Nora Springs–Rock Falls Community School District was a school district headquartered in Nora Springs, Iowa, United States, serving that city and Rock Falls. It operated a single school serving all grades.[1]
In 2007 it enacted a whole grade sharing program with the North Central Community School District.[2] The NS-RF school board voted unanimously to accept the proposal on June 19, 2006,[3] and the two districts formally signed the grade sharing agreement on July 20, 2006. Nora Springs began hosting a combined middle school while Manly began hosting a combined high school.[4] The superintendent of North Central, Bruce Burton, used the North Butler schools' (of Greene CSD and Allison–Bristow CSD, now North Butler CSD) 28E agreement as a model for consolidation during the merger discussions.[5] Teachers largely supported the consolidation as it meant students would have a larger variety of classes and the teachers would have fewer subjects to prepare for.[6]
The vote to merge the districts, held on September 14, 2010,[7] was successful. North Central voters supported the merger with a 431–63 (85.35%) majority, while Nora Springs–Rock Falls voters did so with 262-175 (59.95%) majority.[8] On July 1, 2011, it officially merged with the North Central district to form the Central Springs Community School District.[9]
References edit
- ^ Home. Nora Springs-Rock Falls Community School District. February 28, 2001. Retrieved on January 6, 2019. "This is a view of part of our K-12 facility located at 509 North Iowa Avenue in Nora Springs, Iowa."
- ^ Nicklay, Deb (2010-06-19). "Public hearing June 22 for merger of Central Springs". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- ^ Buehner, Kristin (2006-06-20). "NS-RF opts to share with North Central". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- ^ Nicklay, Deb (2006-07-22). "North Central, NS-RF sign sharing deal". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- ^ Buehner, Kristin (2006-08-25). "Schools look for ways to smooth sharing transition". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- ^ Nicklay, Deb (2006-05-31). "Teachers support whole-grade sharing". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- ^ "Central Springs merger vote Sept. 14". Globe Gazette. 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- ^ Buehner, Kristin (2010-09-14). "Six school districts merge into three after voting". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- ^ "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on January 6, 2019.
External links edit
- Nora Springs-Rock Falls Community School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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