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“What Parents Want” award honors 19 SD districts

Nineteen SD school districts were recently chosen to receive the “What Parents Want” award from SchoolMatch, Inc., a national school selection service.  Overall, 16 percent of the nation’s 15,573 public school districts (2,519) were recognized for meeting the needs of families choosing schools.

According to information received by the Department of Education, SchoolMatch maintains information on every public school system in the U.S.  About 600 companies offer employees the SchoolMatch service when relocating.

2004 “What Parents Want” awards were given to public school districts in SD as follows:  Aberdeen, Beresford, Centerville, Dell Rapids, Elk Point-Jefferson, Flandreau, Gettysburg, Haakon, Huron, Hyde, Lemmon, Madison Central, Miller, Rapid City Area, Sioux Falls, Sully Buttes, Wall, Wessington Springs, and Yankton.