North Central Community School District

Former school district in Iowa, United States

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

^ "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

North Central Community School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

Defunct school districts in Iowa since 1965–1966

Most of the districts were merged after public votes. Dissolutions, most also the result of public votes, are in italics, and involuntary dissolutions done by the Iowa State Board of Education are marked with asterisks (*).

1960s