Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District

The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Hartley, Iowa.[1] The district is located in portions of O'Brien and Osceola counties, with a small section in Dickinson County. It serves the cities of Hartley, Melvin, and Sanborn.[2] It also serves May City.

It is a 1A Iowa school in athletics.

In the 2017–2018 school year the district had 628 students.[3]

History

The district formed on July 1, 1991 with the merger of the Hartley-Melvin Community School District and the Sanborn Community School District.[4]

In April 2014 there was a first attempt at a school bond that was voted down with only 40% of voters approving, and in September 2016 a second attempt, with $16.2 million for the bond, failed with 56% support.[5] The margin of failure that time was 47 votes.[6]

The district attempted to pass a $16.5 million bond in April 2017 and stated it would close Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary School in Hartley if it did not pass.[3] The bond needed a 60% threshold to pass, but the count was 904-615, with only 59.5% approving.[5] On December 11, 2017, the district said the school would close after Spring 2019.[3] Initial plans were to move elementary students to the middle school building.[7]

In 2018 another bond, for $18.9 million, was voted on and passed. The new bond will add a new elementary school to the high school and renovated and expanded the existing middle school.[5] This project is estimated to be completed in the fall of 2020.[8]

Schools
  • Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School (Hartley)
  • Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Middle School (Sanborn)
  • Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary School (Hartley)
    • It previously had a standalone building constructed in the 1930s. In 2018 HMS administrators stated that the building did not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),[5] and also argued that it in general was out of date.[9] The former building was scheduled to close in 2019.

References
  1. Home. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District. Retrieved on February 25, 2019. "Hartley Melvin-Sanborn CSD 300 N 8th Ave W Hartley, IA, 51301"
  2. "Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on February 26, 2019.
  3. Mahoney, Mark (2017-12-16). "Board: Hartley school to close in 2019". nwestiowa.com. Iowa Information, Inc. (Iowa Information Publishers and Printers). Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  4. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on February 25, 2019.
  5. Dockter, Mason (2018-04-04). "Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn passes $18.9 million school bond issue". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  6. Hytrek, Nick (2017-03-21). "HMS makes third attempt to pass bond issue". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  7. TOM (2017-12-22). "HMS School Board To Close One Building". KIWA Radio. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  8. "Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Schools Give Construction Update". KICD. 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  9. Hayworth, Bret (2018-04-02). "2 large school bond votes set for Tuesday in Northwest Iowa". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 2020-03-27. School officials have said the Hartley elementary school dates to the 1930s, is functionally obsolete[...]
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