 | 1500 | Warriors | 2A | ||
| Lakes | Comprehensive 9-12 | 1962 | 1500 | Lancers | 3A | ||
| Name | Type | Established | Nickname |
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| William H. Harrison Preparatory | 6-12 [4] | 2005 | Pumas |
Starting with the 2009-2010 school year, Harrison Prep offered grades 6 through 12 only, to allow for an International Baccalaureate (Middle Years Program). [5]
| Name | Type | Established | Nickname | |
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| Hudtloff | 6-8 | Hurricanes | ||
| Lochburn | 6-8 | 1968 | Lions | |
| Mann | 6-8 | 1959 | Mustangs | |
| Woodbrook | 6-8 | 1962 | Wildcats | |
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The CPSD student body is approximately 46% White, 22% Hispanic, 13% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Pacific Islander, 1% Native American, <1% Other, and 9% mixed. The median household income is $52,089. About 7.6% of students have a disability. [6]
Data from Washington schools indicated that black students were disciplined more often than white students. [7] "Are you dispersing discipline across the ethnicities, the racial groups, equitably", asked a district superintendent, "are you disciplining African-American boys more than you're disciplining white boys?" [7]
There has been a significant military influence within the district due to its proximity to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Each of its two senior high schools are home to two Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) programs. Clover Park High School has an Air Force JROTC program, and Lakes High School has an Army JROTC program.
About 31% of students within the district live on a military base while 40% are funded military dependents. From 1985 to 2011, there have been 90 appointments to military academies from CPSD.
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Richard Walter Muri is an American politician. He is the appointed Mayor of the Town of Steilacoom after longtime Mayor Ron Lucas stepped down for health reasons in March 2021, before passing away just weeks later. He is a Republican former member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 28th legislative district. Muri was appointed to the Washington State House of Representatives following State Representative Steve O'Ban's appointment to the Washington State Senate after State Senator Mike Carrell's death. From 2003 to 2012, he served as a Republican member of the Pierce County Council, representing the 6th District. In 2010, he ran as a Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in Washington's 9th congressional district against incumbent Democratic Congressman Adam Smith, eventually losing to Smith by nearly 10 points. In 2012, he again ran, this time in Washington's 10th congressional district against Denny Heck, losing by 17 points.
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KPEC-TV was an educational television station on ultra high frequency (UHF) channel 56 in Lakewood Center, Washington, United States. Owned by the Clover Park School District and operated in association with other nearby school systems, it was one of two educational television stations in Pierce County alongside KTPS-TV. KPEC-TV operated from 1960 to 1976 and was replaced when the Clover Park School District acquired a bankrupt Tacoma television station, KTVW, and paired its own studio facilities with the channel 13 transmitter plant to launch KCPQ in January 1976. Clover Park continued to operate that station until February 1980, when it was sold to private commercial interests.
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