Harmony Community School District was a school district which was, at the end of its existence, headquartered in
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Van Buren County, Iowa
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Farmington
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. It served sections of Van Buren,
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counties. Communities in its service area included Farmington,
Bonaparte, and
Hillsboro.
In previous eras it had its headquarters in Bonaparte.
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At the end of its existence the district operated one school, Harmony Elementary School near Farmington, and sent students to Van Buren Junior-Senior High School in
Keosauqua as part of a grade-sharing arrangement.
History
The state of Iowa had changed its scheme for funding public schools, and the numbers of students in area schools had decreased. In January 2016 the Harmony district and the
Van Buren Community School District agreed to begin a grade-sharing arrangement in which Harmony-zoned students attended Van Buren schools for grades 7–12. The Harmony district repurposed the Farmington high school building for its elementary schools. The arrangement began in fall 2016. The Harmony district's junior and senior high school closed the previous spring. The final graduating class consisted of 15 students.
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In January 2018 the administrations of the Van Buren and Harmony districts began to consider merging. In February 2018 83% of the voters in the Van Buren and Harmony districts voted to merge, with 94% (of 637 voters) in favor in the pre-merger Van Buren district and 72% (of 619 voters) in favor in the pre-merger Harmony district.][ On that day the ]Van Buren County Community School District
The Van Buren County Community School District (VBCSD) is a rural public school district headquartered in Keosauqua, Iowa.
It is mostly in Van Buren County, and extends into Davis, Henry, and Lee counties. In addition to Keosauqua, it also se ...
formed.
Schools
It formerly operated Harmony Elementary in Bonaparte, Harmony Middle School in Farmington,[ and Harmony High School in unincorporated Van Buren County.]
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Education in Van Buren County, Iowa
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