Aurelia Community School District

Aurelia Community School District was a school district headquartered in Aurelia, Iowa. It was mostly in Cherokee County, with a section in Buena Vista County.

In 1989, it began a whole grade-sharing arrangement, in which one district sends certain grade levels to another district's schools, with the Alta Community School District. However this agreement ended in 1996, and the Iowa Association of School Boards stated that the previous arrangement and its outcome resulted in "some community members eingoffended".From Whole Grade Sharing (Twice) to Reorganization: How Alta and Aurelia Board Leadership Came Together and Became Alta-Aurelia
" Iowa Association of School Boards. Retrieved on July 31, 2018.

In 2010, Aurelia and Alta resumed sharing athletic teams. A new grade-sharing arrangement with Alta began in 2011. Both districts had their elementary schools, with Aurelia hosting the middle school and Alta hosting the high school. The shared Alta–Aurelia superintendent, Lynn Evans, stated that only secondary classes were grade-shared as they were more expensive to teach than primary classes.

In September 2017, an election on whether the districts should be merged was held. The merger was approved 178–55 in Aurelia and 257–8 in Alta. On July 1, 2018, the Aurelia district merged with the Alta district into the Alta–Aurelia Community School District.REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66
." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 29, 2018.

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Aurelia Community School District and Alta Community School District Whole Grade Sharing Contract

Defunct school districts in Iowa
2018 disestablishments in Iowa
Education in Buena Vista County, Iowa
Education in Cherokee County, Iowa
School districts disestablished in 2018

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