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Public school district in Avoca, Iowa, United States

Coordinates: 41°28′10″N 95°20′30″W / 41.469562°N 95.341800°W / 41.469562; -95.341800

AHSTW Community School District
AHSTW mascot logo.png
United States
Coordinates 41.469562, -95.341800
Type Local school district
Grades K-12
Established 2016
Superintendent Darin Jones
Schools 3
Budget $12,000,000(2017-18)[1]
NCES District ID 1904080[1]
Students 736 (2019-20)[1]
Teachers 57.17 FTE[1]
Staff 55.92 FTE[1]
Student–teacher ratio 12.87[1]
Athletic conference Western Iowa
District mascot Vikings
Colors Red, White, and Blue
     
Website www.ahstwschools.org

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

The district, with about 250 square miles (650 km2) 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

  • A-H-S-T-W Primary
  • A-H-S-T-W Intermediate
  • A-H-S-T-W High School

School expansion[edit]

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

A-H-S-T-W High School[edit]

Athletics[edit]

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

  • Cross Country
  • Volleyball
  • Football
  • Basketball
  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Baseball
  • Softball

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g “AHSTW Comm School District”. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Home. AHSTW Community School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2018. “768 S. Maple St. Avoca, IA 51521”
  3. ^ a b Vujicic, Aleksandra (2016-05-29). “More rural Iowa school districts plan to close their doors”. Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  4. ^ “AHSTW Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine.” Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.
  5. ^ Home (for redirect). A-H-S-T Community School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2018. See the logo of the school district and the names underneath.
  6. ^ “Reorganization & Dissolution Actions Since 1965-66 Archived 2018-06-19 at the Wayback Machine.” Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  7. ^ “Walnut will join AHST school district”. Omaha World-Herald. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  8. ^ Peterson, Mike (2016-01-22). “AHSTW preparations continue”. KMA Land. Retrieved 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Stewart, Scott (2015-01-13). “Expansion for AHSTW facility focused on middle school”. Daily Non Pareil. Retrieved 2018-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ “Western Iowa Conference”. Western Iowa Conference. Retrieved 2020-08-31.

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