Alden Community School District is a rural

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headquartered in

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. The district occupies sections of Hardin and

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counties. In addition to Alden, it serves Buckeye and Popejoy. From the 2014–2015 school year until the 2017–2018 school year, the district had entered into a grade-sharing agreement with the

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in which students of particular grade levels attend schools in another districts' schools. Initially it was a two-way sharing agreement, or one in that both districts sent students to each other's schools. Alden hosted the 6th grade for both districts. By 2017 there was a proposal to modify it so only Alden sends students to Iowa Falls, and not the other way around, for a period until the 2027–2028 school year. That way 6th graders at Iowa Falls and Alden would go to their respective schools. All five members of the Iowa Falls CSD board approved this on May 9, 2016. The Iowa Falls CSD board, in 2016, had asked Alden to merge.

Schools

The district operates Alden Elementary School. It grade-shares for Iowa Falls-Alden High School and Riverbend Middle School, both in

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. Previously the district operated Alden Junior High School and Alden High School.

References

External links

Iowa Falls and Alden Community School Districts
- Joint website of the Alden district and the

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