GC-B sixth grade students to West Bend
A Gilmore City-Bradgate student works on meal preparation for an event last spring. Humboldt Independent file photo.
By PHIL MONSON
Starting next year, sixth grade students in the Gilmore City-Bradgate School District will be attending school at the school building in West Bend.
The move was approved by both the GC-B and West Bend-Mallard School boards at their joint meeting on Jan. 22 in West Bend. The two districts have been whole grade sharing over the last decade as GC-B has maintained an elementary school and a daycare in the Gilmore City building.
In an interview with the Independent two days later, Dr. Robert Olson, interim school superintendent for both districts, provided reasons for the change in the sharing plan.
“We’ve looked at enrollment and we’ve looked at some of the trends in how we would make the appropriate adjustments because our fifth grade, which is next year’s sixth grade, we just have six kids attending school here. By moving the sixth grade to West Bend-Mallard, we can reduce staff associated with sixth grade,” Olson said.
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