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88-467: The Hillsboro School District 1J is a unified school district located in Hillsboro , Oregon , United States . The district operates 26 elementary schools, four middle schools, and four high schools. Founded in 1851, the school district covers Hillsboro, Scholls , Reedville , North Plains , West Union , and other area communities. Total enrollment as of the 2019–2020 school year is 20,269 students,

176-441: A quorum . Oregon Ballot Measure 113 was passed in 2022 to disqualify senators with ten unexcused absences from serving in the legislature following their current term, largely in response to a series of walkouts by Republican senators. In the interim between legislative sessions, special study groups made up of state legislators with interests or expertise in the specific study areas investigate issues that will be addressed during

264-454: A school board ) may be elected, appointed by a political office holder, serve ex officio , or a combination of any of these. An independent school district is a legally separate body corporate and political . Most school districts operate as independent local governmental units with exclusive authority over K–12 public educational operations and policies. The extent of their control is set by state-level law. Litigation against school districts

352-481: A "board of trustees," "board of education," "school committee," etc.. This body usually appoints or hires an experienced public school administrator to function as the district's superintendent of schools – a district's chief executive . The superintendent oversees daily operations, decisions and implements the policies of the board. The school board may also exercise a quasi-judicial function in serious employee or student discipline matters. School districts in

440-478: A K-8 school that started with the 2015-2016 school year. Opened in 1968, the school is located in the central part of Hillsboro, adjoining Turner Creek Park . The school has 628 students, who are known as the Wildcats. The school is named for Walter L. Henry, who worked in the district for 38 years as a teacher and principal. The single-story structure has 48,813 square feet (4,534.9 m) of space. As of 2009,

528-552: A basement, and two having a brick veneer. In all, the school has 32,402 square feet (3,010.2 m) of space. Part of the enrollment area of the school was proposed to be transferred to the Beaverton School District in 2010. Located in the community of Scholls along Oregon Route 210 , Groner has 204 students (as of the 2019-20 school year), known as the Grizzlies. In 2015, the district converted Groner to

616-626: A certain degree comparable to a school district. Other arrangements are possible: certain types of special schools in North Rhine-Westphalia are run by the Landschaftsverbände . There also exist private schools , mostly funded by the States, but run by private entities like churches or foundations. In Italy , school districts were established in 1974 by the " Provvedimenti Delegati sulla scuola " ("Assigned Laws [to

704-494: A charter school. As of 2021, one new elementary school is under construction. Staffing includes 1,244 full-time classified employees, 1,130 full-time teachers, and 79 administrator staff members. The average student to teacher ratio is 26:1 with a 3.5% drop-out rate for the 2005 to 2006 school year. In the 2009 school year, the district had 403 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education , or 2.0% of students in

792-399: A constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to call itself into session. In either case, special sessions are permitted only "in the event of an emergency." Voters narrowly defeated a constitutional amendment in 1990 that would have established annual sessions. In 1982 a special session lasted 37 days, and the governor called the assembly into special session five times in 2002, for

880-489: A cost of $ 348,000. The school has 508 students, who are known as the Mustangs. The school was named after two teachers, Lester and Margaret Mooberry. The school building is a single-story, brick-faced structure, with the school grounds covering 215,000 square feet (20,000 m). As of 2009, the school had repeatedly missed targets of federal academic guidelines and must either offer free tutoring or transfers to students under

968-597: A cost of $ 37.2 million. The school shares its floor plan with Brookwood Elementary and Tamarack Elementary, all constructed as a part of the District's 2017 bond measure. The students are known as the Blue Jays. Located in the middle portion of the city on Southeast Cedar Street, Brookwood Elementary originally opened in 1953 and was named after the area. It was the first building in the district to be built using prefabricated forms, and had to be expanded in 1957. In 2020,

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1056-568: A decline in property tax revenues during and after the Great Recession . By 2016 there were about 13,000 school districts, and the average student population was about 5,000. Although these terms can vary slightly between various states and regions, these are typical definitions for school district constitution: These terms may not appear in a district's name, even though the condition may apply. In England and Wales , school boards were established in 1870, and abolished in 1902, with

1144-411: A decrease of 38,127 or 35%. Many states had passed laws facilitating school district consolidation. In 1951 the majority of the school districts in existence were rural school districts only providing elementary education, and some school districts did not operate schools but instead provided transportation to other schools. The Midwest had a large number of rural school districts. Previously areas of

1232-809: A fifth high school, and, along with prior acquisitions, could add up to four elementary schools and a middle school in that area. In 2017, a $ 408 million capital construction bond was passed to facilitate various projects across the district, such as renovations to school buildings, increased security measures, the construction of two new elementary schools, the creation of a fiber optic network connecting all schools, and land acquisition of new school sites. The boundary includes most of Hillsboro, all of North Plains , and portions of Aloha , Beaverton , Cornelius , and Rockcreek . The district operates 34 schools, including four high schools, four middle schools, and 26 elementary schools. HSD also operates an alternative combined middle and high school, an online school, as well as

1320-583: A minority of secondary schools , a few primary schools, and much further education . (Most schools are neither organized geographically nor publicly managed, although the Department of Education inspects and funds them and pays teachers' salaries.) Each ETB area comprises one or more local authority areas , with city or county councilors forming the bulk of the ETB board. The ETBs was formed in 2005 by amalgamating Vocational Education Committees established in 1930, also based on local government areas. In Hong Kong ,

1408-539: A new eight-room schoolhouse was finished at the present site of David Hill Elementary. In September 1908, tenth grade was added to the Hillsboro school district, with the classes held on the top floor of the school. Eleventh and twelfth grades were soon added, and in June 1911 the first students to complete four years of high school graduated. This class totaled five students, four girls and one boy. A stand-alone high school

1496-455: A school system that is separate but similar to a town's or a county's powers. These include the power to enter contacts, use eminent domain , and to issue binding rules and regulations affecting school policies and operations. The power of school districts to tax and spend is generally more limited. For example, many school districts in New York state require a majority of voters living in

1584-622: A single district, the fifth largest in Oregon at that time. In 2003, the district made national news when 17 days of classes were cut from the school year, which allowed students to be out in May, due to budget cuts to education in Oregon. That year enrollment reached 18,951 for the unified district. In 2006, the district implemented a statistical tracking program that keeps track of all student information such as demographics, attendance, and academic achievement. The district faced opposition in 2009 over

1672-710: A single school district." Noting that most modern school districts were formed by consolidating one-room school districts in the first seven decades of the 20th century, Fischel argues that "outside the South, these consolidations were consented to by local voters" who "preferred districts whose boundaries conformed to their everyday interactions rather than formal units of government" and that "[t]he South ended up with county-based school districts because segregation imposed diseconomies of scale on district operations and required larger land-area districts." In New York , most school districts are separate governmental units with

1760-449: A state), most American school districts operate as independent local governmental units under a grant of authority and within geographic limits created by state law. The executive and legislative power over locally-controlled policies and operations of an independent school district are, in most cases, held by a school district's board of education. Depending on state law, members of a local board of education (often referred to informally as

1848-487: A three-room school was built at the same site. The school continued to expand, growing to 12 classrooms, a gym, and several other rooms by 1976. This single-story building remains in use as the current Reedville Elementary School, and has a total of 16,247 square feet (1,509.4 m) of space. Located in the Reedville area, the school and district were merged into the Hillsboro district in 1996. The 278-student school has

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1936-408: A time. The district paid high school teachers $ 133 per month, other teachers $ 125 per month, and principals $ 1500 per year for the 1920 to 1921 school year. In 1929, a new high school building was finished with additional buildings and the wings added later. The neighboring Cornelius school district was dissolved in 1960, and part of their enrollment area was shifted to the Hillsboro districts, while

2024-403: A total of 52 days. The 2006 special session was the shortest in Oregon's history: five pieces of legislation were passed in only six hours. The legislative body may also call itself into special session "in the event of an emergency," although it has never done so. The legislature's regular sessions were every two years until 2009. The legislative session in 2010 that referred Measure 71 to voters

2112-409: Is a two-story, brick-faced structure with 69,435 square feet (6,450.7 m) of space. As of 2009, the school had repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 95.1 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement. Located in the northwest part of Hillsboro on Northeast Lenox Street near Glenoce High School, the elementary school opened in 2000. It

2200-427: Is common and some law firms specialize in education law. Districts typically maintain professional liability insurance in order to pay its settlements and legal liabilities. As of 2023 in most U.S. states, public school districts may lay taxes to fund their operations. In others, such as Maine , some school districts are able to lay taxes and others are not. Independent school districts often exercise authority over

2288-664: Is compensated accordingly. Legislators are paid $ 33,852 per year. Presiding officers (the Speaker of the House and Senate President) are compensated double, $ 67,704 per year. While in session, legislators also receive a $ 151 per diem. In the 2022 Regular Session, at the request of the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO) and Family Forward Oregon, a SB1566 was introduced to increase legislators pay. SB 1566 establishes an annual salary for members of

2376-460: Is located in southeastern Hillsboro, near Century High School , at the intersection of Imlay Avenue and Lois Street. The school opened in 2002. The school is named after the Imlay family, who were also the namesake for a former community in the area. As of 2009, the school had repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 93.7 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by

2464-433: Is named after former Oregon Governor Paul L. Patterson , who also served as city attorney. The school mascot is the panther. The school building is a two-story, brick-faced structure with 69,435 square feet (6,450.7 m) of space. As of 2009, the school had repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 83.1 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement. Enrollment at

2552-742: Is the state legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon . The Legislative Assembly is bicameral , consisting of an upper and lower house : the Senate , whose 30 members are elected to serve four-year terms; and the House of Representatives , with 60 members elected to two-year terms. There are no term limits for either house in the Legislative Assembly. Each Senate district is composed of exactly two House districts: Senate District 1 contains House Districts 1 and 2, SD 2 contains HD 3 and HD 4, and so on. (Maps of Senate districts can be found in

2640-560: Is the bobcat, and enrollment is 343 students (2019-20 school year). Originally part of the Reedville School District, Butternut Creek is located east of Hillsboro in Reedville . The school opened in 1977 with ten classrooms, with the students known as the Bulldogs. Butternut Creek is a single-story, wood-sided structure with a total of 42,638 square feet (3,961.2 m) of space. The school served 378 students during

2728-689: The Education Bureau divides primary schools into 36 districts, known as school nets, for its Primary One Admission System . Of the 36 districts, districts 34 and 41 in Kowloon and districts 11 and 12 in Hong Kong Island are considered the most prestigious. In Iranian cities school kids normal registrations are limited by school districts, register is online at my.medu.ir and the parent sees schools within range online. Oregon Legislature The Oregon Legislative Assembly

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2816-790: The Midwest and West tend to cross municipal boundaries, while school districts in New England and the Mid-Atlantic regions tend to adhere to city, township, and/or county boundaries. As of 1951 school districts were independent governmental units in 26 states, while in 17 states there were mixes of independent school districts and school districts subordinate to other local governments. In nine states there were only school districts subordinate to local governments. In most Southern states, school systems operate either as an arm of county government or at least share coextensive boundaries with

2904-545: The Oregon State Senate article.) Senate districts contain about 127,700 people, and are redrawn every ten years. The legislature is termed as a "citizens' assembly" (meaning that most legislators have other jobs). Since 1885, its regular sessions of up to 160 days occurred in odd-numbered years, beginning on the second Monday in January. Effective 2012, the legislature moved into an annual session, with

2992-710: The Unorganized Borough of Alaska were not served by school districts but instead served by schools directly operated by the Alaska Department of Education and by Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools. The state schools were transferred to the Alaska State-Operated School System (SOS) after the Alaska Legislature created it in 1971; that agency was terminated in 1975, with its schools transferred to

3080-442: The county council and county borough councils becoming the local education authorities . In France, the system of the carte scolaire was dismantled by the beginning of the 2007 school year. More school choice has been given to French students; however, priority is given to those who meet the following criteria: In Germany , schools and teachers are predominately funded by the states of Germany , which also are in control of

3168-408: The 2011 session. The first 35 regular sessions (i.e. until 1929) lasted 50 days or less. Since 1949 no annual session was shorter than 100 days. The longest session was the 72nd regular session, at 227 days, ending August 27, 2003. More recent sessions ended in June or July. The Governor of Oregon was the only person who could call the assembly into special sessions until 1976, when voters approved

3256-433: The 2017 bond. Tamarack was the last project to be completed as part of the 2017 bond measure. School district In the U.S., most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts. A school district usually operate several elementary , middle , and high schools . The largest urban and suburban districts operate hundreds of schools. While practice varies significantly by state (and in some cases, within

3344-524: The 2019-20 school year and is named after the nearby creek of the same name, a tributary of the Tualatin River . In 2021, the campus went through a major renovation paid for by the 2017 construction bond, adding air conditioning, a new entry plaza, a layout change of the drop-off areas, and the construction of a new modular building with two new classrooms. Home of the Eagles, the school is located in

3432-517: The 446 students are known as the Dolphins. The school building is a single-story, brick-faced structure with 47,563 square feet (4,418.7 m) of space. As of 2009, the school had repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 85 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement. Mooberry is located in northeast Hillsboro on 10th Street. The 34,400-square-foot (3,200 m) school opened in 1963 at

3520-516: The 504 students are known as the Cougars. The single-story structure has 53,129 square feet (4,935.8 m) of space. As of 2009, the school had repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 84.9 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement. Named for the nearby street of the same name, the school is located in southeast Hillsboro adjacent to Hillsboro High School. The school opened in 1980 and

3608-557: The Government] about the school"). Each district must contain a minimum of 10,000 inhabitants. The national government attempted to link the local schools with local society and culture and local governments. The school districts were dissolved in 2003 by the "legge finanziaria" (law about the government budget) in an attempt to trim the national budget. In the Republic of Ireland, 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) administer

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3696-616: The Hillsboro elementary district and five other elementary districts. The Hillsboro School District Board of Directors (school board) consists of seven elected members serving four-year terms. Members receive no pay for their work on the board. The district is part of the Northwest Regional Education Service District . The district also runs a special alternative school and the Hare Field athletic complex. Hillsboro's first school district

3784-514: The Legislative Assembly equal to the annual occupational mean wage estimate for Oregon in the prior year, as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Oregon Employment Department. And it directs the salary to be adjusted to conform to the mean only once every two years. It also authorizes a child care allowance for members who have children or dependents under the age of 13. Sen. Floyd Prozanski (D-Eugene) said at

3872-590: The No Child Left Behind Act. Under state goals, Mooberry scored 67.6 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory for achievement. Located north of Hillsboro in the city of North Plains on Northwest North Avenue, the school was part of the North Plains Elementary School District 70 until it was unified with the Hillsboro district in 1996. The North Plains district was formed in 1886, with

3960-514: The Reedville area. Its 624 students are known as the Astros. The one-story building totals 60,825 square feet (5,650.8 m) of space. As of 2009, the school had repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 84.4 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement. The school was named for early settler David Thomas Lenox who helped establish

4048-542: The Senate Rules Committee. In light of this, three veteran House Democrats jointly announced they would not seek reelection because of the apparent failure of SB1566. The three state representatives, Karin Power , Rachel Prusak and Anna Williams , said they could not afford to work full time for part-time pay. “We are a lawyer, nurse practitioner, and social worker,” the three said in a statement. “Seeing

4136-741: The Union High School District began plans to unify the high school district with the six elementary districts that feed into the district's junior and senior high schools. In 1991, the Oregon Legislature passed a law requiring school districts to unify by 1996, which forced some reluctant elementary districts to unify into the Hillsboro School District. On July 1, 1996, Hillsboro Elementary, North Plains, Farmington View, Groner, Reedville, West Union, and Hillsboro Union High School districts unified into

4224-466: The United States tend to be different from the demographics of the students. This difference is "most pronounced in majority nonwhite jurisdictions and school districts with the largest racial achievement gaps ." There were 130,000 school districts in the country in 1930, with an average student population of 150. From 1942 to 1951 the number of school districts declined from 108,579 to 70,452,

4312-573: The addition of air conditioning. Located in the neighboring city of Cornelius to the west of Hillsboro, Free Orchards is named for the original name of Cornelius. The school is on the eastern edge of the Cornelius on the south side of TV Highway (Baseline Street). Home to the Foxes, the school opened in September 2008 and has an enrollment of 365 as of the 2019-20 school year. The two-story building

4400-530: The buildings of the old school to be torn down to make way for athletic fields. In July 2009, a court allowed the demolition to go forward. By November 2009 the district had become the first in Oregon to use an Internet-based crisis management program to allow for easier access to information on schools by the district. HSD purchased 40 acres (16 ha) in the South Hillsboro area in April 2014 to house

4488-441: The central part of the city on Northeast Lincoln Street adjacent to Shadywood Park. The single-story building is faced with red brick and has 45,963 square feet (4,270.1 m) of space. Eastwood opened in 1978 and has a current enrollment of 435 students as of the 2019-20 school year. Renovations, funded by the 2017 bond measure, were carried out in 2019 and 2020, including a new gym, a new modular building containing 4 classrooms for

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4576-426: The demolition of J. B. Thomas Middle School, which preservationists wanted to save for use as a community building. The district planned to tear down the old building after a 2006 bond measure approved construction of several new schools, including a new middle school and expansion at the other existing middle schools. A new elementary school was built with funds from this levy on the eastern part of Thomas' grounds, with

4664-469: The district or the local government to approval their annual budget, but school districts in Virginia have no taxing authority and must depend on another local government (county, city, or town) for funding. A district's governing body, usually called a school board , is typically elected by direct popular vote but may be appointed by other governmental officials. The governing body might also be known as

4752-567: The district. The annual budget is $ 250,935,863 The 26 elementary schools in the district serve students in kindergarten through sixth grade , with the exception of Groner as described below. Named after the Atfalati people who originally inhabited the area, Atfalati Ridge is located on Northwest King Street in the Sunset Ridge subdivision of eastern North Plains. The two-story, 73,500 square feet (6,830 m), building opened in 2021 at

4840-453: The elementary school opening in 1915. The original school closed in 1953 when the current school opened, and the old building was demolished in 1960. The school building is a single-story structure with 46,913 square feet (4,358.4 m) of space. Students at the 317 student school are known as the Hawks. As of 2009, the school had repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 100.9 on

4928-514: The even-numbered years having a "short session" of 35 days or less, beginning in February. Bills may be introduced in either house, and must flow through a committee before being voted upon. Bills calling for increased revenue must be introduced in the House of Representatives. How ideas become law . A legislative resolution referred to voters in the November 2010 general election amended

5016-635: The first school in the district to reach LEED certification when it earned Gold status in February 2010. The school is located in the southeastern part of Hillsboro, south of Tualatin Valley Highway (TV Highway) at the edge of the urban growth boundary . In 1921, the Rosedale School District was established, but by 1955 the district had merged into the Hillsboro Elementary School District and

5104-514: The fourth largest in the state. The district is labeled 1J, as it absorbed the West Union School District, the first district in the county; the J (for "joint") represents that the district extends into other counties, Yamhill and Multnomah. Hillsboro's elementary schools had been District 7 prior to consolidation in 1996. The high school district was 3J and included students from grades 7 through 12, and received students from

5192-521: The hearing that the low pay deters Oregonians from serving in the Legislature and urged the new salary be approved. He said the current pay serves to encourage only those with personal wealth or with multiple jobs to run for the legislature. Because of the high time commitment legislative positions require, the current salary also makes it financially difficult for some to stay in office once they’ve been elected. Ultimately, SB1566 did not make it out of

5280-503: The high school district. The high school district then purchased Poynter from the elementary district for $ 772,566, and passed a bond measure in March 1962 to pay for that purchase, expand the school, and pay for the new junior high school that became Brown. The district opened Hare Field in 1965, a multi-sport facility with a track, baseball stadium, and football field. In 1970, a new senior high school opened on 48 acres (190,000 m) on

5368-563: The nearby West Union Baptist Church , and its mascot is the pioneer. Located in the Rock Creek area near the Sunset Highway and Cornelius Pass Road , the school has 390 students. The school opened in 1978 and was originally part of the West Union School District. The single-story structure covers 51,074 square feet (4,744.9 m) of space. As of 2009, the school had repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 96.8 on

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5456-608: The newly created Alaska Unorganized Borough School District, which was broken apart into twenty-one school districts the following year. In the 2022 Census of Governments, the United States Census Bureau enumerated the following numbers of school systems in the United States: School districts in the US have reduced the number of their employees by 3.3%, or 270,000 between 2008 and 2012, owing to

5544-532: The next legislative session. In addition, the state's legislative Emergency Board , which is jointly chaired by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, can take action to provide additional funds to state agencies for activities required by law or that arise unexpectedly during the legislative interim. The job of a member of the Legislative Assembly is considered a "part-time" job in Oregon, and

5632-529: The original one-story building was replaced with a new two-story building at a cost of $ 37.6 million, nearly doubling the school's space from 40,641 square feet (3,775.7 m) of space to 73,700 square feet (6,850 m). The new building, which can house up to 600 students, features "learning areas" for group learning, a glass-enclosed "think tank", a STEM lab, an outdoor learning area, and a broadcast studio. Brookwood's new floor plan has since been used for Atfalati Ridge and Tamarack Elementary. The school's mascot

5720-504: The overall education policies. On the other hand, school buildings are mostly run and funded by municipal governments on different levels of the municipal system (municipalities proper, districts), depending on the size and specialization of a certain school or the population size of a certain municipality. As with other fields of government, for more specialized schools, special government bodies ("Zweckverband") can be established, where municipalities, and not voters, are members; these are to

5808-441: The power to levy taxes and incur debt, except for the five cities with a population of over 125,000 ( Buffalo , Rochester , Syracuse , Yonkers , and New York City ), where the schools are operated directly by the municipalities. The Hawaii State Department of Education functions as a single statewide school district, unique among states. According to a 2021 study, the demographics of voters who elect local school boards in

5896-443: The preschool housed at Eastwood's campus, a new layout of the parking lot and drop-off areas, and the addition of heating, Opened in 1950, Farmington View was a part of its own single school district before unification in 1996. Prior to 1950 the schoolhouse for the district was in several other locations, including on Rood Bridge Road at Burkhalter Road east of the current building site. Located south of Hillsboro on Oregon Route 219 ,

5984-566: The ram as its mascot. As of 2009, the school had repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 69.1 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement. Home of the Pride, the $ 21 million school opened in 2009 with a capacity of 600 students. The two-story, red brick building was paid for by a 2006 bond measure, and has environmentally friendly features such as using recycled rainwater for irrigation. The school has approximately 400 students, and became

6072-504: The remainder went to the Forest Grove School District . Brookwood Elementary was opened in 1953, followed by Poynter Junior High in 1960, then Brown Junior High and Mooberry Elementary in 1963. In May 1961, voters in all the districts feeding the high school voted on a proposal to merge into a single district. Voters decided not to merge, but the next February voters did approve merging the junior high grades into

6160-468: The school had repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 104.3 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement. Located in the north-central part of Hillsboro along Northeast Jackson School Road, the school opened in 1990. The school's mascot is the jaguar, and enrollment is 536 students. The school building is a single-story brick structure with 48,367 square feet (4,493.4 m) of space. As of 2009,

6248-405: The school had repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 97.2 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement. Originally part of the Reedville School District, Ladd Acres opened in 1968 with eight classrooms, and expanded in 1974. Named for William S. Ladd , the school is located on Cornelius Pass Road on the eastern edge of Hillsboro in

6336-485: The school had repeatedly missed targets for federal academic guidelines and must either offer free tutoring or transfers to students under the No Child Left Behind Act . Under state goals, Henry scored 54.1 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as "needs improvement" for achievement. This was the only school in the district listed as "needs improvement" by the state in 2009. Imlay Elementary

6424-473: The school has an enrollment of 310 as of the 2019-20 school year, and students are known as the Bobcats. The single-story school building, has 20,467 square feet (1,901.4 m) of space. A 2017 construction bond built a new modular building containing two classrooms and a restroom on the school's campus in 2018, and renovation improvements were carried out in 2021 including to the layout of the drop-off area and

6512-507: The school is 510 students. Opened in 2008 in the Orenco area near 231st and Cornell Road , the school is a short distance from Orenco Elementary and adjacent to Sonrise Church . The two-story school has a capacity of 600, with students known as the Coyotes. The beige and silver-colored structure was paid for by a 2006 bond measure. Quatama is named after the area located about 1 mile east of

6600-675: The school where the Quatama MAX station sits. The community, settled by Hungarians who worked for the Oregon Nursery Company , received its name from the Quatama station on the Oregon Electric Railway at that location. Reedville School District 29 was formed by 1859 with a one-room schoolhouse built that same year at what is now Johnson Road and 209th Avenue. In 1920, that building was demolished and

6688-509: The single Rosedale school was closed. Tamarack Elementary School opened in 2023 at a cost of $ 41.1 million, funded by the 2017 bond measure. It can hold 600 students. The 73,500 square feet (6,828 m² ), two-story building was named after the tamarack tree and the Tamarack Park nearby. The mascot is a river otter. The floorplans are similar to Brookwood Elementary and Atfalati Ridge Elementary, which were all constructed or rebuilt during

6776-420: The south side of Hillsboro, with enrollment of the high school district reaching 3,621 students that year. The Union High School District's teachers held a three-day strike in March 1973 over their contracts, the first teacher's strike in Oregon history. By 1987, enrollment in all the districts feeding into the high school district along with the high school district reached approximately 12,325 students. In 1987,

6864-470: The state for achievement. The school has 624 students, who are known as the Eagles. Opened in 1979, Indian Hills was originally part of the Reedville School District, which merged into the Hillsboro district in 1996. Known as the Bears, the 450-student school is on the eastern edge of Hillsboro in the Reedville area along Rock Road. The one-story building contains 45,181 square feet (4,197.5 m). As of 2009,

6952-402: The state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement. Opened in 2008, the school is located in downtown Hillsboro along northeast Lincoln Street and replaced David Hill Elementary. The two-story, brick-faced structure was paid for by a 2006 bond measure and was built on the athletic fields of the now-closed J.B. Thomas Middle School. After Thomas was closed, it

7040-506: The state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement. The Orenco neighborhood, once a city east of Hillsboro incorporated from 1913 to 1938, formed a school district (district 38) in 1908 when it split from the Shute district. The community was laid out in 1908 and the first school building was opened in 1909 near 228th and Birch. The school grew to include high school classes by 1918. Orenco's school district

7128-495: The state's constitution and changed the schedule of regular sessions from bi-annual to annual. Senate Joint Resolution 41 was voted on as state Ballot Measure 71 , which passed statewide by a margin of more than 2 to 1. With limited exceptions, the constitutional changes enacted through Measure 71 limit the length of legislative sessions beginning in odd-numbered years to 160 calendar days, and sessions beginning in even-numbered years to 35 calendar days. The changes took effect with

7216-556: The state's counties. A 2010 study by economist William A. Fischel found that "two-thirds of medium-to-large American cities have boundaries that substantially overlap those of a single school district" with substantial regional and state variations in the degree of overlap, "ranging from nearly perfect congruence in New England , New Jersey, and Virginia, to hardly any in Illinois, Texas, and Florida." Older and more populous municipalities "tend to have boundaries that closely match those of

7304-487: Was a special session approved during the 2009 session by a majority of legislators, who were hoping to eventually win approval of a change to regular annual sessions. The push for annual sessions dates back to at least 1981, when a poll of legislators found that two-thirds favored a shift to annual sessions. The Constitution of Oregon requires 3/5s vote in both houses in order to pass new taxes or increase existing ones. In addition, two-thirds of senators are required to form

7392-454: Was completed by 1913, and a gymnasium was built beginning in 1915. The district overall employed a total of 19 teachers for the 1913–1914 school year. All five of the high school teachers in the district resigned in 1914 in a dispute with management. The school board had allowed the students to vote on which teachers to retain, which the teachers resented even though all were retained in the vote. The mass walkout led to classes being canceled for

7480-480: Was demolished and athletic fields were built on the former grounds. There are 533 students enrolled, who are known as the Lynx. Built for $ 941,000, the school was named after longtime Hillsboro Argus publisher and editor W. Verne McKinney. Opened in 1970, this was the first of the open classroom schools in the district, with multiple grades held in one large classroom. The school is located in northwest Hillsboro and

7568-438: Was formed in 1851 as School District 7. The Reverend Horace Lyman established the district and was the first commissioner, with that title later becoming school superintendent . The first school in the district was a single-room log cabin built in 1853 after a school levy was passed to raise $ 600 for construction. In 1875, a new frame constructed school was built, with the smaller log cabin was kept for additional space. In 1890

7656-529: Was later merged into the West Union School District and the school was torn down after 1976, though the district retained the land. In 1996, the West Union district merged into the Hillsboro district, and in 2000 the new Orenco Elementary school opened on the same property as the old school, a block east of the original school building. The school has 424 students, who are known as the Orcas. The school building

7744-416: Was paid for by a 2006 bond measure. Originally the only school in the independent Groner School District, the school opened in 1949 and was merged into the Hillsboro district in 1996. The Groner district was created by a merger of the schools for the communities of Midway , Jacktown, and Mountainside south of Hillsboro in 1946. The current school consists of three single-story structures, with one also having

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