Brainerd Public Schools (BPS), also known as ISD 181, is a school district headquartered in
Brainerd, Minnesota
Brainerd ( ) is a city and the county seat of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 14,395 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from its confluen ...
.
In addition to Brainerd it serves
Baxter,
Fort Ripley,
Garrison
A garrison is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it. The term now often applies to certain facilities that constitute a military base or fortified military headquarters.
A garrison is usually in a city ...
,
Merrifield, and most of
Nisswa.
History
Jerry Walseth became the superintendent circa 2000.
The
Minnesota Association of School Administrators
Minnesota ( ) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and Nor ...
gave Walseth the Administrator of Excellence Award.
In 2008 a referendum for school funding failed, and as a result the district closed two schools.
Laine Larson became the superintendent in 2016. In 2021 the Minnesota Association of School Administrators gave her the Kay E. Jacobs Memorial Award.
Schools
; High school
*
Brainerd High School
; Middle school
* Forestview Middle School
; Elementary school
* Baxter Elementary School
* Garfield Elementary School
* Harrison Elementary School
* Lowell Elementary School
* Nisswa Elementary School
* Riverside Elementary School
; Other
* Brainerd Community Education
* Brainerd Learning Center
* Lincoln Education Center
Former schools
* Whittier Elementary School - In 2008 its enrollment was below 140 and it was scheduled to close that year.
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References
Further reading
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External links
Brainerd Public Schools
School districts in Minnesota
Education in Crow Wing County, Minnesota
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