Southern Cal Community School District
Southern Cal Community School District was a school district headquartered in Lake City, Iowa.[1]
The district, with more than 230 square miles (600 km2) of space,[1] had sections in Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, and Sac counties. In addition to Lake City it served Lohrville, Yetter, and much of Lanesboro.[2]
History
The district formed on July 1, 1993 from the merger of the Lake City City Community School District and the Lohrville Community School District.[3]
In 1998 the district had 694 students; this declined by 28% to 499 in 2011.[4]
In 2009 the Southern Cal district and the Rockwell City-Lytton Community School District decided to begin sharing athletic programs in the 2010-2011 school year and begin whole grade sharing, in which districts sent students to each others' schools, in the 2012-2013 school year.[5] By 2011-2013 grades 5-12 were shared, and in 2012-2013 all grade levels became shared. On Tuesday February 5, 2013 the districts held an election on whether they would consolidate.[4] The vote to consolidate was successful, with a count 340-86 in Southern Calhoun and a 253-67 count in Rockwell City-Lytton; a total of 746 people voted.[6] On July 1, 2014 the two districts merged to form the South Central Calhoun Community School District.[3]
Schools
The district had Lincoln Elementary School in Lake City, Lohrville Elementary School in Lohrville, and Southern Cal Middle/High School in Lake City.[1]
In 2007 the district closed the Lincoln Elementary School building and later sold it for $22,000 to a private individual. In 2012 the Southern Cal district closed the elementary school in Lohrville. The district board failed to find a suitable private buyer, the Lohrville community did not have enough funds to maintain the school, and there were already community and library buildings present.[7] There were fears that if demolition were done later, it would cost more, and that if a business acquired the lot, the building would be demolished anyway. In September 2013 the school district decided that the building should be demolished.[8] In February 2014 the district took the bid of a demolition contractor to raze Lohrville School; it was to be demolished by July 2014.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 "Location." Southern Cal Community School District. December 17, 2005. Retrieved on July 18, 2018. "Superintendent of Schools 709 West Main Lake City, IA 51449"
- ↑ "Southern Cal Community School District." Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved on July 18, 2018.
- 1 2 "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
- 1 2 "Vote to combine school districts is Tuesday". Daily Times Herald. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2018-07-19. - Date from here
- ↑ "Two NW IA districts agree to combine athletics, high schools, junior high grades". Radio Iowa. 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ↑ "School districts approve mergers". Daily Times Herald. 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- 1 2 "When schools close". Daily Times Herald. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ↑ Ingram, Audrey (2013-09-26). "School board rejects bids to purchase abandoned elementary". Daily Times Herald. Retrieved 2018-07-19. - Author's name posted here
External links
- Southern Cal Community School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)