Bennett County School District 03-1
Bennett County School District 03-1 is a school district headquartered in Martin, South Dakota. It has three schools: Martin Elementary School, Bennett County Middle School, and Bennett County High School. The district serves all of Bennett County. It includes portions of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (), also called Pine Ridge Agency, is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota, with a small portion extending into Nebraska. Originally included within the territory of the .... In 2015 Stacy Halverson became the superintendent. Operations the district has a $6 million budget, with $1.9 million of it being direct-aid from the state, or about 1/3rd of the budget. In turn 80% of the budget is used on salaries, so reduction of employees would be needed if the budget was reduced. References External links Bennett County School District 03-1 Bennett County, South Dakota School districts in South ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Martin, South Dakota
Martin is a city and the county seat of Bennett County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 938 at the 2020 census. History Martin was laid out in 1911. The city was named for Eben Martin, a U.S. Representative from South Dakota. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Climate Demographics As of the 2023 American Community Survey, there are 372 estimated households in Martin with an average of 2.72 persons per household. The city has a median household income of $49,609. Approximately 14.7% of the city's population lives at or below the poverty line. Martin has an estimated 59.0% employment rate, with 35.1% of the population holding a bachelor's degree or higher and 95.3% holding a high school diploma. The top five reported ancestries (people were allowed to report up to two ancestries, thus the figures will generally add to more than 100%) were English (94.9%), Spanish (0.1%), Indo-European (0.0%), Asi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bennett County, South Dakota
Bennett County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,381. Its county seat is Martin. Bennett County was removed from the Pine Ridge Reservation by an act of Congress in 1911, much of Bennett County however is still held in trust by the Reservation. To the east is the Rosebud Indian Reservation, where dwell the '' Sicangu Oyate'', also known the Upper BrulĂ© Sioux Nation and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (RST), a branch of the Lakota people. The North American continental pole of inaccessibility is in Bennett County, located from the nearest coastline, between Allen and Kyle ( Oglala Lakota County) at . Historically, ranching and dry land farming have been the chief agricultural pursuits possible given climate and soil conditions. History This land has for centuries been the traditional territory of the Oglala Lakota, also known as the Sioux; it has been part of their legally defined territory since the treaty of 1851 and ha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (), also called Pine Ridge Agency, is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota, with a small portion extending into Nebraska. Originally included within the territory of the Great Sioux Reservation, Pine Ridge was created by the Act of March 2, 1889, 25 Stat. 888. in the southwest corner of South Dakota on the Nebraska border. It consists of of land area and is one of the largest reservations in the United States. The reservation encompasses the entirety of Oglala Lakota County and Bennett County, South Dakota, Bennett County, the southern half of Jackson County, South Dakota, Jackson County, and a small section of Sheridan County, Nebraska, Sheridan County added by Executive Order No. 2980 of February 20, 1904. Of the 3,142 counties in the United States, these are among Lowest-income counties in the United States, the poorest. Only of land are suitable for agriculture. The United States Census, 2000, 2000 c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bennett County Booster
Bennett may refer to: People *Bennett (name), including a list of people with the surname and given name Places Canada *Bennett, Alberta *Bennett, British Columbia *Bennett Lake, in the British Columbia and Yukon Territory **Bennett Range **Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex United States *Bennett, Colorado *Bennett, Iowa * Bennett, Missouri * Bennett, North Carolina * Bennett, West Virginia * Bennett, Wisconsin, a town ** Bennett (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *Bennett County, South Dakota *Bennett Mountain, in the Sonoma Mountains, California **Bennett Valley *Bennett Township (other) Elsewhere *Bennett Island, in the East Siberian Sea *Bennett Islands, Antarctica Education *Bennett College, in Greensboro, North Carolina,U.S. *Bennett College (New York), U.S. *Bennett High School (other) *Bennett Middle School, Salisbury, Maryland, U.S. *Bennett Memorial Diocesan School, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England *Bennett University, Greater Noida, Uttar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rapid City Journal
The ''Rapid City Journal'' (formerly the ''Black Hills Journal'' and the ''Rapid City Daily Journal'') is the daily newspaper of Rapid City, South Dakota. As of 2021, it is the largest newspaper in South Dakota by total subscriptions, according to the United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership and the South Dakota Newspaper Association. It covers Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The newspaper also publishes two special supplements: the ''Sturgis Rally Daily'', which is published during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally; and ''Compass'', which is the weekly shoppers tab. The Rapid City Journal Media Group also publishes one weekly newspaper, ''The'' ''Chadron Record'' in Chadron, Nebraska. Nathan Thompson is the executive editor and Mark Dykes is the managing editor of ''The Chadron Record.'' History The ''Rapid City Journal'' began on January 5, 1878, as the ''Black Hills Journal''. Publisher J ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |