Editing Sabula, Iowa (section)

==Education==
Sabula is a part of the [[Easton Valley Community School District]],<ref>"[https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/SDRP2017_EASTON%20VALLEY.pdf Easton Valley]." [[Iowa Department of Education]]. Retrieved on January 17, 2019.</ref> formed in 2013 by the merger of the [[East Central Community School District]] and the [[Preston Community School District]]. East Central formed in 1974 by the merger of the Sabula Community School District and the Miles Community School District.<ref name=Merge>"[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 January 17, 2019.</ref> At one point the former East Central district entered into a grade-sharing relationship with the [[Northeast Community School District]], in that East Central residents attended Northeast secondary schools.<ref name=Pidde>{{cite news|author=Pidde, Samantha|url=https://www.clintonherald.com/archives/northeast-responds-to-easton-valley-merger/article_49c533d8-d1ef-5d50-871b-e45b1e433198.html|title=Northeast responds to Easton Valley merger |newspaper=[[Clinton Herald]]|date=2012-09-20|access-date=2019-01-17}}</ref>

Sabula previously had a school in the community, and it first met in a settler's home in 1838. New campuses were built in 1856 and then in 1883.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/19980415051655/http://www.east-central.k12.ia.us/Ragbrai/Ragbrai/school.html Sabula School]." [[East Central Community School District]]. April 15, 1998. Retrieved on January 18, 2019.</ref> By circa 2012 the leadership of what would be the Easton Valley district was seeking to close the Sabula school due to potential future upkeep costs and because of how old it was.<ref name=Melvold>{{cite news|author=Melvold, Sheri|url=https://qctimes.com/news/local/education/report-shows-preston-east-central-merger-makes-economic-sense/article_4288c83c-a921-11e1-a201-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Report shows Preston, East Central merger makes economic sense |newspaper=[[Quad City Times]]|date=2012-05-28|access-date=2019-01-17}}</ref> The Sabula school remained vacant until 2015, when the Easton Valley board voted unanimously in favor of demolishing it. The school district and the city government both agreed to demolition after considering other options and uses.<ref>{{cite news|author=Melvold, Sheri|url=http://www.telegraphherald.com/news/tri-state/article_b0da08f1-60d8-560f-8ccf-1888b9b2df6d.html|title=Easton Valley board votes to raze Sabula school building |newspaper=[[Telegraph Herald]]|date=2015-05-20|access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref>