Franklin Pierce School District No. 402 or Franklin Pierce Schools is a school district headquartered in

Parkland, Washington Parkland is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County, Washington. The population was 35,803 at the time of the 2010 census and had grown to 38,623 as of the 2020 census. It is an unincorporated suburb of the city of Tacoma and is home ...

(the facility has a

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mailing address). The district includes the majorities of Parkland, Clover Creek, Midland, and

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. Additionally the district includes portions of Summit View and Waller and several blocks of

History

In 1998 voters in the district voted in favor of a school bond. In 2016, the voters again voted in favor of a school bond, this time worth $157 million. The bond needed at least 60% of the vote to pass. In 2019, the district began building five elementary schools using 2016 bond money.

Facilities

It has a farming area for both generating food and as an educational tool. The district paid $44,000 to acquire the land in 1970.

Schools

; High schools: *

Franklin Pierce High School Franklin Pierce High School is a State school, public High school (North America), high school in Clover Creek, Washington (the facility has a Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma mailing address). It is named after the fourteenth US President, Franklin P ...

* Washington High School * GATES High School ; Middle schools: * Morris E. Ford Middle School * Perry G. Keithley Middle School ; Elementary schools: * Brookdale Elementary School * Central Avenue Elementary School * Christensen Elementary School * Collins Elementary School ** The original was a

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(WPA) building. * Elmhurst Elementary School * Harvard Elementary School * Midland Elementary School * James Sales Elementary School ; Pre-school * Hewins Early Learning

References

External links

* Education in Pierce County, Washington School districts in Washington (state) {{Washington-school-stub