North Union Community School District

North Union Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Armstrong, Iowa.[2] It covers portions of Emmet, Kossuth and Palo Alto counties, and serves Armstrong, Fenton, Lone Rock and Ringsted.[3]

North Union Community School District
Location
Armstrong, Iowa Kossuth, Emmet and Palo Alto counties United States
Coordinates	43.398682, -94.479370
District information
Type	Local school district
Grades	K-12
Established	2014
Superintendent	Travis Schueller
Schools	2
Budget	$7,326,000 (2015–16)[1]
NCES District ID	1903850 [1]
Students and staff
Students	355 (2018–19) [1]
Teachers	30.35 FTE [1]
Staff	43.37 FTE [1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.70 [1]
Athletic conference	Top of Iowa
District mascot	Warriors
Colors	Green and Black
Other information
Website	nuwarriors.org

It operates North Union Elementary School and North Union High School, while it has a grade sharing arrangement with North Kossuth Community School District in Swea City for its middle school.[4] As of 2015 the district has about 400 students.[5]

History

It was established on July 1, 2014, by the merger of the Armstrong–Ringsted Community School District and the Sentral Community School District.[6] The merger passed in a June 2013 election in the Armstrong-Ringsted district by 291-42 and in Sentral by 78–18, and the approval was through a total of 86% of voters in both school districts.[7] The organizational meeting among the predecessor school districts was held in July of that year.[8]

Matt Berninghaus, already principal of Armstrong-Ringsted, began serving as the interim North Union superintendent and became the formal superintendent effective July 1, 2014.[9] Michael Tidemann of the Estherville News stated that due to the existing grade-sharing and activity-sharing agreements between the predecessor districts and with the North Kossuth district, "Visual changes to the North Union School District will be difficult to identify", although the tax rate was to be standardized.[10] In 2016, Berninghaus left to become the Center Point-Urbana superintendent.[11]

North Union High School

Athletics

The Warriors participate in the Top of Iowa Conference in the following sports:[12]

• Football
• Cross Country
• Volleyball
• Basketball
• Wrestling
• Golf
• Track and Field
• Baseball
• Softball

References

1. "North Union Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
2. Home. North Union Community School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2018. "North Union Community School District, 600 4th Ave., Armstrong, IA 50514".
3. "." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2020.
4. "MS/PK-5 Swea City." North Union Community School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.
5. Duffy, Molly (2018-02-13). "Iowa school districts cope with when to consolidate - and when to stand alone". Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
6. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
7. "Northern Iowa voters OK school merger". Fairmont Sentinel. 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
8. Tidemann Michael (2013-07-29). "North Union board holds organizational meeting". Estherville Daily News. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
9. Tidemann, Michael (2014-01-28). "North Union hires Berninghaus as superintendent". Estherville News. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
10. Tidemann, Michael (2014-06-27). "The transition from Armstrong-Ringsted to North Union". Estherville Daily News. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
11. "Meet new CPU Superintendent Matt Berninghaus". Vinton Today. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
12. "Top of Iowa Conference". Top of Iowa Conference. Retrieved 2020-08-11.

External links

• North Union Community School District