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My high school dissolved a couple years after I graduated. We knew it was coming since like I was in 5th grade. They are just delaying the inevitable. Im guessing a lot of the people who voted to keep it open went there as kids and don't want to close their memories or childhood.
I think the gladbrook issue was less about the money and more about one town bring pissed that they lost an elementary school.
Corwith Wesley luverne in the NC part just basically stayed open and made the state tell them they are done. You can ask the state for extra money and you get it once without much hassle, then they start looking at your more you ask but seemed to give it until it was a decent hit annually. We were suprised how long they were left going.
This was more about one town not liking a school board decision. Really fractured communities. Stubborn people on both sides. Not sure how it will end for them.
NW Iowa has been hit by the same thing.
Laurens held on as long as they could. I believe they are now going with Poky.
Alta/Aurelia fought to stay separate (there's bad blood between those towns) but they had to consolidate.
Albert City-Truesdale has been in with Sioux Central for probably about 10 years already.
It definitely is sad for towns and people who are losing their schools. But it is inevitable with decreasing population in rural towns.
I feel for those farm kids that are driving 30-60 minutes one way each day to school.
Laurens held on as long as they could. I believe they are now going with Poky.
Alta/Aurelia fought to stay separate (there's bad blood between those towns) but they had to consolidate.
Albert City-Truesdale has been in with Sioux Central for probably about 10 years already.
It definitely is sad for towns and people who are losing their schools. But it is inevitable with decreasing population in rural towns.
I feel for those farm kids that are driving 30-60 minutes one way each day to school.
It is like being between a rock and a hard place. It sounds like these communities want to keep these schools, but they probably do not want to increase their taxes in order to keep them operational.
Big problem is state requirements for money allocations. Only certain taxes can pay for certain things. I know a couple districts that were willing to jump property taxes, but you can't use those for what they were short in. The district had over a million in a couple different funds but were broke on the general fund and couldn't transfer from one to another.
Sometimes I feel the reasons these towns don't consolidate are the most pathetic, and petty reasons.
Yeah, but I can see that being a problem too. You rob Peter to pay Paul and eventually another important area of the school suffers.
My favorite is when they don't consolidate or drag their feet because they can't agree on an acronym. The you end up with SoDaPaCoLaDiTi school anyway
South Davis PaloAlto County-Lansing DinnerTime
I have family that lives near GR but is closer to Garwin thus they are in the GMG district and from them it sounds like a chunk of the Gladbrook people have already open enrolled to GMG.
I'd go more posh. Like; The Landscapes of North Marshall at the Crossing.
Is that the one that they did the IPTV special on? I remember seeing a good one on consolidation a few years ago.
We need a twenty year plan of state wide consolidation that makes our money work efficiently, with far less administrative staff/bureaucracy and more teachers.
Hard to tell. I do know that along with some people from Gladbrook they also have a few that open enroll (especially for elementary) from Marshalltown.
Yep. Ever sat in on a school board meeting where something like this is on the agenda?
Yikes.