Moscow School District
| Moscow School District #281 | |
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650 N. Cleveland St. Moscow, ID 83843 Moscow, Idaho United States |
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| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Pride of the North |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Greg Bailey |
| Budget | $26 million |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 2,388 (fall 2016) |
| Staff | 300 |
| Athletic conference | Inland Empire League (Class 4A) |
| Colors | Black & Red |
| Other information | |
| Website | msdweb |
Moscow School District #281 (MSD) is the public school district in Moscow, Idaho. It has four elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, and one alternative high school.
During the summer of 2012, the district reconfigured from a 6–3–3 format to 5–3–4; the ninth grade was moved out of the junior high, which was converted to a middle school (grades 6–8). After 46 years as a three-grade senior high school, Moscow High School returned to a four-grade campus in August with the addition of freshman (class of 2016).
MHS was originally four years until September 1966, when the freshmen (class of 1970) in the district stayed for a third year at the newly expanded junior high, which had opened in 1959 with two grades.
The district's attendance boundary includes student housing facilities of the University of Idaho that have university students with dependent children, including South Hill Apartments and South Hill Vista Apartments.
The district (#281) extends beyond the Moscow city limits and is bounded by four other school districts: Pullman to the west at the state line, Potlatch (#285) to the north, Troy (#287) to east, and Genesee (#282) to the south. Pullman has a similar enrollment, while the combined enrollment of the other three districts is about half of Moscow's.
A $29 million bond levy election was brought before the voters in April 2005, with $20 million to fund a proposed new high school campus on the northeast edge of the city (46°44′38″N 116°58′08″W / 46.744°N 116.969°W). Three quarters of the 40-acre (16 ha) site, adjacent to Mountain View Park, was to be donated by a Moscow family. The levy needed a two-thirds majority to pass, but was soundly defeated, with only 44% in favor.
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