Pekin Community School District

Pekin Community School District is a school district headquartered in Pekin, an unincorporated area in Jefferson County, Iowa, near Packwood.[1]

It serves the following incorporated communities in Jefferson, Keokuk, Wapello, and Washington counties: Packwood, Hedrick, Martinsburg, Ollie, and Richland.[2] Unincorporated areas served by Pekin schools, aside from Pekin, include Abington, Highland Center, and Rubio.[3]

History

The school facilities were built on a former runway that was once used to train pilots.[4]

In 1991 the district incorporated territory from the former Hedrick school district after that district closed. The expected enrollment for all Pekin schools combined for fall 1991 was 800 students.[5]

In 2016 the district agreed to begin a superintendent-sharing arrangement with the Sigourney Community School District.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Home. Pekin Community School District. Retrieved on June 18, 2018. "Pekin CSD 1062 Birch Ave Packwood, IA 52580"
  2. ↑ "PEKIN." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on June 18, 2018. Also see the Iowa Secretary of State map: General Map
  3. ↑ "Welcome from the Superintendent of Schools, Mr. David Harper." Pekin Community Schools. Retrieved on June 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Home." Pekin Community School District. April 13, 2008. Retrieved on June 20, 2018.
  5. ↑ Vobejda, Barbara (1991-03-25). "MAIN STREET FACES 'ECONOMIC TRIAGE'". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  6. ↑ "Pekin and Sigourney Community School District To Share Superintendent". Sigourney News-Review. 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
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