Independence Public School District

Independence Public School District
Independence, Missouri
District information
Motto	Inspiring Greatness
Grades	PreK - 12
Superintendent	Dr. Dale Herl
Schools	29
Students and staff
Students	15,497 (K-12) and 2,000 (Pre-K) Total: 17,497
Other information
Website	District website

15,497 (K-12) and 2,000 (Pre-K)

Independence Public School District is a school district headquartered in Independence, Missouri, United States. The district serves most of Independence and Sugar Creek.

In November 2007, the voters of Independence and Kansas City voted for seven schools (one high school, one middle school, and five elementary schools) to be taken over by the Independence Public School District. This is perceived as another major setback for the Kansas City, Missouri School District and was a huge undertaking with a great boon for Western Independence. 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

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