Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School
school district in South Dakota
Eagle Butte School District 20-1, is a school district with its headquarters in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. The district covers sections of Ziebach County and Dewey County.
The district and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) jointly administer the Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School (C-EB), with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe being represented in the management process. The BIE categorizes the school as BIE-operated.
The school and the community lie within the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.
History
As of 2021, the school buildings are scheduled to be replaced by the Bureau of Indian Education using funds from the Great American Outdoors Act.
Operations
As of 1989 the BIE school entity and the school district have two separate school boards and two separate pools of employees, and the two entities also combine a jointly-operated school board. Kevin Woster of Rapid City Journal described the school as "a federal-state mix of money and staff" and that therefore its budget changes depending on how much money is available from South Dakota state government and/or the federal government.
Academics
As of 1989 the students take both tests required by the South Dakota state government, including the SAT, and tests required by the federal government.
Service area
Within Ziebach County it serves Eagle Butte.
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