Clayton Ridge Community School District

Clayton Ridge Community School District is a school district in Clayton County, Iowa, serving Guttenberg, Garnavillo, Clayton, North Buena Vista, and Osterdock.[1] In addition Clayton Center is zoned to Clayton Ridge schools, as well as areas around Garber.[2]

History

It was established on July 1, 2005, by the merger of the Guttenberg Community School District and the Garnavillo Community School District.[3] The merger was approved in a September 14, 2004 election, with Guttenberg district voters approving it 396–19, and Garnavillo district voters approving it 188–20.[4] The two pre-merger districts began sharing athletic teams in 2000 and whole-grade-sharing (in which students from one district attend another district's schools for a particular grade level) in 2001.[5]

Allan Nelson began serving of the superintendent of the district upon its legal creation in 2005; he was the joint superintendent of the two pre-merger districts beginning on July 1, 2002, when they were still grade-sharing. Nelson retired on June 30, 2015.[6]

Schools
  • Clayton Ridge Community High School (Guttenberg)
  • Clayton Ridge Middle School (Guttenberg)
  • Clayton Ridge Elementary School (Garnavillo)
  • Clayton Ridge Preschool (Garnavillo)

Previously elementary school grades were in Guttenberg and middle school grades were in Garnavillo,[5] but in 2016 the district began changing the configurations. Grades 4 and 8 were moved to Garnavillo and Guttenberg, respectively, that year. In 2018 the remaining middle school grades went to Guttenberg while the remaining elementary school grades went to Garnavillo.[7]

References
  1. "Clayton Ridge." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on February 23, 2019.
  2. "History." Garnavillo Community School District. May 29, 2000. Retrieved on February 24, 2019. Since the entirety of Garavillo district merged into Clayton Ridge, those communities now attend Clayton Ridge. While Garber is mentioned as being a sending community to Garavillo schools, the town itself is now shown as part of a different district, Central School District.
  3. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on February 23, 2019.
  4. "Guttenberg and Garnavillo schools to merge". Radio Iowa. 2004-09-15. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  5. "About Us." Clayton Ridge Community School District. Retrieved on February 23, 2019.
  6. Moser, Molly (2015-05-27). "Nelson retirement open house". Guttenberg Press. Retrieved 2019-02-23. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. "Update on school facilities and changes to come". Clayton Ridge Community School District at Guttenberg Press. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2019-02-23. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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