Jefferson–Scranton Community School District or Jefferson–Scranton Community Schools (JSCS) was/is a school district headquartered in Jefferson,

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, United States. It served the communities of Jefferson and

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, Paton-Churdan, Grand Junction and other surrounding towns.

History

The district was established on July 1, 1992, by the merger of the Jefferson and Scranton school districts. In 2001, the district had 1,422 students; this declined to 1,002 in 2013.
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/ref> In the 2012 school year, it entered a grade-sharing relationship (in which students from one district attended school in another district for certain grade levels) with the East Greene Community School District.Home
" East Greene Community School District. July 23, 2012. Retrieved on June 25, 2018. The two districts merged into the

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on July 1, 2014.

Schools

At one time it had four schools: Jaques/South Elementary Schools (Jefferson), Scranton Elementary School, Jefferson–Scranton Middle School, and Jefferson–Scranton High School. The Scranton school building, a K-12 school until circa 1989,Scranton Elementary School
" Jefferson-Scranton Community School District. January 13, 1997. Retrieved on July 19, 2018. had a three-story section built in 1915. Circa 1997 it had about 277 students. The school closed in 2008; the school district had notified the city government in 2006 so the city could plan for the future of the school. In 2010 the city government acquired the building, paying $1 for it, and converted it into a community center; the city government considered converting the school facility into an apartment block, but it determined it would have required too much money. The city government determined that it could not find a purpose for the 1913 section; therefore its razing occurred in 2012. The current Greene County district, as of 2014, rented the school gymnasium for athletic meetups. The Jacques Elementary School was built in 1991–1992. Jefferson–Scranton High had about 425 students circa 1997.
" Jefferson-Scranton High School. January 13, 1997. Retrieved on July 19, 2018.

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* Defunct school districts in Iowa School districts established in 1992 1992 establishments in Iowa School districts disestablished in 2014 2014 disestablishments in Iowa Education in Greene County, Iowa {{Iowa-school-stub