Rock Island-Milan School District 41
Rock Island-Milan School District No. 41 | |
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United States | |
District information | |
Type | Public School District |
Grades | Pre-K–12 |
Established | February 18, 1857[1] |
President | Mr. Gary Rowe |
Vice-president | Mr. Terrell Williams |
Superintendent | Dr. Reginald Lawrence |
Students and staff | |
Colors | Crimson, Gold |
Other information | |
Website | www |
Rock Island-Milan School District No. 41 is a unit school district in the Rock Island, Illinois and Milan, Illinois areas of the Quad Cities.
History[]
The public schools in Rock Island existed prior to 1857, organized as five grade school districts, each with its own board and taxes, and each represented on a Union High School board.[2] The system, including the board of township school trustees, was replaced by organizing a single Rock Island School District under a state charter issued on February 18, 1857, and including all of fractional Township 18 North, Range 2 West of the Fourth Principal Meridian plus all of the city of Rock Island, and providing that the district would annex any territory annexed into the city of Rock Island or requested by a three quarters of the voters in a territory.[1][3]
Schools[]
The Rock Island-Milan School District is currently[when?] home to thirteen schools. One high school, two junior high schools, nine elementary schools, and one alternative education center.
High school[]
Junior High schools[]
- Edison Junior High
- Washington Junior High
Elementary schools[]
- Earl Hanson Elementary
- Eugene Field Elementary
- Ridgewood Elementary
- Denkmann Elementary
- Longfellow Elementary
- Francis Willard Elementary
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary
- Rock Island Academy
- Rock Island Center for Math and Science (newly built circa 2010)
Other schools[]
- S.K.I.P. and E.D.R. at the Horace Mann Early Learning Center (day care, preschool, special education)
- Thurgood Marshall Learning Center
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Historic Rock Island County: History of the Settlement of Rock Island County From the Earliest Known Period to the Present Time. Rock Island, Illinois: Kramer & Company. 1908. p. 130.
- ^ "Rock Island's 1902 High School". Rock Island Preservation Society. Retrieved 2020-02-12. Modified from an article by Diane Oestreich in the Rock Island Argus and on February 4, 2007.
- ^ An Act to incorporate Rock island School District, approved February 18, 1857. Printed in "The School Law of Illinois with Annotations". Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Journal Company. 1906. pp. 272–278. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
External links[]
- Rock Island - Milan School District #41 — official website
- Rock Island/Milan School District #41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-09-16) — official website before 2017
- School districts in Illinois
- Education in Rock Island County, Illinois
- 1857 establishments in Illinois
- School districts established in 1857