North Central Community School District was a school district headquartered in Manly, Iowa.
It was located in portions of Cerro Gordo and Worth counties, and served Manly, Hanlontown, and Plymouth.[1] Prior to 2007, its high school was North Central High School (NCHS).[2]
In 2007, it enacted a whole grade sharing program with the Nora Springs–Rock Falls Community School District.[3] The NS-RF school board voted unanimously to accept the proposal on Monday, June 19, 2006,[4] and the two districts formally signed the grade sharing agreement on Thursday, July 20, 2006. Nora Springs began hosting a combined middle school while Manly began hosting a combined high school.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
The vote to merge the districts, held on September 14, 2010,[8] was successful, with North Central voters doing so on a 431–63 (85.35%) basis and Nora Springs–Rock Falls voters doing so on a 437–262 (59.95%) basis.[9] On July 1, 2011, it merged with the NS-RF district to make the Central Springs Community School District.[10]
References edit
- ^ "Central1.pdf North Central Community School District." Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 6, 2019. Central2.pdf Detail map of Manly.
- ^ Home. North Central High School. January 30, 1998. Retrieved on January 6, 2019.
- ^ 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
- North Central Community School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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