Harrisburg School District (South Dakota)

Harrisburg School District is one of the largest school districts in South Dakota, located 7 miles from Sioux Falls in Lincoln County, serving 4,547 students as of September 2019.[1] The Superintendent of the district is Tim Graf.[2] As of the 2019–20 school year, the district will also have five schools within the Sioux Falls city limits, due to the fact that the city limits overlap into Lincoln County.

Harrisburg School District
Location
Harrisburg
, Lincoln County, South Dakota, 57032
United States
District information
MottoBuilding Strong Foundations for Success
GradesK - 12
Established1894
SuperintendentTim Graf
Schools6 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high school
District ID41-2
Students and staff
Students4,149
District mascotTigers
ColorsMaroon & Gold
   
Other information
Websitehttp://harrisburgdistrict41-2.org/

Former high school principal Dr. Kevin Lein, was shot on September 30, 2015. Assistant Principal Ryan Rollinger tackled the alleged shooter. This marked the first in school shooting in South Dakota. The principal was not seriously injured, sustaining only a shot in his arm.[3]

Harrisburg offers its high school students a "1-to-1 Program" utilizing Apple MacBook Air's and Apple MacBook Pros.[4]

Harrisburg has also Pioneered a Modular Customized Learning option, which allows for students to move through curriculum at their own pace, and perform necessary learning targets with different media based projects.[5]

On December 13th, 2019, an unidentified student threatened Harrisburg North, one of the districts 2 middle schools. In an Email to KSFY (now Dakota News Now), the school district said that "the threat was not viable." School was not called off.[6]

Schools

High schools
  • Harrisburg High School (1,058 students)

Middle schools
  • North Middle School (724 students)
  • South Middle School (401 students)

Elementary schools
  • Endeavor Elementary School (528 students)
  • Explorer Elementary School (463 students)
  • Freedom Elementary School (448 students)
  • Horizon Elementary School (246 students)
  • Journey Elementary School (389 students)
  • Liberty Elementary School (525 students)

Numbers as of September 2019[1]

References
  1. "About Harrisburg District". Harrisburg School District. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. "Staff". Harrisburg School District. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  3. "Harrisburg High School Principal Shot, Shooter In Custody". KELOLAND News. 30 September 2015. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  4. "Any time… Any where… Harrisburg High School Laptop Policy, Procedures, and Information" (PDF). harrisburgdistrict41-2.org. Harrisburg School District. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  5. Harrisburg, High School (September 10, 2017). "Mod-CL Handbook" (PDF). Harrisburg High School.
  6. "Harrisburg North Threat". Dakota News Now.
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