Walton Rural Life Center
elementary school, charter school in Walton, Kansas, United States
Walton Rural Life Center was an agricultural charter elementary school in Walton, Kansas, United States, and operated by Newton USD 373 public school district. During the 2015–2016 school year there were 210 students at Walton Rural Life Center. It taught students from kindergarten to 4th grade and there were two classes for each grade. In 2023 the Newton Board of Education voted to close the school due to declining enrollment in the district.
History
Walton Public Schools provided elementary, junior high, and high school education for decades before it merged with Newton USD 373 public school district. In 2006, the Walton Elementary School was converted into the Walton Rural Life Center charter school.
Academics
Walton Rural Life Center was one out of two charter schools that is agriculture-based, the other one being a school in Ohio. Walton Rural Life Center also taught its students about math, science, agriculture, reducing, reusing, and composting.
Walton Rural Life Center was the first public elementary school in the United States to add agriculture to its curriculum. The teachers design projects based on subjects that interest the students.
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