White Shield School District

White Shield Public School District 85 is a school district headquartered in Roseglen, North Dakota.

White Shield School District
Address
2 2nd Avenue W White Shield , North Dakota, 58775 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	K–12[1]
NCES District ID	3819680[1]
Students and staff
Students	176[1]
Teachers	23.46[1]
Staff	25.5[1]
Student–teacher ratio	7.5[1]
Other information
Website	www.white-shield.k12.nd.us

It is entirely within McLean County and serves White Shield.^[2] It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).^[3]

It previous building is from 1952, and by 2021 it was gaining a new building.^[4] The current two story, 63,000-square-foot (5,900 m²) facility was scheduled to open in 2016.^[5]

To deal with teacher shortages, White Shield hired Filipino/a national teachers with J-1 visas.^[6] By February 2020 the school had no more vacancies of teachers.^[7]

References

1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for WHITE SHIELD 85". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
2. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McLean County, ND" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
3. "White Shield School District". Bureau of Indian Education. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
4. "Development booming at Fort Berthold". Construction Daily. April 4, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
5. Donovan, Lauren (March 1, 2015). "Reservation sees construction on a historical scale". Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
6. Emerson, Blair (September 7, 2019). "Rural North Dakota school districts find creative solutions to teacher shortage". Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
7. Walker, PJ (February 25, 2020). "White Shield School sees turn around in teacher shortage". KX News CBS North Dakota. Retrieved August 13, 2021.

Further reading

• https://www.ndunited.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/White-Shield-2017-2018.pdf

External links

• White Shield School District