Coeur d'Alene School District #271 | |
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1400 N Northwood Center Ct. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho United States |
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District information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | "Invest, Inspire, Innovate" |
Grades | K-12 |
Superintendent | Matthew Handelman |
Students and staff | |
Students | 11,000 (October 2016) |
Teachers | 550 |
Staff | 599 |
Athletic conference | Inland Empire League (5A) |
Other information | |
Website | https://www.cdaschools.org/site/Default.aspx?DomainID=4 |
The Coeur d'Alene School District #271 (also known as Coeur d'Alene Public Schools) is a school district in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. District #271 serves a student population nearing 11,000 in Coeur d’Alene, Dalton Gardens, Hayden, Hayden Lake, and a portion of rural Kootenai County. The district includes 16 schools: 10 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 2 traditional high schools, and an alternative high school. The school district also offer opportunities for students at a joint professional-technical high school campus (KTEC) shared by neighboring Lakeland and Post Falls school districts. District #271 is one of the largest employers in the five northernmost counties of Idaho, and ranks sixth in enrollment size among Idaho’s 114 public school districts.
District #271 operates on a total budget of nearly $83 million, approximately $60 million of which is general fund.
Matthew Handelman was appointed as Interim Superintendent in July, 2013. The School Board unanimously appointed Handelman as Superintendent in December, 2013.
Prior to that, Handelman served as the district’s Associate Superintendent. He has also served in the role of curriculum director and director of elementary education, overseeing the alignment of curriculum, instruction and assessment (preK-12) to help ensure education for all Coeur d'Alene Public School students.