Anthon–Oto Community School District was a school district headquartered in Anthon, Iowa . The district, in Woodbury County , served Anthon and Oto .
13-574: The Anthon and Oto school districts consolidated in 1959 to form the Anthon–Oto district. Each city had one campus; both cities had elementary grades, Oto had grades 7–8 for junior high school, and Anthon had grades 9–12 for senior high school. A fire destroyed the Anthon campus on Wednesday, December 29, 1965. A new secondary school in Anthon was dedicated on September 29, 1968. The elementary grades were consolidated to Oto in 1974. A new elementary school replacing
26-567: 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. MVAO High School was renamed MVAOCOU High School. Charter Oak–Ute will pay MVAO tuition costs. Jeff Thelander has been the superintendent since 2019. The district operates four schools: The Rams compete in the Western Valley Activities Conference in
39-716: A new high school in Mapleton. The second merger was scheduled for February 1, 2011. On July 1, 2012, Anthon–Oto merged with Maple Valley to form the Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto Community School District . In 1981, the Anthon-Oto Hawks won their only Little Sioux Conference football championship with a 6-0 record. Jerry Klindt and Ron Juhler were the co-Head Coaches. Anthon won the 1949 State Fall Baseball Championship. Maple Valley Community School District Maple Valley Community School District
52-659: A new high school in the Maple Valley area. The second merger was scheduled for February 1, 2011. On July 1, 2012, Anthon–Oto merged with Maple Valley to form the Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto Community School District . This Iowa school-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Maple Valley%E2%80%93Anthon%E2%80%93Oto Community School District 42°09′40″N 95°47′21″W / 42.161146°N 95.789137°W / 42.161146; -95.789137 Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District , or Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community Schools ,
65-506: 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 . It was established on July 1, 2012, from the merger of
78-738: The Anthon–Oto Community School District and the Maple Valley Community School District . The vote for merging the districts was scheduled for February 1, 2011. From 2005 until 2015 what is now known as MVAO and the MVAO of 2015 lost a total of 178 students. Due to the decline in enrollments, in January 2017 the MVAO district and the Charter Oak–Ute Community School District entered into
91-635: The Maple Valley district in 1968, further expanding the district’s reach. The district closed the Ticonic School in 1961. For a period kindergarteners attended schools in Danbury and Mapleton, all district students in grades 1–2 attended Mapleton, all students in grades 3–6 attended school in Castana, all 7th and 8th graders attended school in Danbury, and all high school students attended school in Mapleton. An addition for elementary school and vocational classes in
104-433: The Mapleton campus was funded by a 1970 school house levy. The peak enrollment was in 1971, with 1,155 students. Since then the enrollment declined. Circa 1993 the district began whole grade-sharing with the Anthon–Oto Community School District ; the two districts sent their own children to each other's schools, with each operating its own elementary school, Anthon–Oto operating the middle school, and Maple Valley operating
117-465: The Oto school was built in Anthon from fall 1980 until the opening on August 27, 1981; it was connected to the secondary building. In August of 1994, the district began whole grade-sharing with the Maple Valley Community School District ; the two districts sent their children to each other's schools, with each operating its own elementary school, Anthon–Oto operating the middle school, and Maple Valley operating
130-621: The consolidation of several smaller school districts, including the Mapleton Community School District, the Danbury Independent School District, the Rodney School District, and others serving rural areas. The community of Ticonic had previously merged with Mapleton in 1955, and therefore was part of the newly formed Maple Valley district from its inception. Castana and Danbury later joined
143-451: The high school. The two districts also shared superintendents, teachers, and athletic facilities. In 2010 Maple Valley had about 505 students. The first merger election between the two districts came in 2005. Maple Valley voters favored the deal but Anthon–Oto voters turned it down, partly due to fear of being politically dominated by the larger Maple Valley, as Anthon–Oto had about 250 students, and also because they were unwilling to pay for
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#1732892161700156-454: The high school. The two districts also shared superintendents, teachers, and athletic facilities. In 2010, Anthon–Oto had about 250 students while Maple Valley had about 505 students. The first merger election between the two districts came in 2005. Maple Valley voters favored the deal, but Anthon–Oto voters turned it down, partly due to fear of being politically dominated by the larger Maple Valley, and also because they were unwilling to pay for
169-429: Was a school district headquartered in Mapleton, Iowa . The district was located in sections of Crawford , Ida , Monona and Woodbury counties; it served the municipalities of Mapleton, Castana , Danbury and Rodney . It also served the unincorporated area of Ticonic . The district had a total of 240 square miles (620 km ) of area. The Mapleton Community School District was established in 1961 through
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