Garnavillo_Community_School_District Knowpia

Garnavillo Community School District was a school district headquartered in Garnavillo, Iowa. In addition to Garnavillo it served Clayton, Buck Creek, Clayton Center, and National, as well as areas around Garber.^[1]

History edit

The 1949 Garnavillo School Gymnasium

Education in the Garnavillo area began with a German Lutheran school established in 1844. In 1847 the State of Iowa mandated that communities establish schools if they had at least fifty families, and so Garnavillo established a public school. The Garnavillo public school received expansions after other districts consolidated into Garnavillo. A separate secondary school building opened in 1962.^[1]

In December 1999 the district and the Guttenberg Community School District agreed to begin whole-grade-sharing (in which students from one district attend another district's schools for a particular grade level) in 2001.^[2] The district began sharing athletic teams with Garnavillo in 2000. The whole grade-sharing began as scheduled in 2001.^[3] The districts combined their secondary schools, with the high school in Guttenberg and the middle school in Garnavillo. The two retained their respective elementary schools.^[4]

On September 14, 2004, an election on merging the two districts into one was held, with Guttenberg district voters approving it 396–19, and Garnavillo district voters approving it 188–20.^[5] The merger into the Clayton Ridge Community School District was effective July 1, 2005.^[6]

References edit

^ ^a ^b "History." Garnavillo Community School District. May 29, 2000. Retrieved on February 24, 2019. While Garber is mentioned as being a sending community to Garavillo schools, the town itself is now shown as part of a different district, Central School District.
^ "“Pilgrims and the Transition of Change”, by Dr. Russell Loven, Superintendent of Schools." Guttenberg Community School District. Retrieved on February 23, 2019.
^ "About Us." Clayton Ridge Community School District. Retrieved on February 23, 2019.
^ "Whole Grade Sharing Decision by Russell Loven, Superintendent of School." Guttenberg Community School District. Retrieved on February 23, 2019.
^ "Guttenberg and Garnavillo schools to merge". Radio Iowa. 2004-09-15. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
^ "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 Archived 2019-02-09 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on February 23, 2019.