Charter Oak–Ute Community School District Explained

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Charter Oak–Ute Community School District
Motto:Helping Students Reach Their Utmost Potential
Type:Local school district
Grades:K-12
Established:1962
Location:Charter Oak, Iowa
Region:Crawford and Monona counties
Country:United States
Coordinates:42.065469, -95.590859
Superintendent:Adam Eggeling
Budget:$4,614,000 (2020-21)[1]
Us Nces District Id:1907110
Students:185 (2022-23)
Teachers:19.40 FTE
Staff:27.51 FTE
Ratio:9.54
Mascot:Bobcats
Colors:Royal blue and white

Charter Oak–Ute Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Charter Oak, Iowa. It serves grades K-8, while it sends high school students to the Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto Community School District as part of a grade-sharing arrangement.[2]

The district, located in portions of Crawford and Monona counties, serves Charter Oak, Ute and Soldier.[3]

History

The district began operations in 1962 as a consolidation of the Charter Oak and Ute school districts.[4] Beginning that year, Charter Oak–Ute had its own high school,[5]

In 1979, the entire school district had 850 students.[4] The high school division had 113 students in the 1991-1992 school year.[6] On July 1, 2004, the East Monona Community School District was dissolved, with a portion going to Charter Oak–Ute.[7] 28% of the former East Monona district, including the City of Soldier, was reassigned to Charter Oak–Ute.[8]

The district, now including the portion of the East Monona territory, from 2005 to 2015, had an enrollment decline of 78 students.[4] In 2006, the high school division had 102 students.[6] In 2017, the district had a total of 264 students,[4] with 78 students in the high school division,[6] including 25 students in grade 12. Due to the decline in enrollments, in January 2017, the Charter Oak–Ute district and the MVAO district entered into a grade-sharing arrangement in which one district sends its students to another district for certain grade levels. As a result, the Charter Oak–Ute high school closed.[5] MVAO High School was renamed MVAO-COU High School. Charter Oak–Ute will pay MVAO tuition costs.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District . . July 4, 2024.
  2. https://www.co-u.net/ Home
  3. Web site: Charter Oak-Ute. Iowa Department of Education. July 16, 2018.
  4. Web site: Gallagher, Tim. GALLAGHER: Enrollment decline fuels high school sharing pact . Sioux City Journal. February 12, 2017. July 16, 2018.
  5. Web site: Gallagher, Tim. GALLAGHER: Bobcats bid farewell to Charter Oak-Ute. Sioux City Journal. May 9, 2017. July 16, 2018.
  6. Web site: Mundt, Dan. CO-U to grade share with MVAO Spring semester to be CO-U High School’s last. DBR News. December 23, 2016. July 17, 2018.
  7. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 ." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  8. Web site: Boyce, Brien T.. End of the road for East Monona. Daily Non Pareil. September 25, 2003. July 16, 2018.