Graettinger-Terril Community School District

Graettinger-Terril Community School District (G-T) is a school district in Iowa, with campuses in Graettinger and Terril. The district lies within four counties: Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, and Palo Alto.[1]

In 2013 the district had 329 students.[2]

History

It was established on July 1, 2010 as a consolidation of the Graettinger Community School District and the Terril Community School District.[3]

In 2011 the district and the Ruthven-Ayrshire Community School District agreed to do athletic team sharing.[4] In 2013 the district and the Ruthven-Ayrshire agreed to a partial-day sharing arrangement in that high school students may spend portions of their school days at each campus for certain courses. They began discussing the idea in October 2012.[5] They had discussed the possibility of whole grade-sharing, but Ruthven-Ayrshire canceled those talks in January 2013, stating that it wanted to have its own students in its own high school.[6]

On September 12, 2017, there was a $9.61 bond election for improvements in the Graettinger and Terril buildings, with a security entrance for the latter and classroom improvements for the former.[7]

An election for a $9.7 million bond, held on April 3, 2018,[8] and requiring 60% or more of the voters to approve, was for a regulation gymnasium and industrial arts and science classrooms at the high school facility. It was approved on a 658-410 (61.6%) basis, with Graettinger voters voting 404-108 (78.9%) in favor, Terril voters opposing it by 195-111 (36.3% in favor), and absentee ballots favoring it on a 143-101 (57.2%) basis.[9]

References
  1. "Graettinger-Terril." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on January 18, 2019.
  2. "Iowa School District Profiles Graettinger-Terril." Iowa State University Iowa Community Indicators Program (ICIP) Department of Economics, June 2013. Retrieved on January 18, 2019.
  3. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on January 17, 2019.
  4. Voigt, Dan (2012-12-18). "School Sharing Talks End Abruptly". Emmetsburg Reporter/Democrat. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  5. Padilla, Kate (2013-02-25). "R-A agrees to G-T sharing agreement". Spencer Daily Reporter. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  6. Hurley, Brandon (2013-01-02). "R--A school district decides to go with Emmetsburg". Dickinson County News. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  7. "Voters In Graettinger-Terril School District To Vote Sept. 12th On $9.61 Million Bond Issue". Explore Okoboji (KUOO/Y100.1/Q192, KKQJ, Extreme Country 105.7 FM). 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  8. Boyes, Seth (2018-03-27). "Graettinger-Terril bond to hit ballot". Dickinson County News. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  9. Mitchell, Russ (2018-04-03). "G-T voters pass $9.7M bond issue". Dickinson County News. Retrieved 2019-01-18.

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