Lawrence USD 497 is a public unified school district headquartered in Lawrence, Kansas, United States.[1] The district includes the communities of Lawrence, Clinton, Pleasant Grove, and nearby rural areas.[2] It was organized in 1965 and currently serves 11,427 students from pre-Kindergarten to grade 12 and maintains an early childhood center (pre-k), 13 elementary schools, four middle schools, two high schools, a K-12 virtual school, and an adult learning center.[3]
School Board
USD 497 is currently served by seven elected officials who serve a four-year term without salary.[4]
Schools
The school district operates the following schools:[1]
- High schools
- Middle schools
- Liberty Memorial Central Middle School
- Billy Mills Middle School
- Southwest Middle School
- West Middle School
- Elementary schools
- Broken Arrow
- Cordley
- Deerfield
- Hillcrest
- Langston Hughes
- New York
- Pinckney
- Prairie Park
- Quail Run
- Schwegler
- Sunflower
- Sunset Hill
- Woodlawn
- Additional services
- Lawrence Virtual Schools, a K–12 and high school program located in former Centennial Elementary School
- Adult Learning Center, helps adult obtain a GED, located in the Lawrence High School annex
- Lawrence Diploma-Completion Program, helps adult obtain a Lawrence High, Free State or Perry-Lecompton high school diploma, located in the Malls Shopping Center
- The Lawrence College & Career Center, Which offers opportunities for high school students to earn college credits and take classes to prepare them for various careers.
- Kennedy Early Childhood Center, which houses Tiny-K Early Intervention, early childhood special education, at-risk pre-k, and other community early childhood programs.
- Former schools in Lawrence
Former schools in the Lawrence area include:
- Lake View School
- Sigel School
- No. 6 School
- Pleasant Valley School
- Franklin School
- Barker School
- Bracket School
- Learnard School
- White School
- Oak Hill School
- Bismarck School
- Riggs School
- Model School
- Lane School
- Quincy School
- Vermont School
- Lawrence High School (1890-1923, moved to Liberty Memorial High School, now Liberty Memorial Central Middle School),
- McAllister School
- Centennial Elementary
- East Heights Elementary
- India Elementary
- Kaw Valley Elementary
- Grant Elementary
- Wakarusa Valley Elementary
- Kennedy Elementary
- Riverside Elementary
See also
- Kansas State Department of Education
- Kansas State High School Activities Association
- List of high schools in Kansas
- List of unified school districts in Kansas
References
- ^ a b c "USD 497 Website". Archived from the original on December 3, 2020.
- ^ "USD 497 District Map" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 5, 2020.
- ^ "USD 497 - About Us". Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ^ "USD 497 - School Board". Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.