Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School District

Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School District is a school district headquartered in Hubbard, Iowa.[1] As of 2019 it has a grade-sharing arrangement with Eldora-New Providence Community School District and operates as "South Hardin Schools".

It is mostly in Hardin County, with sections in Hamilton County. The district serves Hubbard and Radcliffe.[2]

History

The district formed on July 1, 1993 with the merger of the Hubbard and Radcliffe school districts.[3] From 1997 to 2006 the district enrollment decreased by 130 students, or 20% of the original total. In 2006 the Iowa Department of Education figures resulted in a projection that the enrollment would, from 2006 to circa 2011, decline by an additional 65 students, or 13%.[4]

It began a grade-sharing arrangement with Hubbard-Radcliffe in 2006,[5] with the former housing senior high school and the latter hosting middle school. There was controversy over this arrangement as different people in different parts of the Hubbard-Radcliffe district preferred grade-sharing with different districts. Residents in northern sections preferred cooperation with the Iowa Falls district, those in southern portions preferred such with the Roland-Story district, and those in the west preferred such with the South Hamilton district; those in eastern sections were satisfied with the arrangement with Eldora-New Providence. Due to the differences in opinion regarding whom to cooperate with, in 2006 about one quarter of the school-aged students living in the Hubbard-Radcliffe boundaries, about 127 in total, chose to enroll in other area school districts. Some parents preferring the South Hamilton district purchased a bus to transport their childen there. Tom Barton of the WCF Courier wrote that "many" Hubbard-Radcliffe parents chose South Hamilton schools.[4]

In 2017 there was a proposal to continue the arrangement with Eldora-New Providence until 2023.[6] This was done as other area districts had increased ties and/or consolidated altogether.[5]

Schools

South Hardin Middle School in Hubbard, serving both grade-sharing districts, was renovated by 2015.[7]

Prior to the grade-sharing agreement, its schools were Hubbard-Radcliffe Elementary School, Hubbard-Radcliffe Middle School, and Hubbard-Radcliffe Senior High School.[8]

Operations

The district has entered into multiple agreements with other school districts to share employee; Iowa school districts may share employees to save money. By 2014 the Hubbard-Radcliffe, GMG, and BCLUW school districts shared a single elementary guidance counselor, and Hubbard-Radcliffe and BCLUW have a single consumer sciences teacher.[9]

References
  1. "District Info HR". South Hardin Schools. Retrieved 2019-08-02. Dr. Adam Zellmer 200 Chestnut - Hubbard, IA 50122
  2. "Hubbard-Radcliffe" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  3. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  4. Barton, Tom (2006-07-28). "Grade sharing agreement under fire, leads to open-enrollment issues in Hubbard-Radcliffe". WCF Courier. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  5. Meintz, Corey (2017-02-28). "H-R and E-NP to keep WGS through 2023-24". Times Citizen. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  6. "Whole Grade Sharing Agreement Extension Discussed In Hubbard". Radio on the Go. KLMJ/KQCR. 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  7. "Hubbard middle school center opening". Eldoranewspapers.com. Eldora Herald-Ledger/Hardin County Index. 2015-08-17. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  8. "Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School District". Area Education Agency 6. 1999-02-25. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  9. "BCLUW continues staff sharing agreements". Times-Republican. 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
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