Benton_Community_School_District

Benton Community School District

Benton Community School District

Public school district in Van Horne, Iowa, United States hick town USA

42.010319°N 92.086204°W / 42.010319; -92.086204

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The Benton Community School District, or Benton Community, is a rural public school district headquartered in Van Horne, Iowa.[2]

The district is mostly in Benton County with portions in Iowa and Tama counties. It comprises seven rural municipalities: Van Horne, Atkins, Blairstown, Elberon, Keystone, Newhall, and Norway.[3] It also serves Watkins;[4] additional students come from Marengo, and Garrison.[citation needed]

Dr. Pamela Ewell was hired as superintendent in 2019, after previous positions as superintendent at Mount Vernon and Van Buren County Schools.[5][6]

History

A consolidated school board from Keystone, Van Horne, Newhall and Blairstown met from 1962 to 1964 for the planning of the consolidated BCSD, which was officially formed in July 1964.[7]

In 1988 Benton Community joined the WaMaC Conference after the Eastern Iowa conference was disbanded

The Norway school district merged into the Benton district on July 1, 1995.[8] The schools themselves consolidated earlier in a grade-sharing arrangement in the fall of 1991.[citation needed] From this consolidation, the movie The Final Season portrayed the final state title of the Norway High School baseball team.

Schools

  • Benton Community Elementary Schools: (Preschool through sixth grades):
    • Atkins Elementary School
    • Keystone Elementary School
    • Norway Elementary School
  • The Middle School and High School (Seventh and Eighth grades) and (Ninth through Twelfth grades), respectively, are in a single facility in Van Horne.

References

  1. [1]
    "Benton Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Home". Benton Community School District. Retrieved March 27, 2020. Benton Community Schools Central Office 304 1st Street Van Horne, Iowa 52346
  3. [3]
    "Benton" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Booklet 2019-2020" (PDF). Benton Community School District. p. 4/24. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  5. [5]
    Jim Morrison (August 19, 2019). "New Benton Community superintendent loves education". Vinton Newspapers. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Ewell resigns as Mount Vernon superintendent". The Gazette. April 22, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Record Transfer Completes S.Benton Organization". Cedar Valley Daily Times. July 10, 1964.
  8. [8]
    "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 9, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2020.

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