The Corwith–Wesley district served the towns of Corwith and Wesley, while the Lu Verne district served the town of Lu Verne.
In 1984, Corwith–Wesley established a grade-sharing arrangement,[2] in which it operated Corwith–Wesley–Lu Verne High, with the Lu Verne Community district sending its secondary students there.
[3] The school closed when the Corwith–Wesley district was dissolved in 2015.
[5] The Des Moines Register gave extensive coverage to the school closure, with at least twelve articles being written in that publication about the closure in the period from circa October 2014 to October 2015.
Jason Clayworth and Rodney White, journalists from the paper, stated that "The coverage generated a statewide conversation and action".