Deep River–Millersburg Community School District

Former school district in Iowa

Deep River–Millersburg Community School District (DR-M) was a school district headquartered in Millersburg, Iowa. It served that community and Deep River.^[1] It was located in portions of Iowa and Poweshiek counties.^[2]

History

It formed in the 1958 consolidation of the Deep River and Millersburg schools. Initially the Millersburg school building housed all levels except grades K–4, which were in Deep River. At a later point upper elementary grades were moved to Deep River.^[3]

Secondary enrollment was declining in the period prior to 1992.^[3] It closed its junior and senior high school divisions, when it signed a grade-sharing agreement with both the English Valleys Community School District and the Montezuma Community School District; post-1992 its students selected one of two schools for their secondary schooling.^[4] The district also closed the Deep River school and consolidated all of its students at Millersburg after deeming the latter to have a superior layout.^[3]

On July 1, 2009, the district was consolidated into the English Valleys district, although a portion of it was given to the Montezuma district.^[5] English Valleys took possession of the remaining school building in Millersburg and did not immediately decide what to do with it.^[6] In December 2009 it remained empty, and there were potential plans to convert the building into transitional housing for poor families or those affected by domestic violence.^[7]

References

^ Home. Deep River–Millersburg Community School District. March 21, 2005. Retrieved on January 18, 2019. "847 Washington St • Millersburg IA 52308"
^ "River-Millersburg1.pdf Deep River–Millersburg Community School District." Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 18, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "History." Deep River–Millersburg Community School District. March 22, 2005. Retrieved on January 18, 2019.
^ "DR-M Junior/Senior High Students". Deep River–Millersburg Community School District. 2005-03-22. Archived from the original on 2005-03-22. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
^ "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 Archived 2019-02-09 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on January 17, 2019.
^ "Good-Bye Deep River-Millersburg". The Gazette. 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
^ Furlong, Andrea (2009-12-16). "Making use of DR-M for transitional housing in Benton and Iowa Counties". MPC Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-01-18.

External links

Deep River-Millersburg Community School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

Defunct school districts in Iowa since 1965–1966

Most of the districts were merged after public votes. Dissolutions, most also the result of public votes, are in italics, and involuntary dissolutions done by the Iowa State Board of Education are marked with asterisks (*).

1960s