Armstrong–Ringsted Community School District (A-R) was a school district headquartered in

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. Its area included sections of Emmet, Kossuth and

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counties, and it served the communities of Armstrong and

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. It operated Armstrong–Ringsted Elementary School, Middle School, and High School.

History

It was established on by the merger of the Armstrong School District and the Ringsted School District.REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66
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Iowa Department of Education The Iowa Department of Education sets the standards for all public institutions of education in Iowa and accredits private as well as public schools. It is headquartered in Des Moines. Organization As of 2020, the Iowa Department of Education c ...

. Retrieved on July 20, 2018. At one point the district joined a grade-sharing arrangement, in which a school district sends its students to another district's schools, that had been already established between the Sentral Community School District and the North Kossuth Community School District. This new agreement began on July 1, 2012. At the same time Matt Berninghaus became the superintendent of Armstrong–Ringsted. On July 1, 2014, Armstrong–Ringsted merged with the Sentral district to form the North Union Community School District. The merger passed in the Armstrong–Ringsted district by 291–42 and in Sentral by 78–18, and the approval was through a total of 86% of voters in both school districts.

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* Defunct school districts in Iowa School districts established in 1979 1979 establishments in Iowa School districts disestablished in 2014 2014 disestablishments in Iowa Education in Emmet County, Iowa Education in Kossuth County, Iowa Education in Palo Alto County, Iowa {{Iowa-school-stub