The district in eastern Iowa that is most often called “Central Clinton,” and has a website as as “Central Community,” appears to have filed a name change with the state Department of Education last calendar year.
The kinda-sorta-less-vague-yet-not-really name change to “Central DeWitt” follows an encounter with the limited-character scoreboard at Wells Fargo Arena during the 2014 state boys’ basketball tournament*, where it was labeled “CCLINTON.” Being “Central” by itself is even more vague, and we already have a Central Community School, in Elkader, and of course both of them are “central” only in their respective counties.** I guess it will be “CDEWITT” on the scoreboard next time, which is probably the biggest place this change is going to matter.
The name change is discoverable through the education department’s running list of district reorganizations and databases related to the current school year, including certified enrollment. There were news articles, but no indication anything had been done about it.
The district will retain its code number. It was already alphabetically ahead of Central City for whatever reason, but the numbering system has some flubs that date back to its creation in 1993 since Central Lee is ahead of all of them.
In the end, Grand Mound, Low Moor, and Welton are chopped liver, and now the question is “If you’re in De Witt, what are you central to?”
*Why that box score text is dated 2016, I don’t know, unless I’ve stumbled through an Internet wormhole.
**Why isn’t that district Central Clayton?