Leupp Schools, Inc.

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Leupp Schools, Inc., is a K-12 grant-funded school affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education. [1] It is in Leupp, Arizona and has a Winslow postal address. [2] Its GNIS is 7538. [3]

It is the mission of the Leupp Schools, Inc. to prepare and empower all students for the choices and challenges they will face in the future by providing a positive, healthy, social and educational environment which is based on Dine’ knowledge and language. [4]

In 1976 there was a proposal for the Leupp Boarding School to become a district public school of the Flagstaff Unified School District. [5] In a letter to the editor to the Arizona Daily Sun the principal Allen H. Ross disputed that his own school was proposing such. [6]

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References

  1. BIE Schools Directory | Bureau of Indian Education
  2. "Contact School". Leupp Schools. 2013-09-17. Archived from the original on 2013-09-17. Retrieved 2021-07-14. Address: HC 61, Box D, Winslow, AZ 86047 [...] Physical Address: Mile Marker 13.5, Indian Highway 15, Leupp, AZ 86035 - From its NCES profile: "45 Mi E On Indian Rte 15 Leupp, AZ 86035"
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leupp Boarding School
  4. CYBERSCHOOL by Interactive Educational Services
  5. "Hopis May Ask for School Be Placed In Flagstaff District". Arizona Daily Sun . Flagstaff, Arizona. 1976-02-03. p. 2. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  6. Ross, Allen (1976-02-09). "Story Upsetting". Arizona Daily Sun . Flagstaff, Arizona. p. 4. - See clipping from Newspapers.com.