Laurens–Marathon Community School District

42°51′08″N 94°51′03″W / 42.852318°N 94.850786°W / 42.852318; -94.850786

Laurens–Marathon Community School District
Location
Laurens, Iowa
Buena Vista, Clay, Palo Alto, and Pocahontas counties
United States
Coordinates42.852318, -94.850786
District information
TypeLocal school district
GradesK–8
Established1976
SuperintendentKevin Wood
Schools1
Budget$4,630,000 (2020-21)[1]
NCES District ID1916420[1]
Students and staff
Students140 (2022-23)[1]
Teachers12.76 FTE[1]
Staff21.43 FTE[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.97[1]
District mascotChargers
Other information
Websitewww.laurens-marathon.k12.ia.us

Laurens–Marathon Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Laurens, Iowa,[2] also serving Marathon. The district occupies sections of Buena Vista, Clay, Palo Alto, and Pocahontas counties.[3]

History

It formed on July 1, 1976, by the merger of the Laurens Community School District and the Marathon Community School District.[4]

On July 1, 2010, the South Clay Community School District was dissolved, and Laurens–Marathon received portions of the district.[4]

In 2014, the South Central Calhoun Community School District, a district not contiguous with Laurens–Marathon,[5] entered a superintendent-sharing agreement. The shared superintendent was Jeff Kruse.[6]

The district began partial-day sharing, in which students from one district went to another district for some classes, with the Pocahontas Community School District around 2015.[7]

Kruse was scheduled to leave at the end of the 2016–17 school year.[8] Scott Williamson became the new superintendent in July 2017.[9] That year, the L-M and Pocahontas districts began whole grade-sharing, in which one district sent its children to another district for certain grade levels.[7] L-M had multiple classes it was required to have in order to maintain high school grades, but insufficient numbers of students were enrolled in them. As a result, Laurens–Marathon sent its high school students to Pocahontas high school. Around that time period, Laurens–Marathon elementary school students had, as part of a preliminary indication, increased test scores.[10]

Schools

The district operates two schools in a single facility in Laurens:[1]

  • Laurens–Marathon Elementary School
  • Laurens–Marathon Middle School

The current 84-foot (26 m) by 50-foot (15 m) gymnasium opened in September 1998. The previous 76-foot (23 m) by 48-foot (15 m) gymnasium, built in the early 1940s, was called "The Barn".[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Laurens-Marathon Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  2. ^ Home. Laurens–Marathon Community School District. Retrieved on June 20, 2018. "Laurens-Marathon CSD, 300 W Garfield St, Laurens, IA 50554".
  3. ^ "Laurens-Marathon." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Reorganization & Dissolution Actions Since 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  5. ^ "East Sac, South Central will not share superintendent". Carroll Daily Times Herald. May 14, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  6. ^ Schafer, Mark (August 26, 2014). "Laurens-Marathon to share superintendent with South Central Calhoun". Storm Lake Pilot Tribune. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Kaspari, Peter (February 19, 2017). "Laurens-Marathon: Sharing". The Messenger. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  8. ^ "South Central Calhoun: Facility improvements". The Messenger. February 19, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  9. ^ Kaspari, Peter (July 28, 2017). "Williamson is new shared superintendent at L-M". The Messenger. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  10. ^ "Laurens-Marathon: Whole-grade sharing, The agreement is working". The Messenger. January 28, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  11. ^ ""The Barn"." Laurens–Marathon Community School District. November 4, 1999. Retrieved on July 21, 2018.


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