Mount Pleasant Community School District


The Mount Pleasant Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The district is mainly in Henry County, but has small areas in Jefferson, Lee, and Van Buren counties. The district includes the city of Mount Pleasant and the surrounding area, which has the municipalities of Rome, Salem, and Westwood, and the census-designated place of Trenton, along with rural area students.
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History

In 2023 the district purchased sections of the shuttered Iowa Wesleyan University for a combined total of $1,250,000. These included some buildings on the main campus and the sports practice fields. The district funded the purchase via the penny sales tax. John Henriksen, the superintendent, stated that the district could immediately use some of the facilities, now district-owned, for athletic purposes and not have to use municipal complexes.

Schools

The district has seven schools. all located in Mount Pleasant:
The MPCSD also provides the educational component for the Christamore House, a court-appointed juvenile facility located in Mount Pleasant.

Other facilities

The district uses the Cottrell Gymnasium. In 2018 it was renovated for $150,000.
The Iowa Wesleyan facilities on the main campus that the district sought to acquire were: Old Main, the school's chapel, John Wesley Holland Student Union, Howe Student Activity Center, the PEO Memorial Building, Pioneer Hall, and the Ruble Arena. The district also sought the Iowa Wesleyan practice fields.