A-H-S-T Community School District

Former school district in Iowa

A-H-S-T Community School District was a school district headquartered in Avoca, Iowa.^[1]

The district served sections of Harrison, Pottawattamie, and Shelby counties. It served Avoca, Hancock, Shelby, and much of Tennant.^[2]

History

It was formed by the merger of the Hancock-Avoca Community School District and the Shelby Community School District on July 1, 1996.^[3]

In 2012 the A-H-S-T district and the Walnut Community School District began partial-day-sharing, in which students went to one school for some courses, as well as sharing of athletic programs. In 2014 the district began whole grade-sharing, in one school district sent its children to another school district to attend schools there all day.^[4]

Circa 2015 the middle school area of the AHSTW Secondary School building in Avoca was scheduled to receive an expansion.^[5]

The election for the school district merger was scheduled for September 8, 2015 after the Green Hills Area Education Agency approved of the merger proposal and election.^[4] The vote was approved by 94% of the voters within A-H-S-T and 77% of those in Walnut, with a combined total of 614 for and 74 against.^[6] On July 1, 2016, the A-H-S-T district merged with the Walnut district to form the AHSTW Community School District.^[3]

References

^ Home. A-H-S-T Community School District. January 7, 2001. Retrieved on July 15, 2018. "Proudly representing the communities of Avoca, Hancock, Shelby, and Tennant, Iowa 768 South Maple Street, Avoca, Iowa 51521"
^ "A-H-S-T Community School District." Iowa Secretary of State. August 16, 2012. Retrieved on July 15, 2018. Detail map for Avoca, Detail map for Shelby
^ ^a ^b "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 Archived 2018-06-19 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Stewart, Scott (2015-05-22). "AEA sets polling date for AHST, Walnut merger". Daily Non Pareil. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
^ Stewart, Scott (2015-01-13). "Expansion for AHSTW facility focused on middle school". Daily Non Pareil. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
^ "Walnut will join AHST school district". Omaha World-Herald. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2018-07-15.

External links

A-H-S-T Community School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

Defunct school districts in Iowa since 1965–1966

Most of the districts were merged after public votes. Dissolutions, most also the result of public votes, are in italics, and involuntary dissolutions done by the Iowa State Board of Education are marked with asterisks (*).

1960s