Summerland Public Schools
{{Short description|School district in Nebraska, United States}}
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Summerland Public Schools{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=68773&Miles=10&ID2=3100189&details=4|title=Summerland Public Schools|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=2022-11-28}} is a school district and K-12 school based in unincorporated Antelope County, Nebraska.{{cite web|last=Schindler|first=LuAnn|url=https://norfolkdailynews.com/news/cornfield-school-becomes-reality-as-clearwater-ewing-orchard-approve-bond/article_68890190-06f3-11ea-b73b-ff4a156b7305.html|title=Cornfield school becomes reality as Clearwater, Ewing, Orchard approve bond|newspaper=Norfolk Daily News|date=2019-11-14|accessdate=2022-11-28}} - [https://www.summerlandadvocate.com/story/2019/11/14/news/summerland-school-bond-passes/363.html Alternate link] at Summerland Advocate-Messenger.
The school is near where Summerfield Road crosses with 513 Avenue. The district's service area includes Clearwater, Ewing, and Orchard, and the school is in an area in proximity to those three communities. Due to the rural location, LuAnn Schindler of Norfolk Daily News described it as a "cornfield school".
History
The origins were when a sports cooperative group was formed in Spring 2018 by Clearwater Public Schools, Ewing Public Schools, and Orchard Public Schools; the group had cooperative sports teams for the three schools. Clearwater and Orchard had previously been in a merged school district but later had separated into their own districts.
The school district was established on June 5, 2020, by the merger of Clearwater, Ewing, and Orchard districts.{{cite web|url=https://www.education.ne.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/DissolutionHistory_2021_22.pdf|title=SCHOOL FINANCE AND ORGANIZATION SERVICES CUMULATIVE DISTRICT DISSOLUTIONS - 1990/91 thru 2021/22|publisher=Nebraska Department of Education|pages=2, 3, and 44|accessdate=2022-11-27}} The merged district initially kept the three separate schools open on a temporary basis.{{cite web|last=Loroff|first=Alex|url=https://www.newschannelnebraska.com/story/42148915/ewing-public-schools-preparing-for-transition-to-summerland|title=Ewing Public Schools Preparing For Transition To Summerland|publisher=News Channel Nebraska|date=2020-05-19|accessdate=2022-11-28}}
The district's voters, in November 2019, voted in favor of a bond to build a consolidated school. The Clearwater voters approved on a 332-103 basis, Ewing voters approved on a 360-38 basis, and Orchard approved on a 289-230 basis. The Ewing, then Clearwater, and then Orchard results were announced.{{cite web|url=https://www.antelopecountynews.com/news/summerland-school-bond-passes-in-all-three-communities/article_85934578-061e-11ea-a0a4-23f5dab60fa2.html|title=Summerland School Bond Passes In All Three Communities|newspaper=Antelope County News|date=2019-11-12|accessdate=2022-11-28}}
The bond has a cost of $34.3 million. Construction began in spring 2020, and the school opened in October 2021. That month the student count was 417.{{cite web|last=Ventura|first=Risell|url=https://nebraska.tv/news/local/from-rows-of-corn-to-rows-of-desks-summerland-public-schools-celebrates-official-opening|title=From rows of corn to rows of desks, Summerland Public Schools celebrates official opening|publisher=NTV ABC|date=2021-10-23|accessdate=2022-11-28}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.summerlandbobcats.org/ Summerland Public School]
- [https://hausmannconstruction.com/project/summerland-school/ Summerland PK-12 School] - Haussmann Construction
Category:School districts in Nebraska
Category:Education in Antelope County, Nebraska
Category:Education in Holt County, Nebraska
Category:Educational institutions established in 2020
Category:School districts established in the 2020s
Category:2020 establishments in Nebraska
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