Gardner-Edgerton Unified School District
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The Gardner-Edgerton Unified School District (Kansas Unified School District 231) is one of the major school districts in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
. , the district comprises 1 high school
, 2 middle schools, and 6 elementary school
s. All but one school in the district, an elementary school, is located in Gardner, KS while the elementary school is located in Edgerton, KS.
, USD 231 has had to manage the challenges of exploding enrollment numbers since the late 1990's. The district built the current high school in 2000. The building has been expanded several times since opening. Every school in the district has been built or renovated since 2000. As of the 2011-2012 school year, the district is currently proposing a bond issue to be voted on in early 2012. This bond will facilitate the construction of a new elementary and middle school campus in the center portion of Gardner. The location for these buildings was chosen to relieve the student numbers at Moonlight Elementary and Wheatridge Middle School, both have been operating over-capacity for several years. The 2012 bond issue also will finance additional renovations at the high school campus, including an expansion of the district football stadium as well as multiple other sports facilities improvements. USD 231 has purchased multiple tracts of land throughout the district to construct future schools. The district is currently undecided on whether to build a second high school, or to continue expanding the current building to meet future enrollment numbers.
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a fifteen-county metropolitan area that is anchored by Kansas City, Missouri and is bisected by the border between the states of Missouri and Kansas. As of the 2010 Census, the metropolitan area has a population of 2,035,334. The metropolitan area is the...
. , the district comprises 1 high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, 2 middle schools, and 6 elementary school
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
s. All but one school in the district, an elementary school, is located in Gardner, KS while the elementary school is located in Edgerton, KS.
Administration
The Gardner-Edgerton Unified School District is under the leadership of Superintendent Dr. Bill Gillhaus.School board
The Gardner-Edgerton Board of Education is under the leadership of President Ron Ragan, and Vice President Tim Rayburn. Other school board members include Randy Fruits, Mark Grannell, Mary Herbert, Michael McNulty, and James Repshire.Elementary schools
- Edgerton Elementary (EE)
- Mascot: Cyclones
- Gardner Elementary (GE)
- Mascot: Panthers
- Sunflower Elementary (SE)
- Mascot: Eagles
- Moonlight Elementary
- Mascot: Stars
- Madison Elementary
- Mascot: Bears
- Nike Elementary (NE)
- Mascot: Missles
Middle schools
- Pioneer Ridge Middle School (PRMS)
- Mascot: Jaguar
- Wheatridge Middle School (WMS)
- Mascot: Mustang
High school
- Gardner Edgerton High School (GEHS)Gardner Edgerton High SchoolGardner Edgerton High School , is a public high school in Gardner, Kansas.-Fight Song:Gardner Edgerton High School , is a public high school in Gardner, Kansas....
- Mascot: Trailblazer
District Growth
Being located in the rapidly growing southern portion of Johnson CountyJohnson County, Kansas
Johnson County is a county located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States. The county is largely suburban, being part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, and containing many of its affluent southwestern suburbs. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 544,179. Its county...
, USD 231 has had to manage the challenges of exploding enrollment numbers since the late 1990's. The district built the current high school in 2000. The building has been expanded several times since opening. Every school in the district has been built or renovated since 2000. As of the 2011-2012 school year, the district is currently proposing a bond issue to be voted on in early 2012. This bond will facilitate the construction of a new elementary and middle school campus in the center portion of Gardner. The location for these buildings was chosen to relieve the student numbers at Moonlight Elementary and Wheatridge Middle School, both have been operating over-capacity for several years. The 2012 bond issue also will finance additional renovations at the high school campus, including an expansion of the district football stadium as well as multiple other sports facilities improvements. USD 231 has purchased multiple tracts of land throughout the district to construct future schools. The district is currently undecided on whether to build a second high school, or to continue expanding the current building to meet future enrollment numbers.