Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District Explained

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Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District
Type:Local school district
Grades:K-12
Established:2012
Location:Mapleton, Iowa
Region:Monona, Woodbury, Ida, and Crawford counties
Country:United States
Coordinates:42.161146, -95.789137
Superintendent:Jeff Thelander
Schools:2
Budget:$11,265,000 (2020-21)[1]
Us Nces District Id:1918480
Students:653 (2022-23)
Teachers:56.42 FTE
Staff:56.68 FTE
Ratio:11.57
Conference:Western Valley Activities Conference
Mascot:Rams
Colors:Maroon, Gold, and Black

Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District, or Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in Mapleton, Iowa. It includes sections of Monona County and Woodbury County with small areas in Ida, and Crawford counties. It serves the towns of Mapleton, Anthon, Oto, Castana, Danbury, Rodney, and the surrounding rural areas, including the unincorporated area of Ticonic.[2] [3]

History

It was established on July 1, 2012, from the merger of the Anthon–Oto Community School District and the Maple Valley Community School District.[4] The vote for merging the districts was scheduled for February 1, 2011.[5]

From 2005 until 2015 what is now known as MVAO and the MVAO of 2015 lost a total of 178 students.[6] Due to the decline in enrollments, in January 2017 the MVAO district and the Charter Oak–Ute Community School District entered into a grade-sharing arrangement in which one district sends its students to another district for certain grade levels. As a result, the Charter Oak–Ute high school closed.[7] MVAO High School was renamed MVAOCOU High School. Charter Oak–Ute will pay MVAO tuition costs.[6]

Jeff Thelander has been the superintendent since 2019.[8]

Schools

The district operates four schools:[1]

MVAOCOU High School

Athletics

The Rams compete in the Western Valley Activities Conference in the following sports:[9]

Activities

The Rams also partake in other activities, such as Quiz Bowl.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Comm School District . . July 4, 2024.
  2. Web site: MAPLE VALLEY-ANTHON OTO. Iowa Department of Education. 2019-09-01.
  3. Woodward, Susan. "Ticonic Independent School District." Maple Valley Community School District. December 1997. Retrieved on July 16, 2018. Note that the Ticonic district was absorbed by Mapleton in 1955, which in turn became a part of Maple Valley in 1961, and that in turn became a part of MVAO in 2012.
  4. Web site: REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTION SINCE 1965-66. Iowa Department of Education. 2019-09-01.
  5. News: Linck, Michele. School consolidation. Sioux City Journal. 2010-11-28. 2018-07-16.
  6. News: Gallagher, Tim. GALLAGHER: Enrollment decline fuels high school sharing pact . Sioux City Journal. 2017-02-12. 2018-07-16.
  7. News: Gallagher, Tim. GALLAGHER: Bobcats bid farewell to Charter Oak-Ute. Sioux City Journal. 2017-05-09. 2018-07-16.
  8. News: Jeffrey Thelander hired as MVAO’s new Superintendent. The Mapleton Press. 2019-02-28. 2020-09-01.
  9. Web site: Western Valley Conference. Western Valley Activities Conference. 2020-09-01.