Independence Public School District

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Independence Public School District
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Location
District information
MottoInspiring Greatness
Grades PreK - 12
SuperintendentDr. Dale Herl
Schools29
Students and staff
Students15,497 (K-12) and 2,000 (Pre-K) Total: 17,497
Other information
Website District website

Independence Public School District (usually referred to as the Independence School District, acronym is the ISD) is a school district headquartered in Independence, Missouri, United States. The district serves most of Independence and Sugar Creek, [1] as well as Blue Summit. [2]

Contents

History

By 2023 the district made an incentive for more prospective teachers to work in the district by having school be four days per week instead of five. [3]

Schools

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Van Horn High School
High schools
Alternative schools
Middle schools
Elementary schools
Early education

Annexation boundary line debate

In November 2007, the voters of Independence and Kansas City voted for seven schools (one high school, one middle school, and five elementary schools) to be taken over by the Independence Public School District. [4] 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. [5]

The transfer did not include the C. R. Anderson School, which was originally called the Pitcher School. KCMSD annexed the school in 1957, and it became an alternative school for troubled students in the 1980s. It closed in 2000. [6]

Transfer to Independence School District

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References

  1. "School Districts" (Archive). City of Independence. Retrieved on January 5, 2017.
  2. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jackson County, MO" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved November 14, 2023. - 2010 map
  3. Balangit, Moriah (August 24, 2023). "Teacher shortages have gotten worse. Here's how schools are coping". Washington Post . Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  4. "Voters Approve School Switch" (Archive), KMBC-TV (kmbc.com), (November 7, 2007). Retrieved on July 30, 2008.
  5. "Q&A with Superintendent Jim Hinson, Independence School District." American School Board Journal . Retrieved on January 20, 2011.
  6. Barton, Eric. "Buy This School." The Pitch . August 12, 2008. 1.