Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District, or Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community Schools, is a rural

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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 Mapl ...

. It includes sections of

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and

Woodbury County Woodbury County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,941, making it the sixth-most populous county in Iowa. The county seat is Sioux City. Woodbury County is included in the Sioux City m ...

with small areas in Ida, and Crawford counties. It serves the towns of Mapleton, Anthon, Oto, Castana, Danbury, Rodney, and the surrounding rural areas, including 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, 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 Anthon–Oto Community School District was a school district headquartered in Anthon, Iowa. The district, in Woodbury County, Iowa, Woodbury County, served Anthon and Oto, Iowa, Oto. History The Anthon and Oto school districts consolidated in 1 ...

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. 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

The Rams compete in the

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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.

References

External links

Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District
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