Pine River-Backus School District

Last updated
Pine River-Backus School District
401 Murray Ave
Pine River
, MN
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentJon Clark
School boardKaty Botz

Leslie Bouchonville

Wanda Carlson

Chris Cunningham

Dawn Rubner

Dave Sheley

Ryan Trumble
Chair of the boardChris Cunningham
SchoolsPine River-Backus High School

Pine River-Backus Elementary

Pine River-Backus ALC
District ID2174
Students and staff
Students945
Staff85
District mascotTigers

Pine River-Backus School District is a school district in north central Minnesota along Minnesota State Highway 371. Pine River-Backus Schools serves students and families from the communities of Pine River, Backus, Chickamaw Beach, Jenkins, Emily, Fifty Lakes, Longville, Leader & Manhattan Beach. [1] [2] The district (ISD 2174) was formed after the merger of the Pine River (ISD 117) and Backus (ISD 114) school districts in 1992. [3] Originally, there were schools in both Pine River and Backus, but now all schools operate on a single conjoined campus in Pine River.

Contents

Schools include:

Pine River-Backus Schools, often known by "PRB", serves a mostly rural and small town population with a total of 945 students. [4] The school district colors are orange and black. The mascot for all schools is the Tiger.

Academic Program

PRB Schools offers free comprehensive preschool and early education program to families with three and four year-olds with flexible scheduling and transportation. Pine River Backus-Elementary has students in grades K-6 including offering all-day kindergarten. Pine River-Backus High School has students in grades 7-12. PRB High School offers College in the Schools (CIS) courses via Central Lakes College in Brainerd, MN allowing students the opportunity to earn an Associate's degree at the same time as their high school diploma. PRB High School also offers world language (French), arts (Band & Choir), and STEM (PLTW) courses.

Governance

Pine River-Backus Schools is led by Superintendent Jon Clark and governed by a publicly elected board of seven directors. [5] Current board directors are:


  1. "Pine River Backus Schools Website".
  2. "School Districts Map - GIS Services State of Mn" (PDF).
  3. "School Consolidation - MN House Research". www.house.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  4. "Minnesota Report Card". Minnesota Report Card. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  5. "Pr-B Schools - School Board". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2020-10-08.



Coordinates: 46°43′35.7″N94°24′22.9″W / 46.726583°N 94.406361°W / 46.726583; -94.406361

Related Research Articles

Dakota County, Minnesota U.S. county in Minnesota

Dakota County is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota, located in the east central portion of the state. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 398,552. The county seat is Hastings. Dakota County is named for the Dakota Sioux tribal bands who inhabited the area. The name is recorded as "Dahkotah" in the United States Census records until 1851. Dakota County is included in the Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN–WI Metropolitan Statistical Area, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States with about 3.64 million residents. The largest city in Dakota County is the city of Lakeville, the eleventh-largest city in Minnesota and sixth-largest Twin Cities suburb. The county is bordered by the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers on the north, and the state of Wisconsin on the east.

Henderson, Minnesota City in Minnesota, United States

Henderson is a city in Sibley County, Minnesota, United States. The population in was 886 at the 2010 census.

Woodbury, Minnesota City in Minnesota, United States

Woodbury is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, and part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. Woodbury is situated east of Saint Paul along Interstate 94. The 2019 population for Woodbury was 72,828, making it the 9th most populous city in Minnesota.

Chanhassen, Minnesota City in Minnesota, United States

Chanhassen is a city southwest of Minneapolis in Carver County, Minnesota, United States and a suburb of Minneapolis. The population was 22,952 at the 2010 census.

Klein Independent School District

Klein Independent School District is a school district that covers 87.5 square miles (227 km2) in Harris County, Texas, United States. It became an independent school district in 1938. Almost all of the territory is unincorporated; a small portion of Houston is within the district. In the 2018–2019 school year, Klein ISD had 53,328 students. Klein ISD is part of the taxation base for the Lone Star College System. As of 2020, Jenny McGown is Superintendent of Schools.

Plano Independent School District

Plano Independent School District is an independent school district in southwestern Collin County, Texas, based in Plano. Plano ISD serves about 100 square miles (260 km2) of land, with 66 square miles (170 km2) of it within the City of Plano. The district also takes students from northern portions of Dallas and Richardson, and portions of Allen, Carrollton, Garland, Lucas, Murphy, Parker, and Wylie.

Galveston Independent School District Public school in the United States

Galveston Independent School District is a school district headquartered in Galveston, Texas, United States.

Wayzata Public Schools

Wayzata Public Schools is a public school district in the northwestern area of Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S. serving all or part of the cities of Corcoran, Maple Grove, Medicine Lake, Medina, Minnetonka, Orono, Plymouth, and Wayzata.

Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District

Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District is a K-12 public school district based in Bedford, Texas (USA). The district serves the city of Bedford, most of the cities of Euless and Hurst, and small parts of North Richland Hills, Colleyville, Fort Worth, and Arlington. The district operates twenty elementary schools, five junior high schools, two traditional high schools, and additional specialized facilities.

Humble Independent School District is a school district located in Humble, Texas, United States. It serves the city of Humble, small portions of the city of Houston, and portions of unincorporated Harris County. For the 2018–2019 school year, the district enrolled 43,553 students.

Mounds View Public Schools is a Minnesota school district serving the cities of Arden Hills, Mounds View, New Brighton, North Oaks, Roseville, Shoreview, Vadnais Heights and portions of Spring Lake Park and White Bear Township. The district currently operates 13 schools and a handful of other educational programs.

ISD 279-Osseo Area Schools is a school system in Hennepin County, Minnesota. ISD 279 provides public education from the primary to secondary levels in the following to parts of Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Maple Grove, Osseo, Plymouth, Corcoran, Dayton and Rogers. District 279 is the fifth largest district in Minnesota, with a student population of approximately 20,900 in 2019.

Humble High School School in Humble, Texas, United States

Humble High School (HHS) is a secondary school in the Humble Independent School District in Humble, Texas, United States. It serves grades 9 through 12 for the city of Humble, the Moonshine Hill area of Houston, and unincorporated communities north of Beltway 8. The campus serves the entire Humble area and the western part of Atascocita. In 2016, a portion of the upstairs main building was refurbished for the rezoning of Quest Early College High School (QECHS) completely independent from HHS.

Minneapolis Public Schools

Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) or Special School District Number 1 is a public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Minneapolis Public Schools enroll 36,370 students in public primary and secondary schools. The district administers about one hundred public schools including forty-five elementary schools, seven middle schools, seven high schools, eight special education schools, eight alternative schools, nineteen contract alternative schools and five charter schools. With authority granted by the state legislature, the school board makes policy, selects the superintendent, and oversees the district's budget, curriculum, personnel, and facilities. Students speak ninety different languages at home and most school communications are printed in English, Hmong, Spanish, and Somali.

Independent School District 194 is a state and nationally recognized K-12 public school district located in Lakeville, Minnesota.

Pine Tree High School Public school in Longview, Texas, United States

Pine Tree High School is a suburban public high school located in the city of Longview, Texas, in Gregg County, United States and classified as a 5A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). It is a part of the Pine Tree Independent School District located in west central Gregg County. In 2013, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

School District of Palm Beach County School district in Florida, US

The School District of Palm Beach County (SDPBC) is the tenth-largest public school district in the United States,and the third largest school district in Florida. The district encompasses all of Palm Beach County. For the beginning of the 2018–2019 academic year, enrollment totaled 192,533 students in Pre-K through 12th grades. The district operates a total of 180 schools: 109 elementary, 34 middle, 23 high, 14 alternative, adult and community, intermediate, and Exceptional Student Education (ESE). It has 27,168 employees and 45,000 volunteers.

Burnsville–Eagan–Savage School District

Burnsville–Eagan–Savage is an independent school district in the U.S. state of Minnesota; it serves the city of Burnsville and parts of the neighboring cities of Savage and Eagan.

The Orono School District Minnesota public school district located in the west-metro area of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The school district, organized in 1949, serves part or all of the following areas: Independence, Long Lake, Maple Plain, Medina, Minnetonka Beach, and Orono. (District Map.) The district superintendent is Dr. Karen Orcutt.

Lake Creek High School Public school in Montgomery, Texas, United States

Lake Creek High School (LCHS) is a high school in unincorporated Montgomery County, Texas, in the United States. It is the second high school built by Montgomery Independent School District. The school was built after enrollment at Montgomery High School exceeded building capacity. Lake Creek opened on August 21, 2018, for the 2018–2019 school year. The principal is Phil Eaton. The school is located on Farm to Market Road 2854.