I
would like to welcome you to Geary County
USD
475 and Fort Riley! Geary County USD 475 serves the cities of
Junction City, Fort Riley, Milford and Grandview Plaza.
Our district
enjoys a successful partnership with Fort Riley that was
established
sometime before 1950. Since that time, our administrators,
teachers and support staff have walked hand in hand with the
post through wars in Vietnam, conflicts during the cold war,
Bosnia, Iraq and now, Afghanistan. We continue to develop this
partnership each year as we learn more about modularization of
the U.S. Army and the new mission of Fort Riley.
Our role is to make transitions for families as smooth as
possible. We are signatories on the new Interstate Compact for
Military Children. USD 475 was the only school district in
Kansas to testify before the state legislature to ensure that
Kansas was the first state to completely ratify the compact. Our
district is very active at the state and national levels to
ensure your children are provided the best possible education.
We are very active members of national organizations such as The
National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS),
Military Impacted Schools Association (MISA) and the Military
Child Education Collation MCEC. We work very closely with the
National Military Families Association (MFA) to make sure our
resources are aligned properly.
As you can see, we consider ourselves to be very military
friendly and pledge to support you through service to your
children! We consider it an honor and privilege to be partners
with Fort Riley. We know we are charged with caring for Fort
Riley’s and your most precious people, the children of our
hero’s!
So, as you look at our schools, know we have over 30% military
spouses working in our schools, about 5% retired military and
65% educators who are trained in transitions and really care
about your children!
As superintendent, I extend a warm welcome for you to join our
family and realize the benefits of a quality education that
provides rigorous challenges in a great environment! Our
students love what we do and our staff makes education
rewarding.
At USD 475, we really do believe every child can learn and we
prove it every day!
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