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The Hillsboro School District is a unified school district located in Hillsboro, Oregon. It operates 23 elementary schools, four middle schools, and four high schools. They also run a special alternative school and the Hare Field athletic complex. The school district covers Hillsboro, Scholls, Reedville, North Plains, West Union, and other area communities. Total enrollment as of 2006: 19,938 students, 4th largest in the state. The Hillsboro School District Board of Directors (school board) consists of seven elected members serving four-year terms. Board members receive no pay for their work on the Board. The district is part of the Northwest Regional Education Service District.
History
Hillsboro’s first school district was formed in 1851 as School District 7. The Reverand 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 kept for additional space.
Then in 1890 a new eight-room schoolhouse was finished at the present site of David Hill Elementary. In 1929 a high school was finished with additional buildings and the wings added later. Brookwood Elementary was opened in 1953, followed by Poynter Junior High, Brown Junior High, and Mooberry Elementary all in 1963. In 1962 the high school district and the elementary districts partially merged with the high school district composed of grades seven through twelve. In 1970 a new senior high school opened on 48 acres on the south side of Hillsboro, with enrollment of the high school district reaching 3,621 students that year. 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, 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.
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.
Schools
Elementary Schools
- Peter Boscow
- Brookwood
- Butternut Creek
- Eastwood
- Farmington View
- Groner
- W.L. Henry
- David Hill
- Imlay
- Indian Hills
- Jackson
- Ladd Acres
- Lenox
- W. Verne McKinney
- Minter Bridge
- Mooberry
- North Plains
- Orenco
- Paul L. Patterson
- Reedville
- L.C. Tobias
- West Union
- Witch Hazel
Middle schools
- Brown Middle School
- Evergreen Middle School
- Poynter Middle School
- Thomas Middle School
High schools
In order of creation:
- Hillsboro High School (colloquially known as Hilhi) (current campus in 1969)
- Glencoe High School (1980)
- Century High School (1997)
- Liberty High School (2003)
The district is also home to the Miller Education Center, which services 7-12 grades.
See also
References
- Proximity: School District Rankings
- Hillsboro board rethinks, accepts education service district budget. The Oregonian, February 27, 2003.
- ^ Philpott, Betty. Hillsboro school began in one-room log cabin in 1854. Hillsboro Argus, October 19, 1976
- ^ Ostergren, Jack. Hillsboro hears report on unified school district plan. The Oregonian, September 9, 1987.
- Di Rado, Alicia. Agness stays true to its history. The Oregonian, October 1, 1995.
- CNN.com: Oregon schools cutting class
- Most school districts in county see growth. The Oregonian, October 5, 2004.
- Navas, Melissa. 'Data warehouse' tracks students. The Oregonian, May 17, 2007.
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