Editing Lohrville, Iowa (section)

==Education==
Lohrville is within the [[South Central Calhoun Community School District]].<ref>"[https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/SDRP2017_SOUTH%20CENTRAL%20CALHOUN.pdf South Central Calhoun]." [[Iowa Department of Education]]. Retrieved on July 18, 2018.</ref> It was a part of the Lohrville Community School District until July 1, 1993, when it merged into the [[Southern Cal Community School District]]. The Southern Cal district subsequently merged into South Central Calhoun on July 1, 2014.<ref name=Mergerlist>"[https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/District%20Reorganization%20History%20final.pdf REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66]." [[Iowa Department of Education]]. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.</ref>

In 2012 the Southern Cal district closed the elementary school in Lohrville. The district board failed to find a suitable private buyer, the Lohrville community did not have enough funds to maintain the school, and there were already community and library buildings present.<ref name=Whenschoolsclose/> There were fears that if demolition were done later, it would cost more and that if a business acquired the lot, the building would be demolished anyway. In September 2013 the school district decided that the building should be demolished.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ingram, Audrey|url=http://carrollspaper.com/Content/Local-News-Archive/Local-News/Article/School-board-rejects-bids-to-purchase-abandoned-elementary/1/1/16459|title=School board rejects bids to purchase abandoned elementary|work=[[Carroll Daily Times Herald]]|date=2013-09-26|accessdate=2018-07-19}} - [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://carrollspaper.com/Content/Local-News-Archive/Local-News/Article/School-board-rejects-bids-to-purchase-abandoned-elementary/1/1/16459 Author's name posted here]</ref> In February 2014 the district took the bid of a demolition contractor to raze Lohrville School; it was to be demolished by July 2014.<ref name=Whenschoolsclose/>