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Bettendorf is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. It is the 15th largest city of Iowa and the third-largest city in the "Quad Cities". It is part of the Davenport–Moline–Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 39,102 at the 2020 census. [3]
Pleasant Valley High School is a public four-year comprehensive high school located in Bettendorf, Iowa, on the border with Riverdale, Iowa. [4] [5] [6] The school is part of the Pleasant Valley Community School District, and it has an enrollment of approximately 1,541 students in grades 9 through 12.
The Bettendorf School Board matched $300,000 to fund the $600,000 project. The project was completed in the summer of 2002. In 2010, copies of the student newspaper, The Growl , were confiscated by school administrators because of an article about inconsistent disciplinary action against students, specifically athletes.
Children from age 5 to about 13 or 14 were educated by a single teacher. There were generally about 30 students at a time, however, many older boys only attended school in the winter when there was less of a need for them on the farm. Children in Iowa were not legally obligated to attend school until 1902. [5]
The Mansion, which is the former home of Joseph Bettendorf, now houses upper school and middle school classes, as well as administrative offices. The Carriage House, formerly Joseph Bettendorf's garage, is now rebuilt as a boarding house for boarding students. The ribbon cutting for the opening of the rebuilt Carriage House was on July 31, 2017.
On June 13, 2008, Duck Creek rose 4 feet (1.2 m) out of its banks. [5] During the night of June 12 and 13 the Quad Cities experienced a rainfall record when 3.28 inches (8.3 cm) fell in six hours. [6]
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His wife and stepson lived in the residence until 1926 when it was sold to the Grand Lodge of Iowa, AF & AM, and became the Iowa Masonic Nursing Home. Joseph Bettendorf, born in 1864, built this 28-room house from 1914 to 1915. It was designed by Davenport architect Arthur H. Ebeling, who referred to Bettendorf as the "fussy one."