Port Angeles School District

Port Angeles School District No. 121 is a public school district in Port Angeles, Washington, United States. It serves the city of Port Angeles and surrounding rural areas, and the nearby Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. The district's operations are supported by Educational Service District 121. In November 2015, the district had a total enrollment of 3,985 students.[1] The Port Angeles School District stretches from McDonald Creek in the east to Lake Crescent in the west, and from the northern coastline of the Straits of Juan de Fuca to the foothills of Olympic National Park in the south.

The district's collaborative relationship with the Lower Elwha Tribe has been celebrated since 1996 in an Annual Potlatch hosted by the tribe.[2][3]

Schools

The district operates five elementary schools, one middle school, a high school, an alternative high school and a vocational school.

Elementary schools

Each of the five elementary schools have enrollments of 300-400 students.

  • Dry Creek Elementary School serves mostly rural students west of Port Angeles and from the Lower Elwha Klallam tribal reservation.
  • Franklin Elementary School serves students in east Port Angeles.
  • Hamilton Elementary School serves students in west Port Angeles.
  • Jefferson Elementary School serves students in central Port Angeles.
  • Roosevelt Elementary School serves mostly rural students east of Port Angeles.

Middle schools
  • Stevens Middle School has an average enrollment of 600 students, has won state honors in science education and was named among the top 22 middle schools in the state in 2011 and 2012.

High schools

Alternative schools and programs
  • Lincoln High School — alternative school
  • Parents as Partners — homeschool program

Governance

The district is governed by a board of directors elected from the district at large. Each of the five directors is elected for a term of four years. Two are elected in one two-year election cycle and the other three in the alternate cycle.[4]

The school board president is Steven Baxter.[5]

References
  1. School Board document 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-09
  2. School District Potlatch Rescheduled for May 9. School district news release, April 12, 2013 Archived November 17, 2013, at Archive.today. Retrieved 2013-11-16
  3. Potlatch and Rattle, stillwaterlakedawnblog May 15, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-16
  4. School Board webpage Archived 2013-11-17 at Archive.today. Retrieved 2013-11-16
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Retrieved 2013-11-16
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