Riverside Community School District

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Coordinates: 41°14′17″N 95°25′09″W / 41.238095°N 95.419059°W / 41.238095; -95.419059

Riverside Community School District
Riverside Schools Bulldog.png
Location
Carson, Iowa
Pottawattamie County
United States
Coordinates41.238095, -95.419059
District information
TypeLocal school district
GradesK-12
SuperintendentDr. Tim Mitchell
Schools3
Budget$8,515,000 (2015-16)[1]
NCES District ID1900027 [1]
Students and staff
Students659 (2018-19) [1]
Teachers49.81 FTE [1]
Staff59.67 FTE [1]
Student–teacher ratio13.23 [1]
Athletic conferenceWestern Iowa
District mascotBulldogs
ColorsNavy and Gold
   
Other information
Websitewww.riversideschools.org

Riverside Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Carson, Iowa,[2] within the district's grade 3-5 facility.[3]

The district, entirely in Pottawattamie County, and serves Carson, Oakland, Macedonia and the surrounding rural areas.[4]

The schools teams are the Bulldogs, and the colors are navy and gold.

History[]

The district formed on July 1, 1993, with the merger of the Carson-Macedonia and Oakland districts.[5]

Circa 2004, Jim Sutton became the superintendent.[6] Before 2012 the district attempted to get two school bonds to replace the high school but voters rejected both measures. Sutton in 2012 asked voters to accept another proposal.[7] A bond valued $15.1 million finally passed in June 2013, with Sutton expressing gratitude. 1,096 voters, including 367 absentee voters approved the measure; as there were 1,805 voters total, including 501 absentee voters, the approval percentage was slightly higher than the 60% necessary to pass the bond.[8]

Sutton left his position in 2016 to work at the Belle Plaine Unified School District 357, citing proximity to his family.[9] Timothy Mitchell, previously the superintendent of Rapid City Area Schools, became superintendent of Riverside in 2016.[6]

Schools[]

Riverside Elementary School is in Oakland, and the Riverside Community Intermediate School is in Carson.[1]

The Riverside grade 6-12 Middle-High School is south of Oakland in an unincorporated area,[10] in proximity to the junction of Highway 6 and Highway 59.[11] Construction began on this building in April 2014, which had delays due to summer weather.[12] Previously the high school was in the city of Oakland.[13]

Previously there was a 4-5 school in Macedonia.[14]

Riverside Community High School[]

Athletics[]

The Bulldogs compete in the Western Iowa Conference in the following sports:[15]

  • Cross Country
  • Volleyball
  • Football
  • Basketball
  • Wrestling
    • 1996 Class 1A State Champions[16]
  • Track and Field
  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Baseball
  • Softball

December 12, 2017, Oakland, Iowa, school bus fire[]

On December 12, 2017, a school bus owned and operated by the District was involved in a road run-off event and subsequent fire near Oakland, Iowa. The crash occurred when a school bus driver turned from a rural gravel road onto a residential driveway for student pickup. After the student boarded the bus, the driver reversed out of the driveway and backed across the road continuing until the bus’s rear wheels ran off the road. The bus came to rest with its rear half in a 3-foot-deep ditch next to the road. While the driver attempted to drive the bus out of the ditch, a fire began in the engine compartment and spread throughout the school bus. The driver and the only passenger – a female 16-year-old student – died when they did not egress from the burning bus.[17]

The accident was the subject of a lengthy National Transportation Safety Board investigation. That resulting investigation was highly critical of the District. Among his opening remarks at the June 18, 2019 Board hearing regarding the accident and the driver's impaired physical condition, Chairman Robert Sumwalt stated, "[t]he Riverside Community School District had the knowledge it needed to act. It did not. In fact, in recent years, it had gone so far as to do away with physical performance tests for drivers."[18] The final report identified the probably cause as, "(1) the driver’s failure to control the bus, backing it into a roadside ditch for reasons that could not be established; and (2) the failure of the Riverside Community School District to provide adequate oversight by allowing a driver to operate a school bus with a known physical impairment that limited his ability to perform emergency duties."[19]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Riverside Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Home". Riverside Community School District. Retrieved 2020-03-27. Riverside Community School District 330 Pleasant St.Carson, IA 51525
  3. ^ "Riverside Grade 3-5 Elementary-Carson Contact Information". Riverside Community School District. Retrieved 2020-03-27. The Riverside Grade 3-5 Elementary-Carson is located at 330 Pleasant St. in Carson, IA. - The name "Riverside Intermediate School" appears in the image.
  4. ^ "Riverside" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  5. ^ "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Stewart, Scott (2016-04-08). "Riverside names Mitchell as next superintendent". Daily Non Pareil. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  7. ^ "Riverside Superintendent Pleads For New School". KETV. 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  8. ^ "Riverside School District Bond Passes *Updated*". KJAN. 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  9. ^ Sidzyik, Krystal (2016-12-23). "Riverside superintendent Sutton leaves for Kansas district". The Daily Nonpareil. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  10. ^ "Grade 6-12 Middle/High School". Riverside Community School District. Retrieved 2020-03-27. Riverside Grade 6-12 Middle/High School is located at 18997 Hwy 59 in Oakland, Iowa.
  11. ^ Peterson, Mike (2013-12-05). "Planning continues for Riverside's new school". . Retrieved 2020-03-29. - KMA Land is for 960 AM and 99.1 FM.
  12. ^ Peterson, Mike (2014-08-11). "Summer rains slow Riverside school project". . Retrieved 2020-03-29. - KMA Land is for 960 AM and 99.1 FM.
  13. ^ "High School". Riverside Community School District. 2002-12-08. Archived from the original on 2002-12-08. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  14. ^ "History". Riverside Community School District. 2000-06-19. Archived from the original on 2000-06-19. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  15. ^ "Western Iowa Conference". Western Iowa Conference. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  16. ^ "2020 Wrestling Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  17. ^ Board Meeting: Oakland, Iowa, School Bus Fire https://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/Pages/2019-HWY18MH003-BMG.aspx
  18. ^ Robert L. Sumwalt Opening Statement, Oakland, Iowa School Bus Fire. https://www.ntsb.gov/news/speeches/RSumwalt/Pages/sumwalt-20190618o.aspx
  19. ^ NTSB Report HAR-19-01, School Bus Run-Off-Road and Fire. https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/har1901.aspx

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