Woodland Public Schools (Oklahoma)

Woodland Public Schools, also known as Woodland School District, is a school district headquartered in Fairfax, Oklahoma. It has an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school.

The district boundary is mostly in Osage County and includes Fairfax, a portion of Burbank,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40113_osage/DC20SD_C40113.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Osage County, OK|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-01-25}} and Gray Horse.{{cite web|url=https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/OKMaps/id/7331/rec/11|title=Osage County, Oklahoma|publisher=Oklahoma State University|access-date=2024-01-21}} - Compare the location of the "Grayhorse Indian Reserve" to the school district map. It is also partially in Pawnee County, where it includes Ralston.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40117_pawnee/DC20SD_C40117.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Pawnee County, OK|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-01-21}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40117_pawnee/DC20SD_C40117_SD2MS.txt Text list]

{{As of|2022}} the high school has Osage language as a class for world languages.{{cite web|last=Duty|first=Shannon Shaw|url=https://osagenews.org/awakening-the-osage-language-efforts-continues-in-area-high-schools/|title=Awakening the Osage Language|newspaper=Osage News|date=2022-09-30|access-date=2024-08-25}}

History

It was established in 1990 when the Fairfax and Ralston school districts merged.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=FA004|title=FAIRFAX.|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|access-date=2024-01-21}}

In 2002 the Burbank school district dissolved, with a portion going to Woodland.{{cite news|last=Marks|first=Dawn|title=98-year-old school closes|newspaper=The Daily Oklahoman|place=Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|date=2002-05-25|page=4-A}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/139583215/ Clipping] at Newspapers.com.

Beginning in the 2013–2014 school year, the district stopped sending certain data to the Oklahoma Department of Education and the United States Department of Education (ED).{{cite web|last=Gilbert|first=Amanda|url=https://www.fox23.com/news/local/oklahoma-school-district-risks-loss-of-funds-after-failing-to-report-mandatory-information/article_060f8ea9-727d-5a02-ac25-6947ba4db303.html|title=Oklahoma school district risks loss of funds after failing to report mandatory information|publisher=Fox 23 News|date=2021-02-01|access-date=2024-01-21}} Circa 2021 the ED asked about 17,000 school districts to respond to a request, and Woodland was the sole district not to comply.{{cite web|url=http://www.bartlesvilleradio.com/pages/news/279012021/woodland-schools-in-trouble-with-stateu-sdepof-education|title=Woodland Schools in Trouble With State, U.S. Dep. of Education|publisher=KWON|date=2021-01-29|access-date=2024-01-21}}

References

External links

[https://www.woodland.k12.ok.us/ Woodland Public Schools]

Category:School districts in Oklahoma

Category:Education in Osage County, Oklahoma

Category:Education in Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Category:1990 establishments in Oklahoma