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United Community School District
The United Community School District is a public school district headquartered in a rural area outside of Boone, Iowa. It is mainly in Boone County, with a smaller area in Story County, and serves the town of Luther and the surrounding rural areas (between Boone and Ames. Dr. Pam Dodge, superintendent of Ogden Community School District, became superintendent through a shared agreement in 2020. The previous superintendent, John Chalstrom, was placed on administrative leave in January 2020, after being arrested for drunken driving. Schools The district operates two PK-6 schools, both on the same campus in rural Boone: * United North Elementary School * United South Elementary School Since 2009, students from United can attend secondary school in Ames Ames may refer to: Places United States * Ames, Arkansas, a place in Arkansas * Ames, Colorado * Ames, Illinois * Ames, Indiana * Ames, Iowa, the most populous city bearing this name * Ames, Kansas * Ames, Nebraska * Ames, ... [...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] |
Story County, Iowa
Story County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 98,537, making it the ninth-most populous county in Iowa. The county seat is Nevada, Iowa, Nevada; the largest city is Ames, Iowa, Ames. The geographical center of Iowa lies in Story County, northeast of Ames. Story County comprises the Ames, Iowa, Ames, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines-Ames, Iowa, Ames-West Des Moines, Iowa, West Des Moines, IA Des Moines metropolitan area, Combined Statistical Area. The county is home to Iowa State University in Ames. History The land that today is known as Story County was originally prairie with the exception of some groves along the larger streams in the area. In 1846 the boundaries of Story County were established. The county has an area of and is square in shape. The county was named after Joseph Story, a preeminent United States Suprem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ames, Iowa
Ames () is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately north of Des Moines in central Iowa. It is best known as the home of Iowa State University (ISU), with leading agriculture, design, engineering, and veterinary medicine colleges. A United States Department of Energy national laboratory, Ames Laboratory, is located on the ISU campus. According to the 2020 census, Ames had a population of 66,427, making it the state's ninth largest city. Iowa State University was home to 33,391 students as of fall 2019, which make up approximately one half of the city's population. Ames also hosts United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) sites: the largest federal animal disease center in the United States, the USDA Agricultural Research Service's National Animal Disease Center (NADC), as well as one of two national USDA sites for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), which comprises the National Veterinary Services Laboratory and the Center for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa Department Of Education
The Iowa Department of Education sets the standards for all public institutions of education in Iowa and accredits private as well as public schools. It is headquartered in Des Moines Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, .... The Iowa Department of Education consists of 8 bureaus. The department works with the oversight of the Board of Education. The Board of Education consists of 11 members and was founded in 1857. The Department of Education uses the Iowa Statewide Assessment for Student Progress (ISASP). As of 2019, the board allocated $2.7 million for school districts and $300,000 for accredited nonpublic schools. References External linksIowa Department of Education* * Department of Education, Iowa State departments of education of the United States Education, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogden Community School District
The Ogden Community School District, or Ogden Community Schools, is a public school district headquartered in Ogden, Iowa. The district is completely within in Boone County. The district serves Ogden, Beaver, Berkley, and the surrounding rural areas. Dr. Pam Dodge has served as superintendent since 2018, after serving as a principal in the Ankeny Community School District for six years. Beginning in 2020, the district entered an agreement with United Community School District to share a superintendent. Dr. Dodge is serving as superintendent for both districts. Schools The district has three schools on a single campus in Ogden. *Ogden Elementary School *Ogden Middle School *Ogden Senior High School Ogden High School Athletics The Bulldogs compete in the West Central Activities Conference in the following sports: *Cross Country *Volleyball *Football *Basketball *Wrestling *Track and Field *Golf *Baseball *Softball Students from Ogden can also participate in the following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ogden Reporter
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Ames Community School District
The Ames Community School District is the public school district for most of the city of Ames, Iowa. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Collegeshttp://www.ncacasi.org/school-search/search : Search by school name: "Ames High School" and the . The district is entirely in Story County. 
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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] |
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] |
Education In Boone County, Iowa
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