Villisca Community School District is a school district headquartered in
Villisca, Iowa
Villisca is a city in Montgomery County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,132 at the time of the 2020 census. It is most notable for the unsolved axe mass murder that took place in the town during the summer of 1912.
Geography
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. Along with the
Corning Community School District
Corning Community School District is a school district headquartered in Corning, Iowa. Along with the Villisca Community School District, it has the branding "Southwest Valley Schools".
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, it has the branding "Southwest Valley Schools". The district is in parts of
Adams,
Montgomery,
Page
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Taylor
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counties, and it serves Villisca and
Nodaway.
It operates Emerson Elementary School and Southwest Valley Middle School in Villisca. The district sends its students to
Southwest Valley High School
Southwest Valley High School is rural, public high school located in Corning, Iowa, United States. The school was renamed after Corning Community Schools and Villisca Community Schools entered into a whole-grade sharing agreement. Under the term ...
, operated by Corning CSD. The two districts also share superintendents. the shared superintendent is Willie Stone.
History
In 1913 the original Villisca school building was built, and in 1926 it received an addition. A new Villisca school building was to be built in 2000.
After some time as superintendent of
Hull Public School, Leslie Walpole assumed the same role at Villisca Community School District by 1932.
On July 1, 2008, the district absorbed portions of the former
New Market Community School District
New Market Community School District was a school district headquartered in New Market, Iowa, United States.
History
In 1882 the school opened in the M.E. Church, and that year it moved to a school building with four rooms. A five-room school hous ...
.
[REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66]
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By 2011 the process of establishing a grade-sharing agreement with Corning was under way. A feasibility study conducted that year by Dr. Robert Decker of the
University of Northern Iowa
The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is a public university in Cedar Falls, Iowa. UNI offers more than 90 majors across the colleges of Business Administration, Education, Humanities, Arts, and Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences and grad ...
recommended doing the grade-sharing with Corning instead of with the
Stanton Community School District.
Enrollment
References
Further reading
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External links
Southwest Valley Schools- joint website operated by the Villisca and
Corning districts
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School districts in Iowa
Education in Adams County, Iowa
Education in Montgomery County, Iowa
Education in Page County, Iowa
Education in Taylor County, Iowa
School districts established in 1913
1913 establishments in Iowa