Harmony Community School District

Harmony Community School District is a school district headquartered in unincorporated Van Buren County, Iowa, near Farmington.[1] It serves sections of Van Buren, Henry, and Lee. Communities in its service area include Farmington, Bonaparte, and Hillsboro.[2]

As of 2018 the district operates one school, Harmony Elementary School in Farmington, and sends students to Van Buren Junior-Senior High School in Keosauqua as part of a grade-sharing arrangement. In previous eras it had its headquarters in Bonaparte; it formerly operated Harmony Junior-Senior High in Farmington and Harmony Elementary in Bonaparte.[3] In 2016 the high school closed and the elementary moved into the former high school building.[4]

History

In fall 2016 the Harmony district and the Van Buren Community School District began a grade-sharing arrangement in which Harmony-zoned students attended Van Buren schools for grades 7-12. The Harmony district's junior and senior high school closed.[4]

In January 2018 the administrations of the Van Buren and Harmony districts began to consider merging. In February 2018 83% of the voters in the Van Buren and Harmony districts voted to merge, with 94% (of 637 voters) in favor in the pre-merger Van Buren district and 72% (of 619 voters) in favor in the pre-merger Harmony district. There will be a single superintendent and school board for both areas beginning on July 1, 2019.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Home. Harmony Community School District. Retrieved on June 20, 2018. "33727 Route J40 Farmington, IA 52626" - To find on Google Maps, look for "Harmony High School, Route J40, Farmington, IA, USA"
  2. ↑ "Harmony." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on June 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Harmony Community School District." Southern Prairie Area Education Agency 15. May 10, 1997. Retrieved on June 20, 2018. "Administrative Offices 1st & Washington Bonaparte, Iowa 52620"
  4. 1 2 Aguirre, Joey (2016-05-23). "Harmony sends off its final graduating class". The Hawk Eye. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  5. ↑ Niehaus, Michaele (2018-02-06). "Van Buren, Harmony to merge". The Hawk Eye. Retrieved 2018-06-20.

Further reading

  • Ebert, Rusty (2017-06-29). "Reorganization back on table for Harmony, Van Buren schools". The Fairfield Ledger.
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