Clarinda Community School District

40°44′34″N 95°01′59″W / 40.742827°N 95.033191°W / 40.742827; -95.033191

Clarinda Community School District
Location
Clarinda, Iowa
Page and Taylor counties
United States
Coordinates40.742827, -95.033191
District information
TypeLocal school district
MottoBuilding a Foundation for Success
GradesK-12
SuperintendentJeff Privia
Schools4
Budget$15,178,000 (2020-21)[1]
NCES District ID1931680[1]
Students and staff
Students1062 (2022-23)[1]
Teachers75.66 FTE[1]
Staff83.70 FTE[1]
Student–teacher ratio14.04[1]
Athletic conferenceHawkeye 10
District mascotCardinals
ColorsDark Red and Black
   
Other information
Websitewww.clarinda.k12.ia.us

Clarinda Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Clarinda, Iowa, United States. The district, in sections of Page and Taylor counties, serves Clarinda, Hepburn, Yorktown, and sections of New Market.[2]

History

On July 1, 2008, the New Market Community School District was dissolved; portions went to the Clarinda district.[3]

In 1953 the districts junior high school was condemned. The school year was finished in multiple churches throughout town. A new Junior high was built on the south end of town, named after former president James Garfield. For many years the district operated Lincoln elementary ( built 1923) and McKinley elementary ( built 1955). When the school district built a new senior high school on the west edge of town in 1969, the 1922 High school building became the junior high school, and Garfield junior High became Garfield elementary. In 1992, facing budget cuts and ADA compliance issues, the district voted to close lincoln elementary. The district restructured the grade levels with K-2 at Garfield Elementary, 3-5 at McKinley, 6-8 at the middle school and 9-12 at the Senior High school. By 1996 the school district was struggling with decreasing enrollment, and outdated facilities. The high school was overcrowded with the addition of New Market high school students, and the freshman class to the senior high school. A bond issue to expand Garfield elementary into a Pk-8 facility, and add onto the high school passed overwhelmingly. Students moved into the new facilities in the fall of 1998. The old 1923 middle school was demolished and a new library erected on the site, McKinley elementary became the home of the districts central office and alternative school.

Schools

  • Clarinda Junior/Senior High school
  • Garfield Elementary School

Clarinda High School

Athletics

The Cardinals compete in the Hawkeye 10 Conference in the following sports:[4]

Fall Sports

  • Football
  • Cross Country (boys and girls)
    • Boys' - 3-time State Champions (1956, 1962, 1963)[5]
  • Volleyball

Winter Sports

  • Basketball (boys and girls)
  • Bowling
  • Wrestling
    • 1994 Class 2A State Champions[6]

Spring Sports

  • Golf (boys and girls)
  • Tennis (boys and girls)
  • Track and Field (boys and girls)
    • Boys' - 1956 Class A State Champions[7]

Summer Sports

  • Baseball
  • Softball

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Clarinda Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Clarinda Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 Archived 2019-02-09 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  4. ^ "Hawkeye 10 Conference". Hawkeye 10 Conference. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  5. ^ Cross Country Stat Book
  6. ^ 2020 Wrestling Stat Book
  7. ^ "2020 TRACK & FIELD STATE MEET STAT BOOK" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 17, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2020.


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