Peabody-Burns USD 398

Peabody-Burns USD 398
Address
506 North Elm Street
Peabody, Kansas, 66866
United 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
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]

See also

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

  1. ↑ USD 398 District Map; KSDOT.
  2. ↑ Peabody-Burns USD 398 Boundary Map; MapTechnica.
  3. ↑ USD 398
  4. 1 2 3 Peabody - The First 100 Years; Peabody Gazette-Herald; June 1971.
  5. ↑ Harold M. Clark at Find a Grave
  6. ↑ Margaret Clark - Obituary; Peabody Gazette-Bulletin; September 23, 2015.
  7. ↑ Harry H. Brown at Find a Grave
  8. ↑ Harry H. Brown - Obituary; Peabody Gazette-Herald; Page 10; May 4, 1967.

Coordinates: 38°10′10″N 97°06′09″W / 38.1694°N 97.1025°W / 38.1694; -97.1025

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