Benton Community School District Explained

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Benton Community School District
Motto:Quality Education for a Lifetime of Learning
Type:Local school district
Grades:K-12
Location:Van Horne, Iowa
Region:Benton, Iowa and Tama counties
Country:United States
Coordinates:42.010319, -92.086204
Superintendent:Dr. Pamela Ewell
Asst Superintendent:Doug Embray, Dr. James Bieschke
Schools:5
Budget:$29,520,000 (2020-21)[1]
Us Nces District Id:1904830
Students:1702 (2022-23)
Teachers:102.96 FTE
Staff:110.13 FTE
Ratio:16.53
Conference:WaMaC Conference
Mascot:Bobcats
Colors:Blue and Yellow

The Benton Community School District, or Benton Community, is a rural public school district headquartered in Van Horne, Iowa.[2]

The district is mostly in Benton County with portions in Iowa and Tama counties. It comprises seven rural municipalities: Van Horne, Atkins, Blairstown, Elberon, Keystone, Newhall, and Norway.[3] It also serves Watkins;[4] additional students come from Marengo, and Garrison.

Dr. Pamela Ewell was hired as superintendent in 2019, after previous positions as superintendent at Mount Vernon and Van Buren County Schools.[5] [6]

History

A consolidated school board from Keystone, Van Horne, Newhall and Blairstown met from 1962 to 1964 for the planning of the consolidated BCSD, which was officially formed in July 1964.[7]

In 1988, Benton Community joined the WaMaC Conference after the Eastern Iowa conference was disbanded.

The Norway school district merged into the Benton district on July 1, 1995.[8] The schools themselves consolidated earlier in a grade-sharing arrangement in the fall of 1991. From this consolidation, the movie The Final Season portrayed the final state title of the Norway High School baseball team.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Benton Comm School District . . May 22, 2024.
  2. Web site: Home. Benton Community School District. 2020-03-27. Benton Community Schools Central Office 304 1st Street Van Horne, Iowa 52346.
  3. Web site: Benton. Iowa Department of Education. 2020-03-27. 2020-03-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20200327092418/https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FY20_BENTON.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Booklet 2019-2020. Benton Community School District. 4/24. 2020-03-27.
  5. Web site: New Benton Community superintendent loves education. Jim Morrison. Vinton Newspapers. 2019-08-19. 2020-07-27.
  6. Web site: Ewell resigns as Mount Vernon superintendent. The Gazette. 2013-04-22. 2020-07-27.
  7. News: Record Transfer Completes S.Benton Organization . Cedar Valley Daily Times . July 10, 1964.
  8. 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.