BCLUW Community School District explained

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BCLUW Community School District
Type:Local school district
Grades:K-12
Established:1992
Location:Conrad, Iowa
Region:Grundy, Marshall, and Hardin counties
Country:United States
Coordinates:42.225445, -92.865850
Superintendent:Ben Petty
Schools:3
Budget:$8,792,000 (2020-21)[1]
Us Nces District Id:19044400
Students:506 (2022-23)
Teachers:42.77 FTE
Staff:51.23 FTE
Ratio:11.83
Conference:Iowa Star Conference
Mascot:Comets
Colors:Black and Gold

BCLUW Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Conrad, Iowa.[2]

As of 2015, the school district has about 640 students in grades K-12.[3]

Its service area includes portions of Grundy, Marshall, and Hardin counties. It serves Conrad, Beaman, Liscomb, Union, and Whitten.[4] It also serves rural areas around Marshalltown.[3]

The schools are BCLUW Elementary School in Conrad, BCLUW Middle School in Union, and BCLUW High School in Conrad. The school mascot is the Comets, and their colors are black and gold.

History

BCLUW formed on July 1, 1992, as a consolidation of the former Beaman-Conrad-Liscomb (BCL) and Union-Whitten (UW) school districts.[5]

In 2001, it had about 693 students.[6]

Operations

The district entered into an agreement with multiple school districts to share employees; districts may share employees as a way of saving money. For example the BCLUW and GMG school districts share a superintendent, with the occupant working for BCLUW 60% of the time and GMG 40% of the time.[7] Ben Petty, previously the principal of BCLUW High School, became the shared superintendent of GMG and BCLUW in 2011.[8] By 2014 BCLUW, GMG, and the Hubbard–Radcliffe districts shared a single elementary guidance counselor, the BCLUW, GMG, North Tama, and Gladbrook–Reinbeck districts shared a single director of curriculum and innovation, BCLUW and Hubbard–Radcliffe have a single consumer sciences teacher and a single art teacher, and BCLUW and GMG have a single transportation director.[9]

Schools

BCLUW High School

Athletics

The Comets compete in the Iowa Star Conference in the following sports:[10] [11]

In addition, the Comets currently compete in Class A in football.

Enrollment

[15]

Notable employees

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BCLUW Comm School District. National Center for Education Statistics. May 17, 2024.
  2. "Home." BCLUW Community School District. Retrieved on August 3, 2015. "610 E. Center Street, Conrad, IA 50621"
  3. Web site: BCLUW Community School District. BCLUW Community School District. August 3, 2015.
  4. Web site: BCLUW School District. Iowa Department of Education. 2020-03-22. - The map shows that none of the Marshalltown city limits is within the BCLUW district.
  5. Web site: Reorganization & Dissolution Actions Since 1965-66. https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124738/https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/District%20Reorganization%20History%20final.pdf. dead. 2019-02-09. Iowa Department of Education. 2020-03-22.
  6. Web site: Home page. https://web.archive.org/web/20010211003343/http://www.bcluw.k12.ia.us/main1.html. dead. 2001-02-11. BCLUW Community School District. 2001-02-11. 2020-03-22.
  7. Web site: New superintendent named for GMG/BCLUW By Margaret Thomsen. Northern Sun Print. Gladbrook, Iowa. 2011-02-11. 2020-03-28.
  8. Web site: Potter, Andrew. Petty named BCLUW and GMG superintendent. Traer Star-Clipper. 2011-02-15. 2020-03-28.
  9. Web site: BCLUW continues staff sharing agreements. Times-Republican. 2014-07-25. 2020-03-28.
  10. Web site: A new NICL for now . August 11, 2021 .
  11. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02kpe813FJZnsvodQe6i2DgXpz5w8SQTfy7xMMryYTEhSdvNBYC5W4Vx9J9ac5tij2l&id=137650329600987&refid=17&__tn__=%2AW-R
  12. Web site: 2020 IHSAA Cross Country State Book. Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2019-12-16. 2020-08-07.
  13. Web site: 2020 Track & Field Stat Book. Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2019-12-17. 2020-08-07.
  14. Web site: Record Book Football 2020 Complete Edition. Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2020-06-09. 2020-07-23.
  15. Web site: Public School Certified Enrollment Summary by District . . December 15, 2021.
  16. Schettler, Emily, Joel Aschbrenner and Josh Hafner. "School district fires aide upon learning of secret past" (Archive). The Des Moines Register at USA Today. October 24, 2012. Retrieved on August 3, 2015.

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