Greene Community School District

Greene Community School District was a school district headquartered in Greene, Iowa.

The district served sections of Butler and Floyd counties.[1]

It began whole grade-sharing with the Allison-Bristow Community School District in 2004, leading to the creation of North Butler High School in Greene and North Butler Middle School in Allison. Leaderships of the two districts promoted a merger that would occur by 2006 as they hoped to obtain property tax incentives and weighted enrollment funds totaling $600,000.[2] This election was scheduled for Tuesday October 11, 2005.[3] The proposed merger failed as Aliston-Bristow voters defeated it on a 279-206 basis, with 57.53% rejecting the proposed merger. The Greene voters had approved it on a 352-62 basis (85.02%).[4]

The second vote on whether the districts would merge succeeded in 2010, with Greene voters approving it on a 607-25 basis (96%) and Allison-Bristow voters approving it on a 378-311 basis (54.86%).[5] It merged with Allison-Bristow CSD to form North Butler Community School District on July 1, 2011.[6]

References
  1. "Greene Community School District" (Map). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 6, 2019. Detail map of Greene
  2. Miller, Jessica (2005-07-29). "Alliston-Bristow, Greene school districts discuss merger". WCF Courier. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  3. Buehner, Kristin (2005-10-07). "Greene, Allison-Bristow to vote on school consolidation". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  4. Buehner, Kristin (2005-12-12). "Greene, Allison-Bristow consolidation vote fails". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  5. Buehner, Kristin (2010-09-14). "Six school districts merge into three after voting". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  6. "District Reorganization History final." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 6, 2019.
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