Editing Burns, Oregon (section)

==Education==
[[File:Burns School Building (Harney County, Oregon scenic images) (harDA0003a).jpg|thumb|left|Former [[Harney County School District 3]] headquarters]]
[[Harney County School District 3]] provides public education in Burns and Hines,<ref>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st41_or/schooldistrict_maps/c41025_harney/DC20SD_C41025.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Harney County, OR|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-07-15|date=December 18, 2020}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st41_or/schooldistrict_maps/c41025_harney/DC20SD_C41025_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> at Henry L. Slater Grade School in Burns, Hines Middle School, and [[Burns High School (Oregon)|Burns High School]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.hcsd3.org/about|publisher=Harney County School District 3|access-date=September 23, 2020|year=2020|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131012223/https://www.hcsd3.org/about|url-status=live}}</ref>

Burns previously had its own elementary school district, with a separate Burns-based high school district. A 1975 proposal to merge those districts, along with the elementary school district of Hines and two other school districts, was turned down by voters.<ref>{{cite news|title=All four school merger proposals are rejected|newspaper=[[The Bulletin (Bend)|The Bulletin]]|date=1975-05-07|page=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/169456437/ 1]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 1985, the Burns school district used the cafeteria at Slater Elementary to provide food service to all of the district's schools.<ref name=Braymenlunches>{{cite news|last=Braymen|first=Pauline|title=Commodity foods ease costs in many schools|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]|date=1985-03-05|page=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/169457990/ FD3]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 1989, the Burns high school district and the Burns and Hines elementary school districts combined into Harney County School District 3.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former school chief moves to Yakima Valley|newspaper=[[Baker City Herald]]|date=1992-07-08|page=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/169453884/ 3]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

There is a branch of Silvies River Charter School in Burns, the Burns Learning Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.silviesrcs.org/classes-and-tutoring/burns-in-person-classes|title=Burns Learning Center|publisher=Silvies River Charter School|accessdate=2022-07-17|quote=458 East Washington Street, Burns OR 97720}}</ref>

Harney County is not in a community college district but Burns, along with the county, has a "contract out of district" (COD) with [[Treasure Valley Community College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clatsopcc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/02-2-OR-CC-color-map.pdf|title=Oregon Community Colleges and Community College Districts|publisher=[[Oregon Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development]]|accessdate=2022-07-17}}</ref> TVCC operates the Burns Outreach Center in Burns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://harneycounty.chambermaster.com/list/member/tvcc-burns-outreach-center-217|title=Burns Outreach Center|publisher=[[Treasure Valley Community College]]|accessdate=2022-07-17}}</ref>

The Harney County Library is located in Burns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harneycountylibrary.org/|title=Home|publisher=Harney County Library|accessdate=2022-07-16|quote=80 West "D" Street Burns, OR 97720}}</ref> Formed in 1903 by the Ladies Afternoon Club, the Harney County Library has grown from an initial collection of 12 books to more than 30,000 items in 2013. Library offerings include public computers, wireless Internet, video conferencing equipment, meeting spaces, and public programs, as well as books, magazines, newspapers, audio books, videos, [[DVD]]s, and access to [[Interlibrary Loan]].{{sfn|Jenks|2013|pp=41–43}}