Independence Public School District


Independence Public School District is a school district headquartered in Independence, Missouri, United States. The district serves most of Independence and Sugar Creek, as well as Blue Summit and a portion of Kansas City.

History

By 2023 the district made an incentive for more prospective teachers to work in the district by having school be four days per week instead of five.

Schools

; High schools
; Alternative schools
  • Independence Academy
; Middle schools
;Elementary schools
  • Abraham Mallinson
  • Thomas Hart Benton
  • Blackburn
  • Bryant
  • Cassell Park
  • Fairmount
  • Glendale
  • Korte
  • Little Blue
  • John W. Luff
  • Mill Creek
  • Christian Ott
  • Alexander Procter
  • Randall
  • Santa Fe Trail
  • Spring Branch
  • Sugar Creek
  • Sycamore Hills
  • Three Trails
  • William Southern
; Early education
In November 2007, the voters of Independence and Kansas City voted for seven schools to be taken over by the Independence Public School District. Jim Hinson, the superintendent of the Independence district, believed that the KCMO district fought the annexation was because it was a "pride issue" and because the KCMO district feared that other parts of the district could secede.
The transfer did not include the C. R. Anderson School, which was originally called the Pitcher School. KCMSD annexed the school in 1957, and it became an alternative school for troubled students in the 1980s. It closed in 2000.
Transfer to Independence School District