Pocahontas Area Community School District (PAC) is a rural
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headquartered in
Pocahontas, Iowa
Pocahontas is a city in and the county seat of Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,867 in the 2020 census, a decline from the 1,970 population in 2000.
History
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The district is mostly in
Pocahontas County, with some parts in
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and very small sections in
Palo Alto County. Communities served include Pocahontas,
Havelock,
Palmer
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Pomeroy and
Rolfe.
it has about 900 students.
History
On July 1, 1989, the Havelock-Plover School District consolidated into the Pocahontas School District, and the resulting district was the Pocahontas Area School District. On July 1, 1993, the Rolfe School District consolidated into the Pocahontas Area district.
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Ghan Consultants owner Guy Ghan prepared a 2007 report proposing the consolidation of Pocahontas Area and three other school districts, with a single high school west of Pocahontas, though the impetus for this would have been years away.
Circa 2006, the district had 650 students, but circa 2012, there were around 500. At one point the Pocahontas district established a grade-sharing arrangement, in which one district sends its students to another district's school, with the
Pomeroy–Palmer Community School District
Pomeroy–Palmer Community School District was a school district headquartered in Pomeroy, Iowa, serving that city and Palmer.Laurens–Marathon Community School District
Laurens–Marathon Community School District is a rural state school, public school district headquartered in Laurens, Iowa, also serving Marathon, Iowa, Marathon. The district occupies sections of Buena Vista County, Iowa, Buena Vista, Clay Co ...
around 2015. In 2017, the L-M and Pocahontas districts began whole grade-sharing, in which one district sent its children to another district for certain grade levels.
As a result, Laurens–Marathon sent its high school students to Pocahontas Area High School.
The current secondary building was built in the decade of the 2010s and is meant to be handicap accessible. The original secondary building was built in 1921 and was scheduled to be razed after the new building was complete.
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Schools
The district operates three schools in Pocahontas:[
* Pocahontas Area Elementary School
* Pocahontas Area Middle/High School
* Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center
]
Pocahontas Area High School
Athletics
The Indians compete in the Twin Lakes Conference in the following sports:
*Cross Country
** Girls' 2014 Class 1A State Champions[
*Baseball
*Softball
]
Enrollment
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".
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*List of high schools in Iowa
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Adair County
* AC/ ...
References
Further reading
* Maps of the school district before the Pomeroy–Palmer merger
MainDetail on Rolfe
External links
Pocahontas Area Community School District
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School districts in Iowa
Education in Calhoun County, Iowa
Education in Palo Alto County, Iowa
Education in Pocahontas County, Iowa
School districts established in 1989
1989 establishments in Iowa