Perry Community School District

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Perry Community School District
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Location
Perry, Iowa
Dallas, Boone, and Greene counties
United States
Coordinates 41°50′29″N94°04′51″W / 41.84139°N 94.08083°W / 41.84139; -94.08083
District information
TypeLocal school district
GradesK-12
SuperintendentClark Wicks
Schools3
Budget$30,485,000 (2020-21) [1]
NCES District ID1922530 [1]
Students and staff
Students1812 (2022-23) [1]
Teachers133.58 FTE [1]
Staff147.45 FTE [1]
Student–teacher ratio13.56 [1]
Athletic conference Heart of Iowa Conference
District mascotBluejay
ColorsBlue and white
  
Other information
Website www.perry.k12.ia.us

The Perry Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Perry, Iowa, United States.

Contents

The district is mostly in northern Dallas County, with a smaller area in Boone County, and a small portion of Greene County. The district serves Perry and the surrounding rural areas, including the towns of Dawson and Bouton. [2]

Clark Wicks has been superintendent since 2017, after serving as the part-time superintendent at Orient-Macksburg Community School District. He formerly served as the principal at Perry Elementary from 1989 to 2012. [3]

Schools

Perry High School

Perry High School is a high school located in the city of Perry, Iowa.

Perry High School was the victim of a school shooting on January 4, 2024. The Perry High School shooting was the first school shooting of 2024. There were 3 deaths which included the perpetrator, Dylan Butler.

Athletics

The Bluejays compete in the Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference in the following sports: [4]

Fall sports

  • Cross country (boys' and girls')
  • Swimming (girls')
  • Volleyball (girls')
  • Football

Winter sports

  • Basketball (boys' and girls')
    • Boys' – 1988 Class 2A State Champions [5]
    • Girls' – 2-time State Champions (1930, 2002) [6]
  • Wrestling
  • Swimming (boys')

Spring sports

  • Track and field
    • Boys' – 1962 Class A State Champions [7]
  • Golf
    • Boys' – 1983 Class 3A State Champions [8]
  • Soccer
  • Baseball
  • Softball

Shooting

This section is an excerpt from Perry High School shooting.[ edit ]
A mass shooting occurred on January 4, 2024, at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, United States. Seventeen-year-old student Dylan Butler shot five students and three staff members before killing himself. One of the wounded students, a sixth-grader, died the same day and one of the shot staff members, principal Dan Marburger, died 10 days later from injuries sustained during the shooting. [9] It was the first school shooting of 2024. [10]

The shooting occurred during a morning breakfast program at the school. The shooter, Dylan Butler, was armed with a pump-action shotgun, a small-caliber handgun and an improvised explosive device. [11]

Notable alumni

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Perry Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  2. ↑ "FY20 PERRY" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Wicks to be new superintendent for Perry schools". the Perry News. April 13, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Raccoon River Conference". Raccoon River Conference. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ "2020 Basketball Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. January 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ "All Time State Tournament Results" (PDF). Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. pp. 10–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  7. ↑ "2020 Track & Field Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 16, 2019.
  8. ↑ "2019–20 Golf Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 16, 2019.
  9. ↑ McFetridge, Scott; Ahmed, Trisha (January 14, 2024), "Iowa principal who risked his life to protect students during a high school shooting has died", Associated Press , retrieved January 14, 2024
  10. ↑ Paquette, Danielle (January 5, 2024), "Terror in small-town Iowa as gunfire erupts at Perry High School", The Washington Post , ISSN   0190-8286 , retrieved January 14, 2024
  11. ↑ "17-year-old kills sixth grader, wounds five others in Iowa school shooting, police say", Associated Press , January 4, 2024, retrieved January 8, 2024


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