Nome Public Schools

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Nome Public Schools
Location
Nome, Alaska
United States
District information
GradesPK–12
SuperintendentJamie Burgess
Budget$14,500,000
Students and staff
Students695
Teachers54
Other information
ScheduleAugust–May
Websitehttp://www.nomeschools.org

Nome Public Schools (NPS), also known as the Nome City School District, is the school district serving the city of Nome, Alaska. The district has one of the highest efficiencies in Western Alaska. The current superintendent of the district is Jamie Burgess.[1]

Though public schools have existed in Nome since 1902, the present-day school district exists mostly to fulfill the obligation that first-class cities in the Unorganized Borough have under state law to provide education and planning/zoning functions within their cities. As such, it is separate from the Bering Strait School District which serves the smaller communities of the surrounding area.

NPS oversees five schools: two traditional grade-based schools (one for elementary grades and one for junior and senior high school grades), plus a charter magnet school, a correspondence program and a school program located in Nome Youth Facility. These five schools have a total enrollment of approximately 720 students, with enrollment per school ranging from 15 to 375.[2]

History[]

The district's lineage extends to the establishment of the City of Nome in 1901.

The first local school in Nome was officially established in 1902.[3]

Historic Superintendent List[4][5][]

Past NPS Superintendents
Superintendent Year
1901–1902
1902–1903
1903–1905
1905–1907
1907–1911
1911–1914
1914–1916
Charles W. Thompson 1916–1918
1918–1920
1920–1921
1921–1922
1922–1925
D.W. Davis 1925–1926
1926–1928
1928–1930
1930–1934
1934–1936
1936–1939
1939
1944
1944–1951
1951–1952
1952–1959
1974–1981
1981–1987
1987–1989
1989–1990
1990–1991
1991–1999
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001–2008
2008–2009
2009–2011
2011–2013
2013–2014
2018–2019
2019–Present

Schools[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jamie Burgess Named Nome Superintendent". Nome Public Schools. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "Welcome to Nome Public Schools". Nome Public Schools. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  3. ^ "The Education Program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Alaska 1971–72". Paul Ongtooguk. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  4. ^ "Superintendent of the Nome Public Schools, 1901 – 1958". John Poling. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  5. ^ "Superintendent History". Alaska Association of School Boards. Retrieved July 7, 2016.

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