North Scott Community School District

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North Scott Community School District
North Scott Interlocking NS Mark.png
Location
United States
District information
TypeLocal school district
GradesK-12
Established1956
SuperintendentJoe Stutting
Schools7
Budget$44,410,000 (2020-21) [1]
NCES District ID1920940 [1]
Students and staff
Students3463 (2022-23) [1]
Teachers223.98 FTE [1]
Staff230.22 FTE [1]
Student–teacher ratio15.46 [1]
Athletic conference Mississippi Athletic Conference
District mascotLancers
ColorsScarlet and Silver
  
Other information
Website www.north-scott.k12.ia.us

The North Scott School District is a suburban public school district in Scott County, Iowa. Based in Eldridge, it spans 220 square miles (570 km2) in northern Scott County, and serves the cities of Eldridge, Dixon, Donahue, Long Grove, Maysville, McCausland, Princeton, a portion of northern Davenport, and the surrounding rural areas. [2]

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History

Because of its central location in the new district, Eldridge was selected as the site for a new junior-senior high school building. The southwest corner of LeClaire Road and South First Street, at the time the east edge of town. Construction began in 1957, and was completed in time for the 1958-1959 school year.[ citation needed ]

North Scott's first superintendent was Charles Hahn; the first high school principal was Melvin Heiler. Heiler would succeed Hahn in 1964 and guided the district through a period of great growth during the late 1960s and 1970s. He retired in 1980, a year after a successful push for the construction of a 900-seat fine arts auditorium at the high school.[ citation needed ]

Elementary students in kindergarten through sixth grades continued to attending either rural one-room schoolhouses in various parts of the county (or if they lived in town, an older school building). Students assigned to a particular building depending their grade level and where they lived in the district. By 1961, district leaders began the first of several attempts to pass a bond issue to replace these older school buildings with modern elementary schools. After several failed attempts, voters finally approved a measure in July 1965 to build four elementary buildings: one each in Eldridge, Donahue, Long Grove and Princeton. The elementary buildings were completed by 1967, with each of them named after astronauts (in paying homage to the space program). The older school buildings were either converted for private uses or abandoned.[ citation needed ]

North Scott's enrollment continued to surge in the early 1970s, with several district buildings receiving additions to accommodate this growth. A new junior high building was erected in Eldridge in 1975 (and opened in January 1976), while another elementary school building - in the fast-growing Park View - opened in the late summer of 1976. Several major additions have been completed to the high school through the years, most notably an auxiliary gymnasium in 1971, a fine arts auditorium in 1981, additional administrative offices in 1983, an expanded media center and computer labs in 1987 and a new science and fine arts wing in 1999. Each of the elementary schools and the junior high also received numerous additions in the late 1990s.[ citation needed ]

Dr. Tim Dose led the district as its superintendent from 2001 until his unexpected death on July 1, 2008. During his seven-year tenure as the district's top administrator, he was credited for leading the district through tough financial times, punctuated with the layoff of several teachers to offset declining revenue. He had most recently been a driving force in advocating the renewal of the district's physical plant and equipment levy and 1-cent local option sales tax, special funding mechanisms which provide school districts with extra revenue for building, technology and infrastructure projects. [3] Dr. Dennis Rucker, who had served school districts in Illinois and Iowa during the past 30 years, was named interim superintendent a month later. [4]

In March 2009, the school board named Jeff Schwiebert as its new superintendent. Schwiebert had served as superintendent of the Mount Vernon Community School District. [5] During his time as superintendent, he oversaw the implementation of a facilities plan that included additions at the high school and several of the elementary schools, most notably a classroom and gymnasium addition at Ed White Elementary in Eldridge. That plan came into being after voters rejected an earlier proposal that included a second elementary school in Eldridge; there had been considerable community debate on the need for the second Eldridge elementary school and its possible impact on outlying schools. Schwiebert announced his retirement in January 2014, and two months later, Joe Stutting, who had been superintendent of the Sturgeon Bay (Wisconsin) School District, was named superintendent. [6] Early in Stutting's tenure, a major expansion of Ed White Elementary School in Eldridge was completed.

Other superintendents during North Scott's history were Robert "Bear" Stevens (1980–1984), Douglas Otto (1984–1987) and Pascal V. "Pat" DeLuca (1987–2001).

List of schools

High School

Junior High School

Elementary schools

Facts and figures

Enrollment

YearDistrict-wideHigh schoolsJunior high schoolsElementary schoolsOther programs & adjustments
2005–20063,008.6 [7] 1,0554871,517-50.4
2004–20052,972.41,073489.11,461-50.7
2003-2004 [8] 3,1291,0654841,55426
2002-2003 [9] 3,1081,0435331,51022
2001-2002 [10] 3,0409855361,50415
2000-2001 [11] 3,0889785171,5930

See also

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