Harrisburg School District (South Dakota)

{{Short description|School district in South Dakota, United States}}

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| name = Harrisburg School District

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| city = Harrisburg

| state = South Dakota

| county = Lincoln County

| zipcode = 57032

| country = United States

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| motto = Building Strong Foundations for Success

| grades = K - 12

| established = 1894

| superintendent_type = Superintendent

| superintendent = Tim Graf

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| schools = 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high school

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| district_id = 41-2

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| students = 4,149

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| mascot = Tigers

| colors = Maroon & Gold
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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|2019|September|lc=y}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.harrisburgdistrict41-2.org/staff |title=About Harrisburg District |publisher=Harrisburg School District |access-date=30 September 2019 }} The superintendent of the district is Tim Graf.{{cite web |url=https://www.harrisburgdistrict41-2.org/o/district/staff |title=Staff |publisher=Harrisburg School District |access-date=2019-09-30 }} As of the 2019–20 school year, the district will also have five schools within the Sioux Falls city limits, because the city limits overlap into Lincoln County.

Former high school principal Dr. Kevin Lein, was shot on September 30, 2015 by Mason Buhl, a student at the school. Current principal Ryan Rollinger (who, at the time, was the assistant principal) tackled the shooter. This marked the second in school shooting in South Dakota, and the first with malicious intent involved. The principal was not seriously injured, sustaining only a shot in his arm.{{cite web |url=https://www.keloland.com/news/article/news/harrisburg-high-school-principal-shot-shooter-in-custody |title=Harrisburg High School Principal Shot, Shooter In Custody |publisher=KELOLAND News |date=30 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731104357/https://www.keloland.com/news/article/news/harrisburg-high-school-principal-shot-shooter-in-custody |archive-date=31 July 2017 |access-date=30 September 2019 }}

Harrisburg offers its high school students a "1-to-1 Program" utilizing Apple MacBook Air's and Apple MacBook Pros.{{cite web|title=Any time… Any where… Harrisburg High School Laptop Policy, Procedures, and Information|url=http://highschool.harrisburgdistrict41-2.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Any-Time-Anwhere-2015-16.pdf#page=5|website=harrisburgdistrict41-2.org|publisher=Harrisburg School District|access-date=10 May 2017}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://highschool.harrisburgdistrict41-2.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Mod-CL-Handbook-2016-17.pdf|title=Mod-CL Handbook|last=Harrisburg|first=High School|date=September 10, 2017|website=Harrisburg High School}}

On December 13, 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/content/news/Harrisburg-school-informs-parents-of-threat-566320731.html?ref=731|title=Harrisburg North Threat|work=Dakota News Now}}