BCLUW Community School District


BCLUW Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Conrad, Iowa.
As of 2015, the school district has about 640 students in grades K-12.
Its service area includes portions of Grundy, Marshall, and Hardin counties. It serves Conrad, Beaman, Liscomb, Union, and Whitten. It also serves rural areas around Marshalltown.
The schools are BCLUW Elementary School in Conrad, BCLUW Middle School in Union, and BCLUW High School in Conrad. The school mascot is the Comets, and their colors are black and gold.
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History

BCLUW formed on July 1, 1992, as a consolidation of the former Beaman-Conrad-Liscomb and Union-Whitten school districts.
In 2001, it had about 693 students.

Operations

The district entered into an agreement with multiple school districts to share employees; districts may share employees as a way of saving money. For example, the BCLUW and GMG school districts share a superintendent, with the occupant working for BCLUW 60% of the time and GMG 40% of the time. Ben Petty, previously the principal of BCLUW High School, became the shared superintendent of GMG and BCLUW in 2011. By 2014 BCLUW, GMG, and the Hubbard–Radcliffe districts shared a single elementary guidance counselor, the BCLUW, GMG, North Tama, and Gladbrook–Reinbeck districts shared a single director of curriculum and innovation, BCLUW and Hubbard–Radcliffe have a single consumer sciences teacher and a single art teacher, and BCLUW and GMG have a single transportation director.

Schools

  • BCLUW Elementary School
  • BCLUW Middle School
  • BCLUW High School

BCLUW High School

Athletics

The Comets compete in the Iowa Star Conference in the following sports:
  • Bowling
  • Cross country
  • * Boys' 1969 State Champions
  • Volleyball
  • Basketball
  • Wrestling
  • Track and field
  • * Boys' 2-time Class 1A State Champions -
  • Golf
  • * Girls' 1990 Class 1A State Champions
  • Baseball
  • Softball
  • * 2-time Class 2A State Champions
  • Soccer
  • Tennis
In addition, the Comets currently compete in Class A in football.
  • 1976 Class 1A State Champions

Notable employees