title: Hart-Ransom Union School District
text: # Hart-Ransom Union School District
  
  Hart-Ransom Union School District was, in the 60s and 70s, a K-8 school district in Stanislaus County, California, historically known as Ransom School. The Modesto Bee occasionally reprints a news item from 1901 reporting that a criminal was gunned down by a sheriff on Ransom School's doorstep. Hart School was formerly located on Hart Road. Members of the Hart family still attended the school at least as recently as the mid-70s. Hart-Ransom Charter is a K-12 charter school that recently opened an online High School through Connections Academy. There are many extra-curricular activities that their students can participate in. They are a participant in Science Olympiad with an Elementary, Junior High, and a new High School team.
  
  Hart-Ransom School is a K-8 school that has just won a new fitness center and well as a gym. The school was remodeled in 2006. The school has won the distinguished school Award in 1995 and 2012. Hart-Ransom school district is Hart-Ransom District and also has a charter school named Hart-Ransom Charter.
  
  ## Administration
  
  * Hart-Ransom School Principal: David Croy
  * Hart-Ransom Academic Charter School Principal: Sean Greene
  * Superintendent: Matthew Shipley
  * Executive Assistant to Superintendent: Debbie Phillips
  * Chief Business Officer: Debra Silva
  * Vice Principal & Athletic Director: Brian Martins
  
  ## Clubs/Activities
  
  * Yearbook
  * Science Olympiad
  * Student council
  * PBIS
  * The Good News club (Religious organization)
  * After school program (Eagle's Nest)
  * 2’o clock Care
  * Band
  * Choir
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Soccer (6th-8th Co-Ed)
  * Basketball (6th-8th)
  * Baseball/Softball
  * Volleyball (6th-8th)
  