North Fayette Community School District Explained

North Fayette Community School District was a school district headquartered in West Union, Iowa.

The district is located in sections of Fayette County, and served West Union, Fayette, and Hawkeye.[1]

History

On July 1, 1984, the Fayette School District merged into the North Fayette School District.[2]

The North Fayette district and the Valley Community School District began a grade-sharing arrangement, in which students of one school district attend another district's schools, in fall 2013.[3] The two districts together had one middle school and one high school.[4]

The merger vote for North Fayette and Valley was scheduled for Tuesday February 7, 2017.[4] The North Fayette district residents voted in favor of the merger on a 504–17, or 97% in favor, while the Valley residents voted in favor on a 326-30 basis, or 92% in favor.[5] On July 1, 2018, it merged into the Valley district to form the North Fayette Valley Community School District.[2]

Schools

At one point the district had three elementary schools, one each in Fayette, Hawkeye, and West Union, as well as one middle school and one high school.[6]

At a later period the district operated three schools: North Fayette Elementary School in Hawkeye, North Fayette Middle School in Fayette, and North Fayette High School in West Union.[7]

Notes and References

  1. "North Fayette." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 29, 2018.
  2. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 29, 2018.
  3. News: Wind, Andrew. North Fayette Valley school district merger takes effect Sunday . Waterloo Courier. 2018-07-01. 2018-07-29.
  4. Web site: Fickau, Ethan. Staff and students weigh in on North Fayette Valley district merge. KCRG. 2017-02-02. 2018-07-29. But the two districts are still separate and now a vote next week will determine if they will formally merge or not.[...]The vote will take place on Tuesday from noon to 8 p.m..
  5. Web site: Voters approve N. Fayette-Valley merger, offer mixed results on school bonds. KCRG. 2017-02-07. 2018-07-29.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20020929192143/http://www.n-fayette.k12.ia.us/ Home
  7. "North Fayette." Keystone Area Education Agency 1. May 29, 2012. Retrieved on July 29, 2018.