Carlton Independent School District 93, also known as Carlton School District or Carlton Public Schools, is a school district headquartered in Carlton, Minnesota. It operates two schools: South Terrace Elementary School (PK-5) and Carlton High School (6-12).
Entirely in Carlton County, it serves most of Carlton, much of Big Lake, and a small section of Cloquet.[2]
History
The District #15 district was created on a date prior to February 2, 1913, and merged with Wrenshall at around this time period. Circa 1951 it became District #2 as it merged with the Sawyer district. It received its current formal name circa 1957.[3]
In 2019 the Carlton district and the Wrenshall School District were in talks on the possibility of consolidating.[4] By September 2020 a study was released stating that if Carlton and Wrenshall consolidated, the taxpayer in the former Carlton zone would pay two and one half times the rate that a Wrenshall zone taxpayer would.[5] Some legislation that would have facilitated the merger was, in 2020, not passed by the Minnesota Legislature.[6] Additionally the compositions of the school boards changed.[7]
The two school boards chose not to hold further discussions on consolidation after February 2021.[8] That month Carlton began discussing with Cloquet Public Schools the possibility of an agreement to send high school students to Cloquet.[9] The Carlton district was also working on its own referendum for new facilities.[10]
On June 21, 2021, the Carlton School Board stated that it no longer wished to consolidate with Wrenshall and that it was considering using the South Terrace campus as a single K-12 site and/or consolidating with the Cloquet or Barnum school districts.[11] Carlton, in July 2021, was still negotiating with Cloquet.[12]
Student body
As of 2021[update] it had about 500 students, with about 33% being eligible for free or reduced price lunches and 16% of students having Native American ancestry.[3]
Athletics
The Carlton and Wrensall school districts have a shared athletics team. By August 2021 the fact that Carlton was now in negotiations with Cloquet over a tuition agreement could impact the Carlton-Wrensall team.[13]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for CARLTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Carlton County, MN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "About". Carlton School District. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ "Community, Parent/Guardian and Staff Input Wanted". Carlton School District. December 26, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ Malcomb, Jamey (September 3, 2020). "School consolidation would cost Carlton taxpayers more, study finds". Pine Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ "Carlton School Board faces 'stark choices' about the school district's future". Pine Journal. October 28, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ Malcomb, Jamey (December 31, 2020). "Carlton-Wrenshall school consolidation remains uncertain". Pine Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ "Carlton, Wrenshall officials pause school consolidation talks". Pine Journal. February 17, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ Johnson, Izabel (February 24, 2021). "Cloquet, Carlton schools explore tuition agreement, future plans". Pine Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ Malcomb, Jamey (February 2, 2021). "Officials work on 2021 'game plan' for Carlton School District's future". Pine Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ Malcomb, Jamey (June 22, 2021). "Consolidation with Wrenshall off the table in Carlton". Pine Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ Malcomb, Jamey (July 21, 2021). "Carlton, Cloquet to continue tuition agreement talks". Pine Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ Malcomb, Jamey (August 3, 2021). "Wrenshall School Board discusses student athletics in light of Carlton-Cloquet tuition agreement talks". Pine Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2021. - Alternate link at Yahoo! News
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