Laurens–Marathon Community School District is a rural
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school district
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headquartered in
Laurens, Iowa
Laurens is a city in Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States. Its population was 1,264 at the 2020 census.
History
Laurens was platted in 1881. It was named in honor of Henry and John Laurens, father and son, two French Huguenots who became resid ...
, also serving
Marathon
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. The district occupies sections of
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Clay
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Palo Alto
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Pocahontas
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counties.
History
It formed on July 1, 1976, by the merger of the
Laurens Community School District Laurens may refer to:
Places
United States
* Laurens County, Georgia
* Laurens, Iowa, a city
* Laurens (town), New York
* Laurens (village), New York
* Laurens, South Carolina, a city
* Laurens County, South Carolina
* Fort Laurens, an America ...
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. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
On July 1, 2010, the
South Clay Community School District
South Clay Community School District was a school district headquartered in Gillett Grove, Iowa. In addition to Gillett Grove, it served Dickens and Webb.
History
The district was established in 1964.
By 1993, the population had declined so much, ...
was dissolved, and Laurens–Marathon received portions of the district.
In 2014, the
South Central Calhoun Community School District
South Central Calhoun Community School District is a school district headquartered inside South Central Calhoun Middle School in Rockwell City, Iowa.Pocahontas Community School District around 2015.
Kruse was scheduled to leave at the end of the 2016–17 school year. Scott Williamson became the new superintendent in July 2017. That year, the L-M and Pocahontas districts began whole grade-sharing, in which one district sent its children to another district for certain grade levels. L-M had multiple classes it was required to have in order to maintain high school grades, but insufficient numbers of students were enrolled in them. As a result, Laurens–Marathon sent its high school students to Pocahontas high school. Around that time period, Laurens–Marathon elementary school students had, as part of a preliminary indication, increased test scores.
Laurens–Marathon is notable for its severe mismanagement of funds, particularly pertaining to the fine arts. Additionally, Laurens–Marathon middle school students were once given textbooks so old that they had to write in the 27th Amendment to the Constitution.
Schools
The district operates two schools in a single facility in Laurens:
* Laurens–Marathon Elementary School
* Laurens–Marathon Middle School
The current by gymnasium opened in September 1998. The previous by gymnasium, built in the early 1940s, was called "The Barn"."The Barn" " Laurens–Marathon Community School District. November 4, 1999. Retrieved on July 21, 2018.
See also
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List of school districts in Iowa
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