Charter Oak–Ute Community School District

42°03′56″N 95°35′27″W / 42.065469°N 95.590859°W / 42.065469; -95.590859

Charter Oak–Ute Community School District
Location
Crawford and Monona counties
United States
Coordinates42.065469, -95.590859
District information
TypeLocal school district
MottoHelping Students Reach Their Utmost Potential
GradesK-12
Established1962
SuperintendentAdam Eggeling
Budget$4,614,000 (2020-21)[1]
NCES District ID1907110 [1]
Students and staff
Students185 (2022-23)[1]
Teachers19.40 FTE [1]
Staff27.51 FTE [1]
Student–teacher ratio9.54 [1]
District mascotBobcats
ColorsRoyal blue and white
   
Other information
Websitewww.co-u.net

Charter Oak–Ute Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Charter Oak, Iowa. It serves grades K-8, while it sends high school students to the Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto Community School District as part of a grade-sharing arrangement.[2]

The district, located in portions of Crawford and Monona counties, serves Charter Oak, Ute and Soldier.[3]

History

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The district began operations in 1962 as a consolidation of the Charter Oak and Ute school districts.[4] Beginning that year, Charter Oak–Ute had its own high school,[5]

In 1979, the entire school district had 850 students.[4] The high school division had 113 students in the 1991-1992 school year.[6] On July 1, 2004, the East Monona Community School District was dissolved, with a portion going to Charter Oak–Ute.[7] 28% of the former East Monona district, including the City of Soldier, was reassigned to Charter Oak–Ute.[8]

The district, now including the portion of the East Monona territory, from 2005 to 2015, had an enrollment decline of 78 students.[4] In 2006, the high school division had 102 students.[6] In 2017, the district had a total of 264 students,[4] with 78 students in the high school division,[6] including 25 students in grade 12. Due to the decline in enrollments, in January 2017, the Charter Oak–Ute district and the MVAO district entered into a grade-sharing arrangement in which one district sends its students to another district for certain grade levels. As a result, the Charter Oak–Ute high school closed.[5] MVAO High School was renamed MVAO-COU High School. Charter Oak–Ute will pay MVAO tuition costs.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Home. Charter Oak–Ute Community School District. Retrieved on July 16, 2018. "Charter Oak- Ute Communiy [sic] School 321 Main Street Charter Oak, Iowa 51439".
  3. ^ "Charter Oak-Ute" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e Gallagher, Tim (February 12, 2017). "GALLAGHER: Enrollment decline fuels high school sharing pact". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Gallagher, Tim (May 9, 2017). "GALLAGHER: Bobcats bid farewell to Charter Oak-Ute". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Mundt, Dan (December 23, 2016). "CO-U to grade share with MVAO Spring semester to be CO-U High School's last". DBR News. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  7. ^ "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 Archived February 9, 2019, at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  8. ^ Boyce, Brien T. (September 25, 2003). "End of the road for East Monona". Daily Non Pareil. Retrieved July 16, 2018.

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