Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District, or Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community Schools, is a rural
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school district
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headquartered in
Mapleton, Iowa
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History
Mapleton was platted in 1857 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named from its location near the Maple R ...
. It includes sections of
Monona County and
Woodbury County with small areas in
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Crawford
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counties. It serves the towns of Mapleton,
Anthon,
Oto
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,
Castana,
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,
Rodney, and the surrounding rural areas, including the
unincorporated area
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of
Ticonic.
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Ticonic Independent School District
" Maple Valley Community School District. December 1997. Retrieved on July 16, 2018. Note that the Ticonic district was absorbed by Mapleton in 1955, which in turn became a part of Maple Valley in 1961, and that in turn became a part of MVAO in 2012.
History
It was established on July 1, 2012, from the merger of the
Anthon–Oto Community School District and the
Maple Valley Community School District. The vote for merging the districts was scheduled for February 1, 2011.
From 2005 until 2015 what is now known as MVAO and the MVAO of 2015 lost a total of 178 students.
Due to the decline in enrollments, in January 2017 the MVAO district and the
Charter Oak–Ute Community School District entered into a grade-sharing arrangement in which one district sends its students to another district for certain grade levels. As a result, the Charter Oak–Ute high school closed.
MVAO High School was renamed MVAOCOU High School. Charter Oak–Ute will pay MVAO tuition costs.
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Jeff Thelander has been the superintendent since 2019.
]
Schools
The district operates four schools:[
* Anthon Elementary School
* Mapleton Elementary School
* MVAO Middle School
* MVAOCOU High School
]
MVAOCOU High School
Athletics
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in the following sports:
*Cross Country
*Volleyball
*Football
*Basketball
*Track and Field
*Golf
*Baseball
*Softball
Activities
The Rams also partake in other activities, such as Quiz Bowl.
See also
*List of school districts in Iowa
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Districts are listed by their official names, though several schools use "Schools" in their name or website rather than "Community School District".
, this list h ...
*List of high schools in Iowa
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Adair County
* AC/ ...
References
External links
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District
School districts in Iowa
2012 establishments in Iowa
School districts established in 2012
Education in Monona County, Iowa
Education in Ida County, Iowa
Education in Crawford County, Iowa
Education in Woodbury County, Iowa
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