Huron School District (South Dakota)

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Huron School District
Location
150 5th St. SW
Public
MottoPride, Respect, Excellence for All
GradesK–12[1]
Established1885
SuperintendentDr. Kraig Steinhoff
AccreditationSouth Dakota Board of Education
Schools9[1]
Budget$ 40,743,000 (2022-2023)[2]
Students and staff
Students2933 (2022–23)
Staff490
Athletic conferenceESD
District mascotTigers
ColorsOrange, white and black
   
Other information
Websitewww.huron.k12.sd.us

The Huron School District 02-2 is a public school district in

Si Tanka University sports center. Huron School District is a member of the South Dakota High School Activities Association
. It offers special education, Title I, and a large ESL program.

The voters in the Huron School District are voting on a $22.165 million bond issue to remodel and add to the current elementary school due to its limited space and poor conditions.[when?]

Most of the district is in Beadle County, where it includes Huron, Morningside, and Riverside Colony.[3] A portion is in Sanborn County.[4]

History

The Huron School District was founded in 1880 with 15 students in a converted store in downtown Huron. They stayed there until the first school buildings were ready to be used.

  • The school district owns and operates the city arena, built in 1950 at a cost of $900,000 and renovated throughout the 2000s.
  • Huron bought the Huron University Activities Center in 2008.
  • The original football stadium stood from 1937-1974 and is now a residential section with street names including Quarterback Court and Gridiron Place.
  • The current football stadium with full track and field was built in 1974.

The following is list of former and current schools operated by the district.

  • Hamilton School, 1882-?
  • First Jefferson, 1886-1927
  • Second Jefferson, 1927–present
  • First High School, 1904-1914, renovated 1919, 1937; served as the first junior high school; demolished 1999
  • Second High School, 1914-1967 demolished 1967
  • Third High School, 1967–present; renovated 2009 office expanded and remodeled 2020
  • McKinley, 1921-1998; added on in 1960; the 1998 demotion was on the 1921 building now the home to the local Head Start
  • Middle School, 1999–present
  • Madison School, 1956–present; remodeled/expanded in 1960, 2012, 2013
  • Lincoln School, 1910-1975; razed to make way for Lincoln Square Apartments
  • Huron Vocational School, built in 1977
  • Washington School, 1954–present
  • Buchanan School, 1961–present; expanded in 1970, 1996

Athletics

Huron high school team name is Huron Tigers. The school has athletic teams for boys' football, basketball, wrestling, track, cross-country, tennis, golf, and soccer. Teams for girls include volleyball, basketball, track, cross country, gymnastics, tennis, golf, competitive cheer and dance, and soccer

State Championships:

Notable alumni

  • Jennifer Hart, perpetrator of the Hart family murders[5]
  • Cheryl Ladd - actress and singer, Charlie's Angels. Born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor in Huron, SD on July 12, 1951.
  • Gladys Pyle - United States Senator, 1938–1939. First woman ever elected United States Senator from South Dakota was born in Huron on October 4, 1890.

References

  1. ^ a b "Search for Public School Districts - District Detail for Huron School District 02-2". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  2. ^ https://www.huron.k12.sd.us/files/5516/6610/9114/Fact_Finder_2022-2023.pdf
  3. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 10, 2024. - Text list
  4. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 10, 2024. - Text list
  5. ^ Young, Molly (April 2018). "Devonte Hart's mother: tracing her life from the Midwest to her drive off the California cliff". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 30, 2019. Huron has one high school, which Jennifer Hart attended,[...]

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