Titonka Consolidated School District

Titonka Consolidated School District was a school district headquartered in Titonka, Iowa, United States.[1]

History

For much of its history the district operated elementary and middle school levels.[1]

In 1989 Titonka began a program of sharing academic, athletic, and extracurricular activities with the Buffalo Center-Rake Community School District. On July 1, 1989, Titonka entered into a grade-sharing arrangement with the Buffalo-Rake, Lakota, and Thompson school districts, in which students from any one or two districts attended the other districts' schools for a particular grade level. Earlier that year those districts and the Woden-Crystal Lake Community School District held discussions about a comprehensive plan for their region. In 1992 the Buffalo Center-Rake and Lakota districts merged into the Buffalo Center-Rake-Lakota district. The grade-sharing arrangement with the new district was renewed for three years. While the successor district and Thompson attempted a merge, the Titonka district did not attempt a merger with them.[2]

In 1995 the grade-sharing agreement with Buffalo Center-Rake-Lakota and Thompson expired, and instead Titonka began grade-sharing with Woden-Crystal Lake.[2] The district sent its students to Woden-Crystal Lake for senior high school,[3] while Titonka operated the joint junior high school, and both districts had their respective elementary schools.[4] As a result of the agreement, schools were branded "Woden-Crystal Lake-Titonka Community School District" even though the two districts remained legally separate.[5] In 2002 the Titonka K-8 school had about 200-225 students.[4]

In 2007 the middle school section was renovated and an addition was installed.[6]

In 2011 Titonka switched its high school grade-sharing to the Algona Community School District.[7] Its grade-sharing agreement with the Algona district meant that Titonka would send students in grades 5-12 to Algona, and so the Titonka district became elementary only. In 2013 the residents of the Titonka district voted to consolidate their district altogether into the Algona district. The whole grade-sharing agreement was modified for 2013-2014, the final school year, so that the Algona district only taught preschool and preschool preparation classes.[8] On July 1, 2014, the Titonka district consolidated into the Algona district.[9] The Algona district, which took control of the school building, was scheduled to sell it to the Titonka city government on January 12, 2015.[10]

References
  1. "AEA 3 Public and Parochial School Districts and Administrators." Lakeland Area Education Agency 3. February 4, 1998. Retrieved on July 22, 2018.
  2. Dreier, William H.; Ronald Pilgrim (1995-10-06). "100 Years of Change for Better Schools: A Short Report of Buffalo Township, Winnebago County, Iowa and Its Schools from 1895 to 1995" (PDF). Education Resources Information Center. p. 9. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  3. "About Our Schools." Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency 8. April 4, 2005. Retrieved on July 22, 2018. "High School students to Woden-Crystal Lake Community School"
  4. "Home." Titonka Consolidated School District. February 2, 2002. Retrieved on July 22, 2018.
  5. "Home." Woden-Crystal Lake-Titonka Community School District (joint website of the Woden-Crystal Lake and Titonka districts). February 20, 2002. Retrieved on July 22, 2018.
  6. Miller, Ashley (2014-03-06). "New uses considered for former Titonka school building". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  7. Nelson, Emilie (2011-05-25). "Woden-Crystal Lake-Titonka has final graduation". Forest City Summit. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  8. Countryman, Nathan (2013-04-18). "Titonka Elementary coming to Algona Schools". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  9. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  10. Countryman, Nathan (2015-01-08). "Titonka school building sale to be finalized this month". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
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