October 3, 2016: It says “Royal Public School” but it’s now the elementary school for Clay Central-Everly. An addition and the main entrance are off to the right.
The Clay Central-Everly school district in northwest Iowa, where enrollment has dropped by one-third in a decade, is pondering its future.
KICD reported in August on a survey that covered options from building closure to dissolution, with no commitment or timetable. The district’s junior high/high school is in Everly and elementary in Royal.
The Spencer Daily Reporter had stories in December about the district meetings and looking at sharing options, although with the way it wraps around Spencer, that much larger district would be the most likely match.
The most recent story from the Reporter had an interesting quote from CCE’s superintendent saying that becoming a one-site school would need to be feasible as a long-term option.
CORRECTION: The original blog post reversed the locations of grade levels in Everly and Royal.