Graettinger–Terril Community School District Explained

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Graettinger–Terril Community School District
Type:Local school district
Grades:K–12
Established:2010
Location:Graettinger, Iowa
Region:Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, and Palo Alto counties
Country:United States
Coordinates:43.236389, -94.755097
Superintendent:Marshall Lewis
Schools:3
Budget:$7,251,000 (2020-21)[1]
Us Nces District Id:1912810
Students:354 (2022-23)
Teachers:32.23 FTE
Staff:41.81 FTE
Ratio:10.98
Conference:Twin Lakes
Mascot:Titans
Colors:Purple, Black and Silver

Graettinger–Terril Community School District (G-T) is a rural public school district in Iowa, with campuses in Graettinger and Terril. The district lies within four counties: Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, and Palo Alto.[2]

In 2013, the district had 329 students.[3]

History

It was established on July 1, 2010, as a consolidation of the Graettinger Community School District and the Terril Community School District.[4]

In 2011, the district and the Ruthven-Ayrshire Community School District agreed to do athletic team sharing.[5] In 2013 the district and the Ruthven-Ayrshire agreed to a partial-day sharing arrangement in that high school students may spend portions of their school days at each campus for certain courses. They began discussing the idea in October 2012.[6] They had discussed the possibility of whole grade-sharing, but Ruthven-Ayrshire canceled those talks in January 2013, stating that it wanted to have its own students in its own high school.[7]

On September 12, 2017, there was a $9.61 bond election for improvements in the Graettinger and Terril buildings, with a security entrance for the latter and classroom improvements for the former.[8]

An election for a $9.7 million bond, held on April 3, 2018,[9] and requiring 60% or more of the voters to approve, was for a regulation gymnasium and industrial arts and science classrooms at the high school facility. It was approved on a 658-410 (61.6%) basis, with Graettinger voters voting 404–108 (78.9%) in favor, Terril voters opposing it by 195–111 (36.3% in favor), and absentee ballots favoring it on a 143–101 (57.2%) basis.[10]

Schools

The district operates three schools:[1]

Graettinger–Terril High School

Athletics

The Titans compete in the Twin Lakes Conference in the following sports as G-T/R-A:[11]

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Graettinger-Terril Comm School District . . July 6, 2024.
  2. "Graettinger-Terril ." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on January 18, 2019.
  3. "Iowa School District Profiles Graettinger-Terril." Iowa State University Iowa Community Indicators Program (ICIP) Department of Economics, June 2013. Retrieved on January 18, 2019.
  4. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on January 17, 2019.
  5. News: Voigt, Dan. School Sharing Talks End Abruptly. Emmetsburg Reporter/Democrat. 2012-12-18. 2019-01-18. January 17, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190117185430/https://www.emmetsburgnews.com/page/content.detail/id/510996/School-Sharing-Talks-End-Abruptly.html?nav=5001. dead.
  6. News: Padilla, Kate. R-A agrees to G-T sharing agreement. Spencer Daily Reporter. 2013-02-25. 2019-01-18. January 17, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190117184617/https://www.spencerdailyreporter.com/story/1944637.html. dead.
  7. News: Hurley, Brandon. R--A school district decides to go with Emmetsburg. Dickinson County News. 2013-01-02. 2019-01-18. January 18, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190118170314/https://www.dickinsoncountynews.com/story/1926979.html. dead.
  8. Web site: Voters In Graettinger-Terril School District To Vote Sept. 12th On $9.61 Million Bond Issue. Explore Okoboji (KUOO/Y100.1/Q192, KKQJ, Extreme Country 105.7 FM). 2017-08-16. 2019-01-18.
  9. News: Boyes, Seth. Graettinger-Terril bond to hit ballot. Dickinson County News. 2018-03-27. 2019-01-18. January 19, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121414/https://www.dickinsoncountynews.com/story/2496465.html. dead.
  10. News: Mitchell, Russ. G-T voters pass $9.7M bond issue. Dickinson County News. 2018-04-03. 2019-01-18. January 17, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190117191129/https://www.dickinsoncountynews.com/story/2498256.html. dead.
  11. Web site: Twin Lakes Conference. Twin Lakes Conference. 2020-08-21.

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