BCLUW Community School District

BCLUW Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Conrad, Iowa.[2]

BCLUW Community School District
Location
Conrad, Iowa
Grundy, Marshall, and Hardin counties

United States
Coordinates42.225445, -92.865850
District information
TypeLocal school district
GradesK-12
Established1992
SuperintendentBen Petty
Schools3
Budget$8,420,000 (2015-16)
NCES District ID19044400[1]
Students and staff
Students593 [1]
Teachers44.23 FTE [1]
Staff47.63 FTE [1]
Student–teacher ratio13.41 [1]
Athletic conferenceNorth Iowa Cedar League
District mascotComets
ColorsBlack and gold    
Other information
Websitebcluw-ia.schoolloop.com

As of 2015, the school district has about 640 students in grades K-12.[3]

Its service area includes portions of Grundy, Marshall, and Hardin counties. It serves Conrad, Beaman, Liscomb, Union, and Whitten.[4] It also serves rural areas around Marshalltown.[3]

The schools are BCLUW Elementary School in Conrad, BCLUW Middle School in Union, and BCLUW High School in Conrad. The school mascot is the Comets, and their colors are black and gold.

History

BCLUW formed on July 1, 1992, as a consolidation of the former Beaman-Conrad-Liscomb (BCL) and Union-Whitten (UW) school districts.[5]

In 2001, it had about 693 students.[6]

Operations

The district entered into an agreement with multiple school districts to share employees; districts may share employees as a way of saving money. For example the BCLUW and GMG school districts share a superintendent, with the occupant working for BCLUW 60% of the time and GMG 40% of the time.[7] Ben Petty, previously the principal of BCLUW High School, became the shared superintendent of GMG and BCLUW in 2011.[8] By 2014 BCLUW, GMG, and the Hubbard–Radcliffe districts shared a single elementary guidance counselor, the BCLUW, GMG, North Tama, and Gladbrook-Reinbeck districts shared a single director of curriculum and innovation, BCLUW and Hubbard–Radcliffe have a single consumer sciences teacher and a single art teacher, and BCLUW and GMG have a single transportation director.[9]

Schools
  • BCLUW Elementary School (Conrad)
  • BCLUW Middle School (Union)
  • BCLUW High School (Conrad)

Athletics

The Comets compete in the North Iowa Cedar League Conference in the following sports:[10]

  • Bowling
  • Cross country (boys and girls)
    • Boys' 1969 State Champions[11]
  • Volleyball (girls)
  • Football (boys)
    • 1976 Class 1A State Champions[12]
  • Basketball (boys and girls)
  • Wrestling (boys and girls)
  • Track and field (boys and girls)
    • Boys' 2-time Class 1A State Champions - (1982, 2006)[13]
  • Golf (boys and girls)
    • Girls' 1990 Class 1A State Champions
  • Baseball (boys)
  • Softball (girls)
    • 2-time Class 2A State Champions (2009, 2010)
  • Soccer (boys and girls)
  • Tennis (boys and girls)

Notable employees
  • Paula Baniszewski (under the name Paula Pace), involved in the murder of Sylvia Likens when she was 17. She worked at BCULW from 1998 to 2012, when she was fired by the district once her true identity was revealed; she failed to disclose her past.[14]

See also

References
  1. "BCLUW Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  2. "Home." BCLUW Community School District. Retrieved on August 3, 2015. "610 E. Center Street, Conrad, IA 50621"
  3. "BCLUW Community School District". BCLUW Community School District. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  4. "BCLUW School District" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-03-22. - The map shows that none of the Marshalltown city limits is within the BCLUW district.
  5. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  6. "Home page". BCLUW Community School District. 2001-02-11. Archived from the original on 2001-02-11. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  7. "New superintendent named for GMG/BCLUW By Margaret Thomsen". Northern Sun Print. Gladbrook, Iowa. 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  8. Potter, Andrew (2011-02-15). "Petty named BCLUW and GMG superintendent". Traer Star-Clipper. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  9. "BCLUW continues staff sharing agreements". Times-Republican. 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  10. "North Iowa Cedar League". North Iowa Cedar League. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  11. "2020 IHSAA Cross Country State Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  12. "Record Book Football 2020 Complete Edition" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  13. "2020 Track & Field Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  14. Schettler, Emily, Joel Aschbrenner and Josh Hafner. "School district fires aide upon learning of secret past" (Archive). The Des Moines Register at USA Today. October 24, 2012. Retrieved on August 3, 2015.
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