BCLUW Community School District

42°13′32″N 92°51′57″W / 42.225445°N 92.865850°W / 42.225445; -92.865850

BCLUW Community School District
Location
Conrad, Iowa
Grundy, Marshall, and Hardin counties
United States
Coordinates42.225445, -92.865850
District information
TypeLocal school district
GradesK-12
Established1992
SuperintendentBen Petty
Schools3
Budget$8,792,000 (2020-21)[1]
NCES District ID19044400[1]
Students and staff
Students506 (2022-23)[1]
Teachers42.77 FTE[1]
Staff51.23 FTE[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.83[1]
Athletic conferenceIowa Star Conference
District mascotComets
ColorsBlack and Gold    
Other information
Websitebcluw-ia.schoolloop.com

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 Elementary School (Conrad)
  • BCLUW Middle School (Union)
  • BCLUW High School (Conrad)

BCLUW High School

Athletics

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

  • Bowling
  • Cross country (boys and girls)
    • Boys' 1969 State Champions[12]
  • Volleyball (girls)
  • Basketball (boys and girls)
  • Wrestling (boys and girls)
  • Track and field (boys and girls)
    • Boys' 2-time Class 1A State Champions - (1982, 2006)[13]
  • Golf (boys and girls)
  • Baseball (boys)
  • Softball (girls)
  • Soccer (boys and girls)
  • Tennis (boys and girls)

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

  • 1976 Class 1A State Champions[14]

Enrollment

[15]

Notable employees

  • Paula Baniszewski (under the name Paula Pace), involved in the murder of Sylvia Likens when she was 17. She worked at BCULW from 1998 to 2012, when she was fired by the district once her true identity was revealed.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "BCLUW Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "Home." BCLUW Community School District. Retrieved on August 3, 2015. "610 E. Center Street, Conrad, IA 50621"
  3. ^ a b "BCLUW Community School District". BCLUW Community School District. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  4. ^ "BCLUW School District" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved March 22, 2020. - The map shows that none of the Marshalltown city limits is within the BCLUW district.
  5. ^ "Reorganization & Dissolution Actions Since 1965-66" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 9, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  6. ^ "Home page". BCLUW Community School District. February 11, 2001. Archived from the original on February 11, 2001. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  7. ^ "New superintendent named for GMG/BCLUW By Margaret Thomsen". Northern Sun Print. Gladbrook, Iowa. February 11, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  8. ^ Potter, Andrew (February 15, 2011). "Petty named BCLUW and GMG superintendent". Traer Star-Clipper. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  9. ^ "BCLUW continues staff sharing agreements". Times-Republican. July 25, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  10. ^ "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 [user-generated source]
  12. ^ "2020 IHSAA Cross Country State Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 16, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  13. ^ "2020 Track & Field Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 17, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  14. ^ "Record Book Football 2020 Complete Edition" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. June 9, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  15. ^ "Public School Certified Enrollment Summary by District". Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 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.