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New Salem-Almont School District
Address
310 Elm Avenue
New Salem
, North Dakota, 58563
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12[1]
NCES District ID3800392[1]
Students and staff
Students346[1]
Teachers33.88[1]
Staff30.41[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.21[1]
Other information
Websitewww.newsalem.k12.nd.us

New Salem-Almont Public School District 49 is a school district headquartered in New Salem, North Dakota. It includes two schools in New Salem: Prairie View Elementary School and New Salem-Almont High School.

It serves New Salem and Almont in Morton County.[2] It also serves sections of Grant County and Oliver County.[3][4] It takes high school students from the Sweet Briar School District.[5]

History

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The current eight-classroom elementary school opened circa 1963, and the current 17-classroom secondary school, built for $400,000, opened in 1963.[6]

The New Salem district ordered the Judson School, which had 18 students, closed in 1976. The per-student cost in 1976 was $1,400, which was higher than the school district average of $952. Officials of the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction argued that the school was in a bad facility condition and should not continue to operate. By 1976 William Heisler, the Morton County superintendent of schools, was to determine whether the Judson School should reopen.[7]

In 1981 the North Dakota Supreme Court was deliberating whether the district and the Mandan School District could receive funds from coal impact money from the state, with the definition of a "tipple" being a determining factor.[8]

The New Salem district had 399 students in 1999.[9]

By 2005 the Sims School District of Almont sent high school students to New Salem, as the Sims district was now elementary only.[10] In 2008 the Sims district merged into New Salem,[11] and its remaining elementary school closed; in Fall 2008 the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction listed Almont Elementary as being "nonoperating".[12]

In 2017 the high school principal, Michael Gilbertson, applied to be on Bismarck Public Schools's school board.[13]

The district had a school bond vote scheduled for October 1, 2019 as the district wanted to expand the elementary school, including having a special education unit in six new rooms.[14]

Schools

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  • New Salem-Almont High School
  • Prairie View Elementary School (Holsteins)
    • In 1999 the school had 184 students.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for NEW SALEM-ALMONT 49". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Morton County, ND" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Grant County, ND" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  4. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Oliver County, ND" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  5. ^ Dura, Jack (October 6, 2018). "New era for rural Sweet Briar School". Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved August 13, 2021. - Alternate title: "Sweet Briar School looks ahead amid record enrollment of 22 "
  6. ^ "600 Attend Dedication Of New Salem Addition". The Bismarck Tribune. May 3, 1963. p. 16. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Judson School Opening Mulled". The Bismarck Tribune. Bismarck, North Dakota. June 11, 1976. p. 20. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Andrist, Steve (June 9, 1981). "Tipple Case Arguments Presented". The Bismarck Tribune. Bismarck, North Dakota. p. 13. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Home". New Salem School District. October 4, 1999. Archived from the original on October 4, 1999. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  10. ^ Donovan, Lauren (November 28, 2005). "Almont goes it alone". Bismarck Tribune. Bismarck, North Dakota. pp. 1A, 7A. - Clipping from first and from second page at Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Johnson, Stephen Lewis (January 2014). "Successful Reorganization Of Rural North Dakota Schools With Declining Enrollment". University of North Dakota. - PhD Thesis. CITED: Page 84 (PDF page 98/143).
  12. ^ "2008-2009 NORTH DAKOTA EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY" (PDF). North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. p. F1 (PDF p. 52/155). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  13. ^ "Michael Gilbertson, principal of New Salem-Almont High School". Bismarck Tribune. August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  14. ^ Hoffman, Megan (September 11, 2019). "New Salem-Almont bond vote set for October 1". KFYR-TV. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  15. ^ "Home". Prairie View Elementary School. October 4, 1999. Archived from the original on October 4, 1999. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
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