Corwith–Wesley Community School District

Former school district in Iowa, United States

Corwith–Wesley Community School District was a school district based in Corwith, Iowa,^[1] serving Corwith and Wesley. The district occupied sections of Hancock and Kossuth counties as well as a small portion of Wright County.^[2]

History

In 1984, Corwith–Wesley established a grade-sharing arrangement,^[3] in which it operated Corwith-Wesley-Lu Verne High School, with the Lu Verne Community School District sending its secondary students there. This continued for the remainder of the district's existence.^[4]

On July 1, 1988, the Boone Valley Community School District dissolved, with a portion assigned to Corwith–Wesley.^[5]

By 2013, there were 115 students of all grade levels within the Corwith–Wesley district and 86 in the Lu Verne district; districts cannot merge under Iowa law if they have fewer than 200 students total,^[3] and lower enrollments means getting less funds from the Iowa state government.^[6] At the time the two districts were trying to find a third school district for a new grade-sharing arrangement.^[3]

In September 2014, Corwith–Wesley residents voted to dissolve their district on a 101–78 basis.^[7] The district dissolved on July 1, 2015, with portions going to the Algona, Clarion–Goldfield–Dows, LuVerne and West Hancock districts.^[5] LuVerne received the majority of the territory, with 87% of the land.^[7] Most of its primary students were scheduled to go to Lu Verne schools and most of its secondary students were scheduled to go to Algona schools.^[8]

Schools

The Corwith school building had three stories.^[9] It closed in 2015, and its demolition was anticipated in 2016.^[10]

In 2009, the Wesley campus closed since the district had been sending students to LuVerne. The district sold it to the city government, which in 2014 primarily used it as a storage center, and had removed the school's utilities.^[9]

References

^ Home. Corwith–Wesley Community School District. April 4, 2005. Retrieved on August 14, 2018. "Corwith-Wesley Community School PO Box 220 Corwith, Iowa 50430".
^ "Corwith-Wesley." Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved on August 14, 2018. Focus on Wesley, Focus on Corwith.
^ ^a ^b ^c "CWL, Algona seek sharing agreement". The Messenger. 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
^ Clayworth, Jason; White, Rodney (2015-05-23). "Last hurrah: Corwith-Wesley students celebrate final graduation". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2018-08-14. - Mobile version
^ ^a ^b "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 Archived 2018-06-19 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on August 14, 2018.
^ "CWL to look at whole-grade sharing". Humboldt News. 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
^ ^a ^b "C-W dissolution passes". The Leader. 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
^ Clayworth, Jason; Rodney White (2015-05-28). "Corwith-Wesley says farewell, old friend". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
^ ^a ^b Hayworth, Jason; Charles Litchfield (2014-11-22). "Lost Schools: Their school is closing; now what?". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
^ Clayworth, Jason; Rodney White (2015-10-17). "Shuttered schools: Rural America's SOS". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2019-02-25.

External links

Corwith-Wesley Community School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Yost, Rae (2013-04-05). "Corwith-Wesley, LuVerne students surveyed prefer move to Algona district". Globe Gazette.

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