GMG Community School District

GMG Community School District is a school district headquartered in Green Mountain, Iowa.[1]

The district is in Tama and Marshall counties, and it also serves Garwin.[2]

History

The district was established on July 1, 1992 by the merger of the Garwin and Green Mountain school districts.[3]

Operations

The district entered into a agreements multiple school districts to share employees; districts may share employees as a way of saving money. For example the GMG and BCLUW school districts share a superintendent, with the occupant working for BCLUW 60% of the time and GMG 40% of the time.[4] Ben Petty, previously the principal of BCLUW High School, became the shared superintendent of GMG and BCLUW in 2011.[5] By 2014 GMG, BCLUW, and the Hubbard-Radcliffe districts shared a single elementary guidance counselor, the GMG, BCLUW, North Tama, and Gladbrook-Reinbeck districts shared a single director of curriculum and innovation, and GMG and BCLUW had a single transportation director.[6]

The district was previously headquartered in Garwin.[7]

References
  1. "District". GMG Community School District. Retrieved 2020-03-25. 1710 Wallace Avenue Green Mountain, IA 50632
  2. "GMG" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  3. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  4. "New superintendent named for GMG/BCLUW By Margaret Thomsen". Northern Sun Print. Gladbrook, Iowa. 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  5. Potter, Andrew (2011-02-15). "Petty named BCLUW and GMG superintendent". Traer Star-Clipper. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  6. "BCLUW continues staff sharing agreements". Times-Republican. 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  7. "Home". GMG Community School District. 2001-01-24. Retrieved 2020-03-25. GMG Community Schools 306 Park Street, Garwin IA 50632 USA
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