Preston Community School District

Defunct school district in Iowa, US

Preston Community School District was a school district consisting of a school in Preston, Iowa, United States.

As of 2005-2006 the district had 335 students and 31 teachers.^[1]

By 2012 there were discussions on merging with the East Central Community School District, and Robert Lagerblade, the superintendent of the Preston district, presented a report stating that there would be a better financial system.^[2] Voters in both districts approved the merger, by 776–122 in the Preston district and 620–598 in the East Central district.^[3] On July 1, 2013, East Central merged with the Preston district to form the Easton Valley Community School District.^[4] The Easton Valley leadership was to retain the usage of both school facilities in Preston.^[2]

References

^ "2005-2006 Directory." Area Education Agency 9. Retrieved on January 17, 2019. page 13 (PDF p. 15/25).
^ ^a ^b Melvold, Sheri (2012-05-28). "Report shows Preston, East Central merger makes economic sense". Quad City Times. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
^ Melvold, Sheri (2012-09-28). "Recount affirms Easton Valley school merger vote". Quad City Times. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
^ "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 Archived 2019-02-09 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on January 17, 2019.

External links

Preston Community School District (prestonschools.com) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Preston Community School District (preston.k12.ia.us) 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