AHSTW Community School District explained

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AHSTW Community School District
Type:Local school district
Grades:K-12
Established:2016
Location:[Avoca, Iowa]
Region:Cass, Harrison, Pottawattamie, and Shelby counties
Country:United States
Coordinates:41.469562, -95.341800
Superintendent:Darin Jones
Schools:1
Budget:$12,802,000(2020-21)[1]
Us Nces District Id:1904080
Students:776 (2022-23)
Teachers:58.57 FTE
Staff:64.84 FTE
Ratio:13.25
Mascot:Vikings
Colors:Red, White, and Blue

A-H-S-T-W Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Avoca, Iowa.[2]

The district, with about 250sqmi of area,[3] serves sections of Cass, Harrison, Pottawattamie, and Shelby counties. It serves Avoca, Hancock, Shelby, Walnut, and much of Tennant.[4] The initials of the five cities form the name of the school district.[5]

History

It was formed by the merger of the A-H-S-T Community School District and the Walnut Community School District on July 1, 2016.[6] About 88% of the voters in the combined area favored consolidation in the vote.[3]

The initial school board was to be simply a combination of the existing A-H-S-T-W and Walnut districts, with a total of seven members: two from Walnut and the remainder from A-H-S-T-W. The prospective future board would have seven members, with two at-large and the remainder based on voting districts.[7] The proportion was set since the former Walnut district had about one-fourth of the population of the combined A-H-S-T-W district.[8]

Schools

The district operates three schools in a single facility in Avoca:[1]

School expansion

Circa 2015, the middle school area of the A-H-S-T-W Secondary School building in Avoca was scheduled to receive an expansion. Now in 2023, they are adding on to the area of the A-H-S-T-W Secondary School area.[9]

A-H-S-T-W High School

Athletics

The Vikings compete in the Western Iowa Conference in the following sports:[10]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AHSTW Comm School District . . June 23, 2024.
  2. https://www.ahstwschools.org/ Home
  3. Web site: Vujicic. Aleksandra. More rural Iowa school districts plan to close their doors. Des Moines Register. 2016-05-29. 2021-03-07.
  4. "AHSTW ." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.
  5. http://www.ahst.k12.ia.us/ Home (for redirect)
  6. "Reorganization & Dissolution Actions Since 1965-66 ." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  7. News: Walnut will join AHST school district . Omaha World-Herald. 2015-09-09. 2018-07-15.
  8. Web site: AHSTW preparations continue. Peterson, Mike. 2016-01-22. KMA Land. 2018-07-15. "How that was determined was, Walnut's population makes up roughly 25% of the population of AHST," said Ulrich. "Thus, the initial board, they will have about 25% representation on that board.".
  9. Web site: Expansion for AHSTW facility focused on middle school. Stewart, Scott. 2015-01-13. Daily Non Pareil. 2018-07-15.
  10. Web site: Western Iowa Conference. Western Iowa Conference. 2020-08-31.