A-H-S-T-W Community School District is a rural

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headquartered in

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. The district, with about of area, serves sections of

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, Pottawattamie, and Shelby counties. It serves Avoca,

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, Shelby,

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, and much of Tennant. The initials of the five cities form the name of the school district.

History

It was formed by the merger of the

A-H-S-T Community School District A-H-S-T Community School District was a school district headquartered in Avoca, Iowa. The district served sections of Harrison, Pottawattamie, and Shelby counties. It served Avoca, Hancock, Shelby, and much of Tennant. History It was formed ...

and the Walnut Community School District on July 1, 2016.Reorganization & Dissolution Actions Since 1965-66
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. Retrieved on July 20, 2018. About 88% of the voters in the combined area favored consolidation in the vote. 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. 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.

Schools

The district operates three schools in a single facility in Avoca: *A-H-S-T-W Primary *A-H-S-T-W Intermediate *A-H-S-T-W High School

School expansion

Circa 2015, the middle school area of the A-H-S-T-W Secondary School building in Avoca was scheduled to receive an expansion. Now in 2023, they are adding on to the area of the A-H-S-T-W Secondary School area.

A-H-S-T-W High School

Athletics

The Vikings compete in the

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in the following sports: *Volleyball *Football *Basketball *Golf *Baseball *Softball *handball

References

External links

AHSTW Community School District
School districts in Iowa 2016 establishments in Iowa School districts established in 2016 Education in Cass County, Iowa Education in Harrison County, Iowa Education in Pottawattamie County, Iowa Education in Shelby County, Iowa {{Iowa-school-stub