Maple Valley Community School District was a school district headquartered in

Mapleton, Iowa Mapleton is a city in Monona County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,165 at the time of the 2020 census. History Mapleton was platted in 1857 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named from its location near the Maple R ...

. The district was located in sections of

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, Monona and

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counties; it served the municipalities of Mapleton, Castana,

Danbury Danbury is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2022 was 87,642. It is the seventh largest city in Connecticut. Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City ...

and Rodney. It also served the

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of Ticonic.Woodward, Susan.
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. The district had a total of of area.
Maple Valley Community School District. March 5, 2001. Retrieved on July 16, 2018.

History

The Mapleton Community School District, the Danbury Independent School District, the Rodney School District,Schmidt, Ellen.

" Maple Valley Community School District. 1998. Retrieved on July 16, 2018. and some school districts serving rural areas consolidated in 1961 to form the Maple Valley district. The community of Ticonic had merged with Mapleton in 1955, so it was in the Maple Valley district from the start. Castana and

joined the Maple Valley district in 1968.CASTANA JOINS MAPLE VALLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL 1962-PRESENT
" Maple Valley Community School District. March 5, 2001. Retrieved on July 16, 2018. The district closed the Ticonic School in 1961. For a period kindergarteners attended schools in Danbury and Mapleton, all district students in grades 1–2 attended Mapleton, all students in grades 3–6 attended school in Castana, all 7th and 8th graders attended school in Danbury, and all high school students attended school in Mapleton. An addition for elementary school and vocational classes in the Mapleton campus was funded by a 1970 school house levy. The peak enrollment was in 1971, with 1,155 students. Since then the enrollment declined. Circa 1993 the district began whole grade-sharing with the

Anthon–Oto Community School District Anthon–Oto Community School District was a school district headquartered in Anthon, Iowa. The district, in Woodbury County, served Anthon and Oto. History The Anthon and Oto school districts consolidated in 1959 to form the Anthon–Oto distri ...

; the two districts sent their own children to each other's schools, with each operating its own elementary school, Anthon–Oto operating the middle school, and Maple Valley operating the high school. The two districts also shared superintendents, teachers, and athletic facilities. In 2010 Maple Valley had about 505 students. The first merger election between the two districts came in 2005. Maple Valley voters favored the deal but Anthon–Oto voters turned it down, partly due to fear of being politically dominated by the larger Maple Valley, as Anthon–Oto had about 250 students, and also because they were unwilling to pay for a new high school in the Maple Valley area. The second merger was scheduled for February 1, 2011. On July 1, 2012, Anthon–Oto merged with Maple Valley to form the

Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto Community School District Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District, or Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in Mapleton, Iowa. It includes sections of Monona County and Woodbury County with small areas i ...

.REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66
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. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.

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* Defunct school districts in Iowa Education in Crawford County, Iowa Education in Ida County, Iowa Education in Monona County, Iowa Education in Woodbury County, Iowa 2012 disestablishments in Iowa School districts disestablished in 2012 School districts established in 1961 1961 establishments in Iowa {{Iowa-school-stub