Ventura Community School District
Ventura Community School District (VCSD) was a school district headquartered in Ventura, Iowa.
The district served portions of Cerro Gordo and Hancock counties.[1]
History
School No. 3 was established in unincorporated Cerro Gordo County in 1870, but was later moved to Ventura after a successful but controversial referendum. The permanent Ventura Consolidated School was built in 1918; consolidation of the school districts meant that more students were assigned to the school. A Works Progress Administration (WPA) limestone gymnasium was built after the district paid for its construction in 1937; it was built beginning on June 20, 1939, with completion on July 27, 1940. The existing school was renamed as the Ventura Community School on July 1, 1954, and it received a north-end addition in 1957. A new elementary school was built after a $240,000 bond referendum passed on April 4, 1956, and it was dedicated on September 30, 1957.[1]
The Ventura and Clear Lake districts began having joint specialty high school classes in fall 1963.[1]
For a period the district shared specialized classes with the Garner–Hayfield Community School District. Beginning in 2012 the two districts began a whole grade-sharing program in which students from one district attended school in the other district, with high school students at Garner and with middle school students at Ventura.[2]
The election to determine whether the districts would merge was held on September 9, 2014, with 602–22 in Garner–Hayfield and 351–51 counts in Ventura favoring the merger.[3] Approval required each district to have over half of its constituents to vote in favor.[4] They merged into the new Garner–Hayfield–Ventura Community School District on July 1, 2015.[5]
Schools
It previously operated Ventura Elementary and Ventura Jr.-Sr. High School.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "History." Ventura Community School District. April 12, 2001. Retrieved on November 7, 2018.
- ^ Schuessler, Arian (2012-08-20). "Garner-Hayfield, Ventura come together in first year of sharing". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ Peter, Rebecca (2014-09-16). "G-H, Ventura voters approve school merger". The Leader. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ Peter, Rebecca (2014-09-09). "Voters approve Garner-Hayfield / Ventura merger". The Leader. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
- ^ Info. Ventura Community School District. July 4, 1997. Retrieved on November 7, 2018.
External links
- Ventura Community School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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- 1966: Correctionville/Cushing
- Dysart/Geneseo
- Lawton/Bronson
- 1969: Garrison
- Roland/Story City
- 1971: Stuart/Menlo
- 1973: Clarence/Lowden
- 1974: Miles/Sabula
- 1976: Laurens/Marathon
- 1978: Buffalo Center/Rake
- Swea City/Ledyard
- 1979: Armstrong/Ringsted
- Rembrandt/Sioux Rapids
- 1980: Galva/Holstein
- Eldora/New Providence
- 1981: Hartley/Melvin
- Akron/Westfield
- 1983: Collins/Maxwell
- Ruthven/Ayrshire
- 1984: Fayette
- 1985: Colfax/Mingo
- Sibley/Ocheyedan
- 1988: Boone Valley
- Arnolds Park/Milford
- Bayard/Coon Rapids
- 1989: Havelock-Plover
- Panora-Linden/Y-J-B
- 1990: Calamus/Wheatland
- 1991: Colo/NESCO
- Hartley–Melvin/Sanborn
- Prairie City/Monroe
- Central Webster/Dayton
- Hedrick (*)
- 1992: Beaman-Conrad-Liscomb/Union-Whitten
- Garwin/Green Mountain
- Irwin/Manilla
- Buffalo Center–Rake/Lakota
- LDF/SEMCO
- Jefferson/Scranton
- Steamboat Rock/Wellsburg
- 1993: Adel-DeSoto/Central Dallas
- Center Point/Urbana
- Clarion/Goldfield
- Clay Central/Everly
- Hubbard/Radcliffe
- Manson/Northwest Webster
- Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn
- Lost Nation
- Fonda/Newell-Providence
- Rolfe
- Palmer/Pomeroy
- Cedar Valley/Prairie
- Carson-Macedonia/Oakland
- Lytton/Rockwell City
- Crestland/Schaller
- Sioux Rapids-Rembrandt/Sioux Valley
- Paullina/Primghar/Sutherland
- Lake City/Lohrville
- Dysart-Geneseo/La Porte City
- Shellsburg/Vinton
- 1994: Britt/Kanawha
- Dow City-Arion/Dunlap
- Mar-Mac/MFL
- Maurice-Orange City/Floyd Valley
- Battle Creek/Ida Grove
- Belmond/Klemme
- Eddyville/Blakesburg
- 1995: Clarence-Lowden/Lincoln
- Amana/Clear Creek
- Oxford Junction
- Mallard/West Bend
- Dumont/Hampton
- Norway
- 1996: Hancock-Avoca/Shelby
- Eastwood/Willow
- Buffalo Center–Rake–Lakota/Thompson
- Lake View-Auburn/Wall Lake
- Dike/New Hartford
- 1997: Estherville/Lincoln Central
- Nashua/Plainfield
- 1998: Gladbrook/Reinbeck
- Grand Valley
- 2000: Bridgewater–Fontanelle/Greenfield
- 2001: Dexfield/Stuart-Menlo
- Burt
- Wellsburg-Steamboat Rock/Ackley–Geneva
- 2003: Little Rock/George
- 2004: Parkersburg/Aplington
- Fox Valley
- East Monona
- 2005: Garnavillo/Guttenberg
- Grand/Southeast Webster
- 2007: Sheffield–Chapin/Meservey–Thornton
- 2008: New Market
- Russell (*)
- 2009: Deep River–Millersburg
- 2010: Graettinger/Terril
- South Clay
- 2011: Sac/Wall Lake View Auburn
- IKM/Manning
- Anita/C&M
- Nora Springs–Rock Falls/North Central
- Greene/Allison–Bristow
- SCMT/Rockwell–Swaledale
- Nishna Valley/Malvern
- Lineville–Clio
- 2012: Anthon–Oto/Maple Valley
- Pomeroy–Palmer
- Fremont/Eddyville–Blakesburg
- 2013: Woden–Crystal Lake
- East Central/Preston
- 2014: Southern Cal/Rockwell City–Lytton
- Titonka
- Sumner/Fredericksburg
- Jefferson–Scranton/East Greene
- Exira/Elk Horn–Kimballton
- Armstrong–Ringsted/Sentral
- Clarion–Goldfield/Dows
- Clearfield
- 2015: Garner–Hayfield/Ventura
- Corwith–Wesley
- 2016: Prescott
- AHST/Walnut
- Farragut (*)
- 2018: Alta/Aurelia
- North Fayette/Valley
- Battle Creek–Ida Grove/Odebolt–Arthur
- 2019: North Winneshiek
- Harmony/Van Buren
- Northeast Hamilton