Grundy Center Community School District

Grundy Center Community School District, also known as Grundy Center Community Schools, is a public school district headquartered in Grundy Center, Iowa.[2] It operates Grundy Center Elementary School and Grundy Center Secondary School.

Grundy Center Community School District
Location
Grundy Center, Iowa Grundy County United States
Coordinates	42.355718, -92.779499
District information
Type	Local school district
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Robert Hughes
Schools	3
Budget	$15,696,000 (2015-16)[1]
NCES District ID	1913290 [1]
Students and staff
Students	734 [1](2018-19)
Teachers	58.67 FTE [1]
Staff	50.17 FTE [1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.51 [1]
Athletic conference	North Iowa Cedar League
District mascot	Spartans
Colors	Maroon and White
Other information
Website	www.spartanpride.net

The school district is entirely in Grundy County, and the district includes Grundy Center and Holland.[3]

The school's mascot is the Spartan. Their colors are maroon and white.

History

Cassi Murra served as superintendent until she moved to be superintendent of the Knoxville Community School District in 2014.[4] Jerry Schutz began serving as superintendent that year.[5]

Neil Mullen originally was to begin his role as superintendent on July 1, 2018. However, Mullen began on March 1 because Schutz later took another job that began before July 1.[5]

By February 20, 2019, the Grundy Center district was looking for another superintendent.[6] Rob Hughes was scheduled to begin his role as superintendent of both Grundy Center CSD and of Aplington-Parkersburg Community School District effective July 1, 2019.[7]

Schools

• Grundy Center Elementary School
• Grundy Center Middle School
• Grundy Center High School

Grundy Center High School

Athletics

The Spartans compete in the North Iowa Cedar League Conference in the following sports:[8]

• Cross Country
• Volleyball
• Football
  • 3-time State Champions (1984, 1987, 1988)[9]
• Basketball
  • Girls' 2005 Class 2A State Champions
• Wrestling
• Track and Field
• Golf
  • Boys' 2-time Class 2A State Champions (2003, 2005)[10]
  • Girls' 12-time Class 1A State Champions (1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013)
• Baseball
• Softball
• Soccer

Previously the football team had a rivalry with Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School that began circa 1908; circa 2017, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck team was moved to an eight-man division, forcing the rivalry to end.[11]

References

1. "Grundy Center Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
2. "Home". Grundy Center Community School District. Retrieved 2020-04-05. 1301 12TH ST GRUNDY CENTER, IA 50638
3. "Grundy Center" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
4. "Murra accepts superintendent position in Knoxville". The Grundy Register. 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
5. "New superintendent takes reins early in Grundy Center". WCF Courier. 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
6. "Grundy Board begins superintendent search". The Grundy Register. 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2020-04-05. - "For more of this story see the Feb. 20 Grundy Register."
7. Thompson, Chad (2019-04-26). "Hughes will serve Aplington-Parkersburg, Grundy Center". Fort Dodge Messenger. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
8. "North Iowa Cedar League". North Iowa Cedar League. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
9. "Record Book Football 2020 Complete Edition" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
10. "2019-2020 Golf Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
11. "Proposal to dissolve eastern Iowa school district fails". Des Moines Register. Associated Press. 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2018-07-15. Iowa schools mark end of 99-year football rivalry[...]Gladbrook-Reinbeck starts eight-man football play next season - Posted at the Baxter Bulletin - See the photograph caption below the main article

Further reading

• "Grundy Center hires new superintendent". The Grundy Register.
• "Busch, Hughes named finalists in A-P/GC superintendent search". The Grundy Register.

External links

• Grundy Center Community School District
• Grundy Center Community School District (grundy-center.k12.ia.us) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)