Peabody–Burns USD 398
Appearance
Peabody-Burns USD 398 | |
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Address | |
506 North Elm Street
, Kansas, 66866United States | |
District information | |
Type | Public |
Grades | K to 12 |
Schools | 2 |
Other information | |
Website | usd398.net |
Peabody-Burns USD 398 is a unified school district headquartered in Peabody, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of Peabody, Burns, Wonsevu, and nearby rural areas of Marion, Chase, Harvey and Butler Counties.[1][2]
Schools
The school district current has two schools:
- Peabody-Burns Junior/Senior High School at 810 North Sycamore Street in Peabody.
- Peabody-Burns Elementary at 506 North Elm Street in Peabody. The school district headquarters is located in the west side of this building.
Former
- Peabody High School in Peabody, northeast corner of 8th and Walnut. It was demolished after the current high school was built south of the older Brown Building.
- Peabody Elementary School in Peabody, northeast corner of 2nd and Maple. It was demolished in the 1970s after the current elementary school was built.
- Burns High School in Burns, southeast corner of Main and Cincinnati. It was closed in 1965 then converted into the Burns Community Museum.
- Burns Elementary School in Burns, southwest corner of Main and Church. It was closed in 1997 then demolished.
History
Superintendent
Years | Name |
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2012 to Now | Ron Traxson [3] |
2011 to 2012 | Demitry Evancho (interim) |
2006 to 2011 | Rex Watson |
1981 to 2006 | TBD |
1980* to 1981 | Norris Wika |
1967 to 1979* | Donald E. Martin [4] |
1966 to 1967 | Robert D. Schmitt |
1955 to 1966 | TBD |
1951 to 1955 | Harold M. Clark [5][6] |
1923? to 1950 | Harry H. Brown (Teacher, Principal, Superintendent from 1923 to 1956) (the Brown Building was named after him) [4][7][8] |
? to 1923? | Ira O. Scott (Superintendent when "old" High School opened in 1923) [4] |
Gallery
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Peabody-Burns Junior-Senior High School in Peabody (2010)
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Football Stadium at Peabody City Park. It is located west of 2nd and Locust (2010)
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Former Burns High School in Burns. Currently it is the Burns Community Museum (2010)
See also
- Peabody City Park, location of football field
- Peabody Gazette-Bulletin, local newspaper, contains stories about USD 398 school district
- List of high schools in Kansas
- List of unified school districts in Kansas
Further reading
- Peabody : The First 100 Years; Peabody Historical Society; Peabody Gazette-Herald in Peabody, KS; 123 pages; 1971.
- The Women of Peabody; Peabody Historical Society; Mennonite Press in Newton, KS; LCCN 2010928692; 250 pages; 2010. Contains memories from some former school teachers.
- The Early Schools Of Marion County, Kansas; Wilma Stewart Stallwitz; Located at Peabody Township Library; 33 pages; November 11, 1960.
- Marion County Kansas : Past and Present; Sondra Van Meter; MB Publishing House in Hillsboro, KS; LCCN 72-92041; 344 pages; 1972.
References
- ^ USD 398 District Map; KSDOT.
- ^ Peabody-Burns USD 398 Boundary Map; MapTechnica.
- ^ USD 398
- ^ a b c Peabody - The First 100 Years; Peabody Gazette-Herald; June 1971.
- ^ Harold M. Clark at Find a Grave
- ^ Margaret Clark - Obituary; Peabody Gazette-Bulletin; September 23, 2015.
- ^ Harry H. Brown at Find a Grave
- ^ Harry H. Brown - Obituary; Peabody Gazette-Herald; Page 10; May 4, 1967.