Marion–Florence USD 408 is a public unified school district headquartered in Marion, Kansas, United States.
[1] The district includes the communities of Marion, Florence, Aulne, Canada, Eastshore, Marion County Lake, and nearby rural areas of Marion County.
[3] In 1945, the School Reorganization Act in Kansas caused the consolidation of thousands of rural school districts in Kansas.
[4] In 1963, the School Unification Act in Kansas caused the further consolidatation of thousands of tiny school districts into hundreds of larger Unified School Districts.
[5] High school students from Florence started attending Marion High School in fall 1971 after the Florence High School was closed in the same year.