A unified school district (in the states of Arizona, California, Kansas and Oregon) or unit school district (in Illinois), in the United States of America, is a school district that generally includes and operates both primary schools ( kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high schools (grades 9–12) under the same district control.
4-685: Williams Unified School District 2 is a unified school district located in Williams , Arizona , a town located in Coconino County . It is composed of two schools; Williams Elementary-Middle School , and Williams High School . The mascot of Williams High School is the Viking ; the mascot for the Williams-Elementary Middle School is the Falcon. The current superintendent is Mr. Eric Evans, while
8-458: Is predominant in states where elementary school districts and high school districts are, or were, generally separate. The Los Angeles Unified School District is a major example of a unified school district in California. In California and Illinois, and possibly other states, unified or unit school districts are not the same as consolidated or union school districts , which are generally formed by
12-660: The consolidation of multiple school districts of the same type. In Kansas, the unified school districts developed after legislation passed in 1962 that was intended to reduce the number of rural school districts. After the law's passage, the number of districts in Kansas dropped dramatically. In 1947, there were over 3,000 districts. After the unification law and establishment of unified school districts, their number dropped to under 400. In Arizona, unified school districts elect 5 school board members. Common school districts have elected boards consisting of 3 members. Some other states use
16-412: The principals of the two schools are Dr. Connie Hargis (for the high school), and Tammara Ragsdale (for the elementary middle school). The district includes: Williams, Red Lake , most of Valle , a portion of Parks , and a very small portion of Tusayan . This Arizona school-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Unified school district This distinction
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