Southern Cal Community School District
defunct school district in Iowa, US
Southern Cal Community School District was a school district headquartered in Lake City, Iowa.
The district, with more than 230 square miles (600 km2) of space, had sections in Calhoun, Carroll, Greene and Sac counties. In addition to Lake City it served Lohrville, Yetter, and much of Lanesboro.
History
The district formed on July 1, 1993, from the merger of the Lake City City Community School District and the Lohrville Community School District.
In 1998, the district had 694 students; this declined by 28% to 499 in 2011.
In 2009, the Southern Cal district and the Rockwell City–Lytton Community School District decided to begin sharing athletic programs in the 2010–2011 school year and begin whole grade sharing, in which districts sent students to each other's schools, in the 2012–2013 school year. By 2011–2013, grades 5–12 were shared, and in 2012–2013 all grade levels became shared. On Tuesday, February 5, 2013, the districts held an election on whether they would consolidate. The vote to consolidate was successful, with a count 340–86 in Southern Calhoun and a 253–67 count in Rockwell City–Lytton; a total of 746 people voted. On July 1, 2014, the two districts merged to form the South Central Calhoun Community School District.
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