Remington USD 206

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Remington USD 206
Address
110 S. Main St. [1]
Whitewater, Kansas
, 67154
United States
Coordinates 37°57′48″N97°8′56″W / 37.96333°N 97.14889°W / 37.96333; -97.14889
District information
Type Public
Grades PK to 12 [2]
School board7 members
Schools3 [2]
NCES District ID 2006240 [2]
Students and staff
Students511 (2023–24) [2]
Teachers39.25 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Student–teacher ratio13.02 [2]
Other information
Website www.usd206.org

Remington USD 206 is a public unified school district headquartered in Whitewater, Kansas, United States. [1] Depending on the historic use, it may also have the word "Whitewater" either before or after "Remington". The district includes the communities of Whitewater, Potwin, Brainerd, Elbing, Furley, and nearby rural areas in Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick counties. [3]

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History

In 1945, the School Reorganization Act in Kansas caused the consolidation of thousands of rural school districts in Kansas. [4] In 1963, the School Unification Act in Kansas caused the further consolidatation of thousands of tiny school districts into hundreds of larger Unified School Districts. [5]

In 1961, Whitewater, Potwin, Brainerd, Elbing, Furley, Countryside, and Golden Gate schools merged to form a joint rural high school. Heated opposition between Whitewater and Potwin occurred during the discussion for the location of the new high school. Rural voters pushed for a centralized location in neither town. A public vote was taken to determine if the school should be built halfway between Whitewater and Potwin, near Brainerd, which passed 745 "yes" to 155 "no". [6] A contest was held to find a unique name for the new high school, which was chosen to honor the famous American Old West artist Frederic Remington who lived about 4 miles north near Plum Grove in the 1880s. [6]

Schools

The school district operates the following schools: [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "USD 206 website". Archived from the original on February 4, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Remington-Whitewater". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  3. ↑ "USD 206 District Map" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ Your School District: The Report of the National Commission on School District Reorganization; National Education Association; 286 pages; 1948.
  5. ↑ "Administration of Unified School Districts in Kansas" (PDF). Kansas State Department of Public Instruction. January 1967. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 10, 2020.
  6. 1 2 History; USD 206.

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