John Day School District

John Day School District,{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=4106780&DistrictID=4106780|title=John Day SD 3|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=2025-03-20|quote=401 N Canyon City Blvd Canyon City OR, 97820 –6111}} also known as Grant School District No. 3,{{cite web|url=https://grantsd3.schoolinsites.com/|title=Home|publisher=Grant School District|access-date=2025-03-20|quote=401 N CANYON CITY BLVD CANYON CITY, OR 97820-6111}} is a school district based in Canyon City, Oregon.

The district includes the cities of Canyon City, John Day, Mount Vernon, and Seneca.{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st41_or/schooldistrict_maps/c41023_grant/DC20SD_C41023.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Grant County, OR|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|date=December 18, 2020|access-date=2025-03-20}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st41_or/schooldistrict_maps/c41023_grant/DC20SD_C41023_SD2MS.txt Text list]

History

Its enrollment was more than 1,100 in 1998.{{cite web|last=Pate|first=Natalie|url=https://www.opb.org/article/2025/03/19/how-federal-funding-cuts-are-affecting-one-small-school-district-in-an-oregon-community-that-voted-heavily-for-trump/|title=How federal funding cuts are affecting one small school district in an Oregon community that voted heavily for Trump|publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting|date=2025-03-19|access-date=2025-03-20}}

Louis Dix was superintendent in the 2022-2023 school year, and retired at the end of the year.{{cite news|last=Davis|first=Justin|url=https://bluemountaineagle.com/2023/01/23/grant-school-district-superintendent-retires-two-board-members-quit/|title=Grant School District superintendent retires, two board members quit|newspaper=Blue Mountain Eagle|date=2023-01-23|access-date=2025-03-20}} Mark Witty became superintendent in 2023. The board of trustees renewed his contract in 2025.{{cite news|last=Davis|first=Justin|url=https://bluemountaineagle.com/2024/03/19/witty-to-remain-as-superintendent-of-grant-school-district/|title=Witty to remain as superintendent of Grant School District|newspaper=Blue Mountain Eagle|date=2024-03-19|access-date=2025-03-20}}

As of 2025 the district had fewer than 500 students.

As of 2025 the school district planned to use a grant of over $682,000 to modify the energy usage at the junior and senior high school. In 2025, layoffs occurred at the United States Department of Energy, which could affect the grant. The district, by March 2025, had spent money in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for the planning for the energy usage project.

Schools

Grant Union Junior/Senior High School (John Day)
Humboldt Elementary School (Canyon City)
Seneca Elementary School (Seneca)

References

External links

[https://grantsd3.schoolinsites.com/ Grant School District]

Category:School districts in Oregon

Category:Education in Grant County, Oregon