A-H-S-T Community School District was a school district headquartered in
Avoca, Iowa
Avoca (Irish: Abhóca, meaning 'the great river') is a city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,672 at the 2020 census.
History
Avoca was founded in 1869 in connection with the construction of the Chicago, Rock Isl ...
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The district served sections of
Harrison
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People
* Harrison (name)
* Harrison family of Virginia, United States
Places
In Australia:
* Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin
In Canada:
* Inukjuak, Quebec, or " ...
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Pottawattamie, and
Shelby counties. It served Avoca,
Hancock Hancock may refer to:
Places in the United States
* Hancock, Iowa
* Hancock, Maine
* Hancock, Maryland
* Hancock, Massachusetts
* Hancock, Michigan
* Hancock, Minnesota
* Hancock, Missouri
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** Hancock (CDP), New Hampshir ...
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Shelby, and much of
Tennant.
History
It was formed by the merger of the Hancock-Avoca Community School District and the Shelby Community School District on July 1, 1996.
[REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66]
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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.
Circa 2015 the middle school area of the AHSTW Secondary School building in Avoca was scheduled to receive an expansion.
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.
[ 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.][
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Defunct school districts in Iowa
1996 establishments in Iowa
School districts established in 1996
2016 disestablishments in Iowa
School districts disestablished in 2016
Education in Harrison County, Iowa
Education in Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Education in Shelby County, Iowa
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