Lu Verne Community School District

School district in Iowa, United States

42°54′44″N 94°05′08″W / 42.912349°N 94.085642°W / 42.912349; -94.085642

Lu Verne Community School District
Location
Lu Verne, Iowa Kossuth, Hancock, and Humboldt counties United States
Coordinates	42.912349, -94.085642
District information
Type	Local school district
Grades	K-6
Superintendent	Jon Hueser
Schools	1
Budget	$2,744,000 (2020-21)^[1]
NCES District ID	1917880^[1]
Students and staff
Students	35 (2022-23)^[1]
Teachers	6.18 FTE^[1]
Staff	8.52 FTE^[1]
Student–teacher ratio	5.66^[1]
District mascot	Panthers
Other information
Website	www.luverne.k12.ia.us

Lu Verne Community School District was a rural public school district headquartered in Lu Verne, Iowa.

The district, which occupied sections of Kossuth, Hancock, and Humboldt counties, served Lu Verne, Corwith, and Wesley.^[2] It merged in 2023.

History

In 1984, the Corwith–Wesley Community School District established a grade-sharing arrangement,^[3] in which it operated Corwith–Wesley–Lu Verne High School, with the Lu Verne district sending its secondary students there.^[4]

On July 1, 1988, the Boone Valley Community School District dissolved, with a portion transferred to the Lu Verne district.^[5]

By 2013, there were 86 students of all grade levels in the Lu Verne district and 115 students of all grade levels within the Corwith–Wesley 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]

On July 1, 2015, the Corwith–Wesley district dissolved, with a portion of the district being reassigned to the Lu Verne district.^[5] Lu Verne received 87% of the former Corwith–Wesley territory,^[7] and most of Corwith–Wesley's elementary students were scheduled to go to Lu Verne schools.^[8] Starting in 2015, the Lu Verne district began to send its secondary students to Algona Community School District schools - Algona Middle School and Algona High School - as part of a new grade-sharing arrangement.^[9]

In September 2022, voters in Lu Verne CSD approved being taken over by Algona CSD, with 121 in favor and 45 against; additionally, voters in Algona CSD voted to take in Lu Verne CSD with 349 in favor and 9 against.^[10]

On July 1, 2023, the district merged into the Algona CSD.^[11]

Schools

Former schools:^[12]

LuVerne Elementary School
CWL Middle School (meaning Corwith–Wesley-LuVerne)

Enrollment

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "LuVerne Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
^ "Lu Verne." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on August 14, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "CWL, Algona seek sharing agreement". The Messenger. April 11, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
^ Clayworth, Jason; White, Rodney (May 23, 2015). "Last hurrah: Corwith-Wesley students celebrate final graduation". Des Moines Register. Retrieved August 14, 2018. - Mobile version
^ ^a ^b "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on August 14, 2018.
^ "CWL to look at whole-grade sharing". Humboldt News. January 17, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
^ "C-W dissolution passes". The Leader. September 16, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
^ Clayworth, Jason; Rodney White (May 28, 2015). "Corwith-Wesley says farewell, old friend". Des Moines Register. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
^ "About Us!" Lu Verne Community School District. Retrieved on September 15, 2018. "In 2015 we entered into a whole grade sharing agreement to send our 7-12 (now 6-12) students to the Algona MS/HS."
^ "Residents of the Algona and Lu Verne School Districts Vote to Merge into One District". KBEW-FM. September 15, 2022. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
^ "Reorganization and Dissolution Action Since 1965-66". Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
^ "Home". Lu Verne Community School District. Archived from the original on March 2, 2001. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
^ "Public School Certified Enrollment Summary by District". Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved December 15, 2021.

External links

Lu Verne Community School District
Carter, Joe (December 13, 2021). "Algona and Lu Verne Reorganization". Algona Community School District.
Yost, Rae (April 5, 2013). "Corwith-Wesley, LuVerne students surveyed prefer move to Algona district". Globe Gazette.

Defunct school districts in Iowa since 1965–1966

Most of the districts were merged after public votes. Dissolutions, most also the result of public votes, are in italics, and involuntary dissolutions done by the Iowa State Board of Education are marked with asterisks (*).

1960s