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Voters approve merger of Clarion-Goldfield and Dows schools

September 11, 2013 By Radio Iowa Contributor

Dozens of Iowa communities held school board elections on Tuesday but only one vote was on the merging of two school districts. Voters in north-central Iowa overwhelmingly approved the merger of Clarion-Goldfield and Dows. Bob Olson is superintendent for the two districts, located in Wright County.

“We’re elated,” Olson says. “As I get information back from board members and their reaction, it’s a great start for a new school year and a new school district.” The vote passed in the Clarion-Goldfield district by 98-percent and in Dows by 85-percent. As part of the agreement, the Dows elementary school will close next spring after 100 years, which Olson calls “a bitter-sweet farewell.”

“We’re thankful for the years that we were able to use the facilities and yet we’re also looking forward to continuing to use the building in a limited way,” he says. The two districts have been in a sharing agreement for the past nine years and now will move forward to reorganize into one district, starting in the 2014-15 school year.

(Reporting by Pat Powers, KQWC, Webster City)

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