Kings Valley Charter School

Kings Valley Charter School
Kings Valley Charter School
Address
	38840 Kings Valley Hwy; Philomath, (Benton County), Oregon 97370; United States
Coordinates	44°41′41″N 123°25′58″W / 44.6948°N 123.4329°W
Information
Type	Public Charter
Opened	Established 1848, reopened 2001
School district	Philomath School District
CEEB code	380822
Director	Jamon Ellingson
Grades	K-12
Number of students	183
Color(s)	Blue and yellow
Mascot	Eagle
Team name	Eagles
Website	www.philomathsd.net/kings-valley-home

Kings Valley Charter School is a K-12 public charter school located one mile outside of Kings Valley, Oregon, United States.

Demographics

Enrollment in the 2012–2013 school year was 179.^[3]

History

The school opened in 1848; after 153 years of operation, it was closed in 2001 by the Philomath School District. After being closed for one year, it was reopened as a K-5 charter school. As of the 2011–12 school year, it had expanded into a K-12 school.

In 2016 King Valley Charter School asked the Philomath School District (PSD) to increase the number of students in the school, which PSD granted.^{[citation needed]}

Lawsuit

In July 2012, Kings Valley Charter School sued the Philomath School District for withholding money set aside for rural funding. PSD then countered by claiming that Kings Valley Charter School violated its charter for contracting its employees through an outside group called People Sustaining Kings Valley (PSKV); this was done to avoid paying pensions into the public employees' retirement system.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "2015-2016 Staff". Kings Valley Charter School. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
^ "Kings Valley Charter School :: Schools Guide - The Oregonian". Schools.oregonlive.com. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.philomath.k12.or.us. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Woodward, Raju (2012-10-06). "KVCS hearing scheduled for Monday". Gazettetimes.com. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
^ Craig Coleman (2012-09-11). "KVCS, district still at an impasse - Polk County Itemizer-Observer". Polkio.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-21.