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The Clarion–Goldfield–Dows Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Clarion, Iowa. [2] The school district is mostly in Wright County, with portions of the district extending into Franklin, Humboldt and Hancock counties. The district serves the communities of Clarion, Dows, Galt and Goldfield, [3] as well ...
Clarion–Goldfield Community School District was a school district headquartered in Clarion, Iowa. It covered 254 square miles (660 km 2) of area, [1] mostly in Wright County with some portions in the counties in Hancock and Humboldt. [1] In its service area were Clarion, Galt, and Goldfield, [2] as well as the unincorporated communities of ...
Clarion is the birthplace of the four-leaf clover emblem used by the 4-H Clubs of America, conceived of in 1907 by the local school superintendent, O.H. Benson. [citation needed] In March 1994, some 1000 protesters gathered to object to Iowa Select Farms locating a CAFO farrowing unit near Briggs Woods Lake in Hamilton County, Iowa.
wrightcounty .iowa .gov. Wright County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,943. [1] The county seat is Clarion. [2] The county organization became effective in January 1851, and is believed to be named either after Silas Wright, a governor of New York, or Joseph Albert Wright, a governor of Indiana.
On July 1, 2014, they merged into the Clarion–Goldfield–Dows Community School District. [7] Dows Community School District was established in 1880. The old high school was located in what is today city park. In 1914 a brick school building was built in the northwest side of town, where it stands today. In 1935, a two-story addition was ...
In fall 1995 the number of school districts operating high schools was down to 353, and in 1995 670 was the median enrollment K-12 of an Iowa school district. [6] An Iowa Department of Education consultant named Guy Ghan referred to the 1990s school district mergers as the "third wave".
Due to fewer students in 2014, the school had to close down. The current community is within the Clarion–Goldfield–Dows Community School District, which was formed by the merger of the Dows Community School District and the Clarion–Goldfield Community School District on July 1, 2014. [12] The school property in Dows was later on purchased.
The Goldfield building was closed in 2008, with all students attending all classes in Clarion. The Clarion–Goldfield and Dows community school districts merged into the Clarion–Goldfield–Dows Community School District in 2014 after 9 years of whole grade sharing. The Clarion–Goldfield–Dows School District had a certified enrollment (K ...