Buffalo Center–Rake Community School District

Former school district in Iowa

Buffalo Center–Rake Community School District was a school district serving Buffalo Center and Rake, Iowa.

The district was established on July 1, 1978, with the merger of the Buffalo Center Community School District and the Rake Community School District.^[1]

In fall 1987, the Buffalo Center–Rake district and the Lakota Community School District entered into a grade-sharing arrangement in which students from both districts attended the Buffalo Center–Rake secondary school, and which had the same principal for the elementary level. The arrangement was approved the prior January 12. Each district still had its own superintendent.^[2]

In 1989, the Titonka Community School District began a program of sharing academic, athletic, and extracurricular activities with Buffalo Center–Rake. On July 1, 1989, Buffalo Center–Rake entered into a grade-sharing arrangement with the Lakota, Thompson and Titonka school districts. Earlier that year those districts and the Woden–Crystal Lake Community School District held discussions about a comprehensive plan for their region.^[3]

On July 1, 1992, the Buffalo Center–Rake and Lakota districts merged into the Buffalo Center–Rake–Lakota Community School District.^[1] The grade-sharing arrangement continued with the new district until 1995.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
^ Dreier, William H.; Ronald Pilgrim (1995-10-06). "100 Years of Change for Better Schools: A Short Report of Buffalo Township, Winnebago County, Iowa and Its Schools from 1895 to 1995" (PDF). Education Resources Information Center. pp. 7, 9. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
^ ^a ^b Dreier, William H.; Ronald Pilgrim (1995-10-06). "100 Years of Change for Better Schools: A Short Report of Buffalo Township, Winnebago County, Iowa and Its Schools from 1895 to 1995" (PDF). Education Resources Information Center. p. 9. Retrieved 2019-08-02.

Defunct school districts in Iowa since 1965–1966

Most of the districts were merged after public votes. Dissolutions, most also the result of public votes, are in italics, and involuntary dissolutions done by the Iowa State Board of Education are marked with asterisks (*).

1960s