Prairie Valley Community School District

Prairie Valley Community School District is a K-12 school district with a district seat in Gowrie, Iowa.

The district is located in portions of Calhoun and Webster counties, as well as a small portion of Greene County. It serves Gowrie, Callender, Farnhamville, Moorland, Rinard, and Somers.[1]

History

The district formed on July 1, 1993 with the merger of the Cedar Valley Community School District and the Prairie Community School District.[2]

In August 2014 the district began a whole grade-sharing arrangement with the Southeast Webster-Grand Community School District as a way to deal with smaller enrollments and as a way to save money. The two districts together share middle and high schools.[3]

Schools

Southeast Valley High School currently is the high school for the two districts.

Prior to the grade sharing, the Prairie Valley district had two schools: The elementary served pre-kindergarten through 6th grade and is located between Farnhamville and Somers. The Prairie Valley High School served 7th grade through 12th grade and was located in Gowrie.

References
  1. "Prairie Valley Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on February 25, 2019.
  2. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 Archived 2019-02-09 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on February 23, 2019.
  3. Clayworth, Jason; Rodney White (2015-10-17). "Shuttered schools: Rural America's SOS". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
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