WodenâCrystal Lake Community School District (W-CL) was a school district headquartered in Crystal Lake, Iowa. [1] It served Crystal Lake and Woden.
Circa 1992 the WodenâCrystal Lake district began sharing administrative services and employees with the Forest City Community School District. [2]
For much of its history, the Titonka Consolidated School District sent its students to the WodenâCrystal LakeâTitonka High School for senior high school, [3] while Titonka operated the joint junior high school, and both districts had their respective elementary schools, with WodenâCrystal Lake's elementary being in Woden. As a result of the agreement, schools were branded "WodenâCrystal LakeâTitonka Community School District" even though the two districts remained legally separate. [4] In 2011, WodenâCrystal Lake shifted its grade-sharing to the Forest City district, while Titonka switched its grade-sharing to the Algona district. Therefore, WodenâCrystal closed WodenâCrystal LakeâTitonka High School. [5] As a result, preschool through first grade remained at the Crystal City school while other grade levels were sent to Forest City. [6]
The leaderships of the WodenâCrystal Lake and Forest City districts prepared for an election which would merge the districts into one. 270 W-CL residents submitted a petition instead asking for the district to be dissolved and broken into pieces given to multiple surrounding districts. [2] Using a petition asking for a consolidation, Area Education Agency 267 approved the vote, with a preliminary election date of September 11, 2012. [7] On July 1, 2013, the WodenâCrystal Lake district consolidated into the Forest City district. [8]