Lewis and Clark Public School District 161 is a school district headquartered in Berthold, North Dakota. The district is named after Lewis and Clark.
It operates two schools: Berthold Public School and NSP Public School, the latter in Plaza and serving Plaza and North Shore.
History The district formed on July 1, 2003 from the merger of the Berthold, North Shore, and Plaza school districts. In Berthold, the vote to approve the merger was 167-35. In North Shore, the vote was 178-64. In Plaza, the vote was 146-2. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. The North Shore district was based in Makoti.
In 2011 residents of northern McLean County and southern Ward County requested to the state that it re-assign of land, or 125 sections of land, from Lewis and Clark to the Max School District.
Area The district has of territory. In Ward County the district serves Berthold, Makoti, much of Carpio, and a section of Ryder. - Carpio is on pages 11-12 (PDF p. 12-13/39), Berthold is on page 17 (PDF p. 18/39), Makoti is on pages 29 and 34 (PDF p. 30, 35/39), and Ryder is on page 35 (PDF p. 36/39). Within Mountrail County it serves Plaza.
It also serves sections of McLean County and Renville County.
References
External links Lewis and Clark Public School District