Late last month, the Webster City and Northeast Hamilton school districts approved reorganization petitions for a vote in April. The story from the Webster City Freeman-Journal mentions “two possible district maps” and I admit I don’t know what this means unless it includes some land being parceled out to other districts.
The combined district will span the entire northern half of Hamilton County, and really should be called North Hamilton, but Webster City’s enrollment outnumbers NEH nearly eight-to-one so there’s not really room to make such a demand.
The Webster City school board minutes from Oct. 12 (available as download-only PDF here) shows that Northeast Hamilton will remain a K-6 attendance center for the reorganized district.
A consolidation will put all of Hamilton County, except a three-mile-wide strip on the east side running south of County Road D41, into three districts — Webster City, South Hamilton, and Stratford. However, that’s only two high schools; Stratford has been sending its 7-12 students to Webster City for 30 years yet remains independent.