The Sheridan School District 48J is a unified school district that serves the Sheridan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. The district has four schools and 1,042 students. District offices are in Sheridan on Bridge Street at the high school. Dorie Vickery is the district superintendent, with oversight by the five-member school board.[1][2] The district is part of the Willamette Education Service District.[3]
| Sheridan School District | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
Greater Sheridan, Oregon
United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Superintendent | Dorie Vickery |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 1,042 |
| Other information | |
| High Schools | 1 |
| Elementary Schools | 1 |
| Other Schools | 2 |
| Website | www |
History
editBy 1871 a public school had been built in Sheridan.[4] In 1894, the school had an enrollment of about 100 students, with a single principal and two assistants.[5] The single school district's building was worth $10,000 in 1908, and at that time the school employed six teachers, but grew to ten teachers two years later.[4] By 1913 the school held classes through twelfth grade and included a manual labor training department.[4]
Two school board members faced recall in 1985 after local church leaders objected to the unmarried couple living together, with one not yet divorced from his wife prior to moving in with the female board member.[6] The Sheridan district considered merging with the neighboring Willamina School District in 1993.[7] Willamina approved the merger, but voters in Sheridan voted down the proposal 417 to 411.[7]
The district built a new brick school in 1935.[8] In 1998, this school, the K-3 Faulconer Elementary School, burned down and was temporarily replaced by modular housing.[8] Voters in the school district approved an $8.5 million bond in 2003 to build a replacement school that would also combine the 4-8 grade Chapman Elementary School into a K-8 school.[8] Faulconer-Chapman School opened in September 2004.[8] The old Chapman school building was burned down in a fire training exercise in May 2005.[9] In 2005, the school's average enrollment was 965,[10] an increase from 954 students in the district in October 2001.[11]
Schools and demographics
editThe district includes four schools, a K-8 school, one high school, a charter school, and an alternative school. As of 2008, the district had 1,042[12] students and 69 staff members as of 2000.[11] In the 2009 school year, the district had 21 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 2.1% of students in the district.[13]
Faulconer-Chapman
editLocated on the southwest side of town near Oregon Route 18, the Faulconer-Chapman School serves 608 students in grades kindergarten through eighth.[12] Officially dedicated on September 28, 2004, the school has 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) of space with a total of 31 classrooms.[8] The $10 million, two-story building also has laboratory space, a gym, a cafeteria, and a library.[8][14] It was built on the grounds of the old Chapman school and retained that school's gym.[15][16] The name is a combination of the two schools it replaced, Chapman and Faulconer schools.[15] Originally, the name was to be Faulconer-Chapman Elementary School, but the term elementary was dropped before the school opened.[17] For the 2007 to 2008 school year the state rated the school as satisfactory for academics.[18] The school's gym is also utilized as an emergency shelter.[19]
Sheridan High School
editSheridan High School is the main high school, with students in grades nine through twelve. Known as the Spartans, the OSAA Class 3A school has an enrollment of 287.[12] For the 2007 to 2008 school year the state rated the school as satisfactory on academics.[18]
Others
editOpportunity House is an alternative high school with 49 students in grades ten through twelve, while the Sheridan Japanese School (a charter school) has 88 students in grades four through twelve.[12] Opportunity House opened in 1996.[20] For the 2007 to 2008 school year the state rated the Japanese School as exceptional for academics.[18]
References
edit- ^ "School Board". Sheridan School District. TeacherWeb, Inc. Archived from the original on October 31, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
- ^ "Contact Us". Sheridan School District. TeacherWeb, Inc. Archived from the original on October 31, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
- ^ "Sheridan 48J". Oregon School Boards Association. Retrieved February 5, 2010. [dead link]
- ^ a b c Stoller, Ruth. "Sheridan - A. B. Faulconer's Town" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2009.
- ^ Edward Gardner Jones, ed. (1894). The Oregonian's handbook of the Pacific Northwest. Oregonian Publishing Company. p. 258.
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- ^ Associated Press (May 20, 1985). "Morality question spurs recall vote for Oregon town". Kentucky New Era. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
- ^ a b Dauquilante, Paul (September 16, 2009). "Willamina open to merger talks". News-Register. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Daquilante, Paul (September 30, 2004). "Faulconer-Chapman School officially dedicated". News-Register. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ Daquilante, Paul (May 10, 2005). "Chapman goes up in flames". News-Register. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ Daquilante, Paul (April 14, 2005). "Sheridan School District". News-Register. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ a b "Sheridan Community Profile". Oregon Business. Archived from the original on December 28, 2009. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Oregon School Directory 2008-09" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 88. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2011. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
- ^ "Count of homeless students in Oregon school districts, 2008-2009" (PDF). The Oregonian. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
- ^ Daquilante, Paul (September 2, 2004). "Scramble on at Faulconer-Chapman". News-Register. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ a b Daquilante, Paul (March 4, 2004). "Sheridan school will be called Faulconer-Chapman Elementary". News-Register. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ Daquilante, Paul (May 25, 2004). "Sheridan prepares for school move". News-Register. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ "Sheridan K-8 school name undergoes slight revision". News-Register. March 18, 2004. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ a b c "School ratings detailed". News-Register. October 9, 2008. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ Daquilante, Paul (December 4, 2007). "Sheridan families spend night in gym". News-Register. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
- ^ "Opportunity House gets staffing boost". News-Register. September 16, 2004. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2010.