Hedrick Community School District
The Hedrick Community School District was a school district serving Hedrick, Iowa. The town had a school for around 100 years. The school experienced a population decline as Hedrick's economy faltered; in its final year it had about 200 students and 40 employees. The leadership of the school district stated that the small population meant it could not offer a full range of courses. History Circa 1960 there was a proposal to merge the Hedrick district with the Pekin Community School District. In 1986 there was another proposal to merge the Hedrick district and the Pekin District, causing turmoil in the community. By 1990 Iowa law allowed students to attend schools in other school districts, but at the time students had to pay tuition there. Hedrick sued the Pekin district over accepting students for free that should have been counted as out of district, as they lived with Pekin district-resident family members or friends of their family but not with their primary caregivers. A jury decided that the Hedrick district was damaged by this. The law was later modified so that a student can attend another school district for free. Closure The State of Iowa took control of the Hedrick