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HISTORY History of Lakota Schools The district in its current configuration was established in 1957, after the Union and Liberty school districts were combined. The district was originally known as the Libery-Union School District, and was renamed to Lakota Local School District in 1970. Two of the district's schools, Union Elementary (1916) and Liberty Elementary (1928), were built prior to the consolidation and are still standing. In 1959, the Board of Education built a high school for the district; three years later, a third elementary (Hopewell) was added. From 1969 to 1978, three junior schools were built. The first, Lakota Junior School (1969), was built next to the high school, and was later used as a freshman wing of the high school. It is now used to house the Lakota Early Childhood Center. Hopewell Junior was opened in 1973, and Lakota Junior was replaced by Liberty Junior when it opened in 1977. Adena Elementary became the district's fourth when it opened in 1978. Freedom Elementary opened in 1988, the same year an addition was built onto the high school. Two years later in 1990, Woodland and Shawnee elementaries opened their doors. From 1992-1994, three new elementaries (Heritage-1992, Cherokee and Independence-1994), and a separate freshman building (1993) were built, as well as additions to six other buildings. 1997 marked the largest expansion to the Lakota district. In that year, two new high schools were opened (Lakota East and Lakota West). Freshman were moved to the old high school building, and the freshman building became a third junior school (Lakota Ridge). Kindergarten students from most of the elementary schools were consolidated into the Lakota Early Childhood Center, which also holds preschool classes. In 2003, Van Gordon Elementary (named after the family that donated the land it sits on) and Lakota Plains Junior School were opened, along with a new Central Office Building. Plans are currently being made to build additions on both of the high schools, as well as building a second freshman building which would send students to Lakota East. The current freshman building would be used for students who will attend Lakota West. ATHLETICS The Lakota district competes in the Greater Miami Conference (GMC) in 24 varsity sports. SCHOOLS High Schools
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