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Boone Community School District
The Boone Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Boone, Iowa. The district, entirely within Boone County, serves Boone and the surrounding rural areas. Julie Trepa became superintendent in 2020, after serving as a shared superintendent at West Monona and West Harrison schools districts. Schools The district operates five schools, all in Boone: * Boone High School * Boone Middle School * Franklin Elementary School * Lincoln Elementary School * Page Elementary School See also *List of school districts in Iowa This is a list of school districts in Iowa, sorted by Area Education Agencies (AEA). Districts are listed by their official names, though several schools use "Schools" in their name or website rather than "Community School District". , this list h ... References External links Boone Community School District School districts in Iowa Education in Boone County, Iowa {{Iowa-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boone, Iowa
Boone ( ) is a city in Des Moines Township, Boone County, Iowa, Des Moines Township, and county seat of Boone County, Iowa, Boone County, Iowa, United States. It is the principal city of the Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Boone County. This micropolitan statistical area, along with the Ames, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area comprise the larger Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area. The population of the city was 12,460 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History Coal mining played an important part in the early history of the Boone area. Local blacksmiths were already mining coal from the banks of Honey Creek south of what became Boone in 1849. Boone was platted as a town in 1865 by John Insley Blair. It was incorporated the following year, when the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company railroad station was built there. The town was originally named "Montana"; it was renamed to Boone in 1871. The nearby town of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boone County, Iowa
Boone County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,715. Its county seat is Boone. Boone County comprises the Boone, IA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines, IA Combined Statistical Area. History The land that now forms Boone and several other Iowa counties was ceded by the Sac and Fox nation to the United States in a treaty signed on October 11, 1842. On January 13, 1846, the legislative body of the Indiana Territory authorized creation of twelve counties in the Iowa Territory, with general descriptions of their boundaries. Boone County's name referred to Captain Nathan Boone, son of Daniel Boone, an American pioneer who formed the Wilderness Trail and founded the settlement of Boonesborough, Kentucky. County residents selected Boonesboro as the county seat in 1851. The first building erected in the new settlement was a double log house, to be used as interim county office an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Center For Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States. It also conducts international comparisons of education statistics and provides leadership in developing and promoting the use of standardized terminology and definitions for the collection of those statistics. NCES is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System. History The functions of NCES have existed in some form since 1867, when Congress passed legislation providing "That there shall be established at the City of Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raccoon River Conference
The Raccoon River Conference is a nine team high school athletic league in central Iowa. Made up of mid-sized school districts located mostly west of Des Moines, all schools in the conference are currently 3A schools, the second largest class of schools in Iowa. Current members Former members • * Indicates that school is no longer operating History The Raccoon River Conference was once a small school conference. The conference was made up of Bondurant–Farrar, Norwalk, Madrid, Woodward-Granger, Interstate 35 in Truro, Waukee, Dallas Center-Grimes, and Adel–De Soto at it outset. While the outer regions of the Des Moines metro began to experience growth, Bondurant–Farrar and Ogden decided to leave for the smaller Heart of Iowa Conference, while I-35 joined the Pride of Iowa Conference. Woodward-Granger soon followed their former members to the HOI conference. This flurry of change saw the league reform itself. By 1998, there were 14 members in the conference, competin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State School
State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary educational institution, schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation. State funded schools exist in virtually every country of the world, though there are significant variations in their structure and educational programmes. State education generally encompasses primary and secondary education (4 years old to 18 years old). By country Africa South Africa In South Africa, a state school or government school refers to a school that is state-controlled. These are officially called public schools according to the South African Schools Act of 1996, but it is a term that is not used colloquially. The Act recognised two categories of schools: public and independent. Independent schools include all private schools and schools that are privately governed. Indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School District
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, which usually operate several schools, and the largest urban and suburban districts operate hundreds of schools. While practice varies significantly by state (and in some cases, within a state), most American school districts operate as independent local governmental units under a grant of authority and within geographic limits created by state law. The executive and legislative power over locally controlled policies and operations of an independent school district are, in most cases, held by a school district's board of education. Depending on state law, members of a local board of education (often referred to informally as a school board) may be elected, appointed by a political office holder, serve ex officio, or a combination of any of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Monona Community School District
The West Monona Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Onawa, Iowa. It operates an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school. The district is mostly in Monona County with a small portion in Harrison County. The district serves Onawa, Blencoe, and Turin. Previously, the district had two elementary schools, Central Elementary School and Lark Elementary School, and a junior-senior high school. The school mascot is the Spartans, and the colors are green, white, and black. History The district was formed in 1962 with consolidation of the Onawa and Blencoe districts. On July 1, 2004, East Monona Community School District was dissolved, with a portion going to West Monona,REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Harrison Community School District
West Harrison Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Mondamin, Iowa.School Map " West Harrison Community School District. Retrieved on July 16, 2018. Located in sections of and Monona counties, the district serves the municipalities of Mondamin, Little Sioux, Modale, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boone High School
Boone High School is a public high school located in Boone, Iowa, United States. The school's mascot is the Toreadors, and their colors are red and green. It is part of the Boone Community School District. Athletics The Toreadors compete in the Raccoon River Conference in the following sports: Fall sports *Cross country (boys and girls) *Swimming (girls) *Volleyball (girls) *Football Winter sports *Basketball (boys and girls) ** Boys' - 3-time State Champions (1920, 1921, 1931) *Wrestling ** 3-time State Champions (1923, 1924, 1925) *Swimming (boys) Spring sports *Track and field (boys and girls) *Golf (boys and girls) ** Boys' - 2-time State Champions (1946, 1970) *Tennis (boys and girls) ** Girls' - 2008 Class 2A State Champions *Soccer (girls) *Baseball ** 2-time State Champions (1965, 1967) *Softball Notable people Alumni * Pete Kostelnick, Ultramarathon runner * Joyce Lonergan, former Iowa state legislator * Chad Rinehart, NFL player * Allen C. Winsor, district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of School Districts In Iowa
This is a list of school districts in Iowa, sorted by Area Education Agencies (AEA). Districts are listed by their official names, though several schools use "Schools" in their name or website rather than "Community School District". , this list has not been expanded to include former school districts. Background In the early 1900s the state had 4,873 school districts. The state government passed the Consolidated School of Law of 1906 and this figure fell to 4,863 in 1908, 4,839 in 1922,. and 4,558 in 1953. That year some additional laws were passed that contributed to reducing this further, and so this fell further to 458 as of July 1, 1965; that year another law made providing a high school mandatory for a school district, which meant school districts that had one room schoolhouses were required to consolidate. By July 1, 1980, the number of districts was down to 443. In 1984, there were 437 school districts in the state that operated high schools. In 1990 the total number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Districts In Iowa
This is a list of school districts in Iowa, sorted by Area Education Agencies (AEA). Districts are listed by their official names, though several schools use "Schools" in their name or website rather than "Community School District". , this list has not been expanded to include former school districts. Background In the early 1900s the state had 4,873 school districts. The state government passed the Consolidated School of Law of 1906 and this figure fell to 4,863 in 1908, 4,839 in 1922,. and 4,558 in 1953. That year some additional laws were passed that contributed to reducing this further, and so this fell further to 458 as of July 1, 1965; that year another law made providing a high school mandatory for a school district, which meant school districts that had one room schoolhouses were required to consolidate. By July 1, 1980, the number of districts was down to 443. In 1984, there were 437 school districts in the state that operated high schools. In 1990 the total number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
