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Chief Leschi Schools is a Native American tribal school located in the Puyallup Valley near Mount Rainier in Washington. It is a 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m2) facility which is intended to be a model for Native American education. The current building opened in 1996 serving Native American students from 92 different bands which comprise the Puyallup tribe of Indians. It is the largest Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)-affiliated school.

History
The school opened in 1976. Originally the school used Tacoma School District's Hawthorne Elementary School in Tacoma for its classrooms, and most of its students lived in Tacoma. In 1978 the secondary classes moved to floors two and three of the tribal administration building while elementary students moved to a new building built nearby. Linda Rudolph became superintendent in 1985. By 1991 the older building was out of compliance with building codes and there was concern about its structural integrity. She was the first Puyallup member to be appointed superintendent. In May 2016 the school laid off 50 employees, with 22 of them being certified. The layoffs represented 27% of the employees. Students protested the layoffs. In November 2016 Eveskcige went on paid administrative leave. The school board had asked her to do so. By January 2017 the Puyallup Tribal Council temporarily ended the board's administration of the school and dissolved it, and began directly operating the school. The council returned Eveskcige from her paid leave. In 2020 Marc Brouillet was already serving as interim superintendent when he was officially appointed as superintendent. ==Admissions==
Admissions
Previously the school admitted students who were not enrolled members of Native American tribes, but in 2016 it began dismissing them. This was because the funding formulas change, and because the federal government funds students who are enrolled tribal members only. The editorial board of The News Tribune argued that the administration should have notified students in a more timely member that their enrollment was being canceled. It also criticized the school for turning away students who were in the process of obtaining tribal membership. ==Student body==
Student body
In 1996 it had 710 students. ==Academic achievement==
Academic achievement
In 1997 its test scores were on the lower end of Washington State test scores, despite higher per-student spending compared to several area school districts. In 1998 the graduation rate was 58% and the dropout rate was 15%. ==References==
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