CorwithâWesley Community School District was a school district based in Corwith, Iowa, [1] serving Corwith and Wesley. The district occupied sections of Hancock and Kossuth counties as well as a small portion of Wright County. [2]
In 1984, CorwithâWesley established a grade-sharing arrangement, [3] in which it operated Corwith-Wesley-Lu Verne High School, with the Lu Verne Community School District sending its secondary students there. This continued for the remainder of the district's existence. [4]
On July 1, 1988, the Boone Valley Community School District dissolved, with a portion assigned to CorwithâWesley. [5]
By 2013, there were 115 students of all grade levels within the CorwithâWesley district and 86 in the Lu Verne district; districts cannot merge under Iowa law if they have fewer than 200 students total, [3] and lower enrollments means getting less funds from the Iowa state government. [6] At the time the two districts were trying to find a third school district for a new grade-sharing arrangement. [3]
In September 2014, CorwithâWesley residents voted to dissolve their district on a 101â78 basis. [7] The district dissolved on July 1, 2015, with portions going to the Algona, ClarionâGoldfieldâDows, LuVerne and West Hancock districts. [5] LuVerne received the majority of the territory, with 87% of the land. [7] Most of its primary students were scheduled to go to Lu Verne schools and most of its secondary students were scheduled to go to Algona schools. [8]
The Corwith school building had three stories. [9] It closed in 2015, and its demolition was anticipated in 2016. [10]
In 2009, the Wesley campus closed since the district had been sending students to LuVerne. The district sold it to the city government, which in 2014 primarily used it as a storage center, and had removed the school's utilities. [9]
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