Greene Community School District

Greene Community School District was a school district headquartered in Greene, Iowa.

The district served sections of Butler and Floyd counties.[1]

It began whole grade-sharing with the Allison–Bristow Community School District in 2004, leading to the creation of North Butler High School in Greene and North Butler Middle School in Allison. Leaderships of the two districts promoted a merger that would occur by 2006 as they hoped to obtain property tax incentives and weighted enrollment funds totaling $600,000.[2] This election was scheduled for Tuesday, October 11, 2005.[3] The proposed merger failed as Aliston–Bristow voters defeated it on a 279–206 basis, with 57.53% rejecting the proposed merger. The Greene voters had approved it on a 352–62 basis (85.02%).[4]

The second vote on whether the districts would merge succeeded in 2010, with Greene voters approving it on a 607–25 basis (96%) and Allison–Bristow voters approving it on a 378–311 basis (54.86%).[5] It merged with Allison–Bristow CSD to form North Butler Community School District on July 1, 2011.[6]

References
  1. "Greene Community School District" (Map). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 6, 2019. Detail map of Greene
  2. Miller, Jessica (2005-07-29). "Alliston-Bristow, Greene school districts discuss merger". WCF Courier. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  3. Buehner, Kristin (2005-10-07). "Greene, Allison-Bristow to vote on school consolidation". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  4. Buehner, Kristin (2005-12-12). "Greene, Allison-Bristow consolidation vote fails". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  5. Buehner, Kristin (2010-09-14). "Six school districts merge into three after voting". Globe Gazette. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  6. "District Reorganization History final." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 6, 2019.
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