While double-checking the years of some entries, it became evident that more schools than I thought became a K-6 or K-8 while sending everyone else to one or more other districts, but not receiving any students in return.<\/p>\n
In light of that, I added a new category in the timeline: “Last year for high school”. In these cases, the district did not dissolve or merge or enter a grade-sharing agreement, but did graduate its last class. For example, Andrew fell into this category in 2010-11.<\/p>\n
I also got a bunch of semi-detailed information about the past 25 years in a report posted online<\/a> (PDF) related to the merger of Pocahontas Area and Pomeroy-Palmer. I say “semi-detailed” because it appears more statistics were in the appendixes – which aren’t included online. It also resulted in a correction to the status of the building in Rolfe – it was a middle school until 2004, when it was closed in March because bricks were falling off the 1917 building.<\/p>\n From the report, I also learned answers to some long-standing questions:<\/p>\n Finally, I’ve filled in the official-reorganization lines going back to 1985-86. Many details from the late ’80s and early ’90s, however, have yet to be filled in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While double-checking the years of some entries, it became evident that more schools than I thought became a K-6 or K-8 while sending everyone else to one or more other districts, but not receiving any students in return. In light … Continue reading \n