Sentral Community School District was a school district headquartered in
Fenton, Iowa
Fenton is a city in Kossuth County, Iowa, United States. The population was 271 at the time of the 2020 census.
History
Fenton was platted in 1899. It was named after former New York State governor and senator Reuben E. Fenton.
Geography
A ...
. It served the communities of Fenton,
Lone Rock and
Seneca
Seneca may refer to:
People, fictional characters and language
* Seneca (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
:
:* Seneca the Elder (c. 54 BC – c. AD 39), a Roman rhetorician, writer and father ...
. The spelling "Sentral" was deliberately adopted to be a reference to "Seneca" and to differentiate itself from various other school systems using the word "Central". As of 2004 the district had around 300 students. Their mascot was known as the "Spartans" and before that the "Satellites".
[History]
" Sentral Community School District. April 10, 2004. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.
History
Initially the district had separate K-12 schools in Fenton, Lone Rock and Seneca. The Satellite mascot for the consolidated secondary school was chosen in 1957 and the school itself first opened on land between Fenton and Lone Rock in 1959.
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In 2008, the Sentral district began a grade-sharing arrangement with the North Kossuth Community School District,]
" North Sentral Kossuth Schools. April 21, 2010. Retrieved on July 15, 2018. Later the
Armstrong–Ringsted Community School District entered into a new grade-sharing arrangement with Sentral.
[
On July 1, 2014, Armstrong–Ringsted merged with the Sentral district to form the North Union Community School District.][REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66]
" Iowa Department of Education
The Iowa Department of Education sets the standards for all public institutions of education in Iowa and accredits private as well as public schools. It is headquartered in Des Moines.
Organization
As of 2020, the Iowa Department of Education c ...
. Retrieved on July 20, 2018. The merger passed 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.[
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Education in Kossuth County, Iowa
Defunct school districts in Iowa
1957 establishments in Iowa
School districts established in 1957
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