Reinbeck Community School District is a rural

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headquartered in

Reinbeck, Iowa Reinbeck is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,662 at the 2020 census—a five percent decrease from the population of 1,751 in 2000. It is part of the Waterloo– Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area and ...

. The district includes sections of

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, Grundy, and

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counties. Communities served include Reinbeck and

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. The school's mascot is the Rebel. Their colors are blue and silver.

History

Gladbrook Community School District and the Reinbeck Community School District consolidated in 1988 to form Gladbrook–Reinbeck Community School District. In 2017, there was a proposal to dissolve the Gladbrook–Reinbeck district and have five other districts assume control of portions of the district, but voters turned down the proposal by 69%. The proposal was made in response to the closure of Gladbrook Elementary. Previously the

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team had a rivalry with Grundy Center High School that began circa 1908; circa 2017 the Gladbrook–Reinbeck team was moved to an eight-man division, forcing the rivalry to end.

Operations

By 2014, the Gladbrook–Reinbeck, GMG, BCLUW, and North Tama school districts shared a single director of curriculum and innovation; districts may share employees as a way of saving money.

Schools

*Gladbrook–Reinbeck Elementary School *Gladbrook–Reinbeck High School Previously the district had two school sites, one in Reinbeck, and one in Gladbrook; the Gladbrook building had elementary and middle school grades. The Gladbrook school closed in May 2015. Gladbrook–Reinbeck High School had about 260 students.

Gladbrook–Reinbeck High School

Athletics

The Rebels compete in the North Iowa Cedar League Conference in the following sports: *Cross country *Volleyball *Football ** 2-time class A state champions (2015, 2016) *Basketball **Boys' 2015 class 1A state champions *Wrestling *Track and field *Golf ** Boys' 1999 class 1A state champions *Baseball *Softball *Soccer

References

External links

Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District
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