North Union Community School District

North Union Community School District is a school district headquartered in Armstrong, Iowa.[1] It covers portions of Emmet, Kossuth, and Palo Alto counties, and serves Armstrong, Fenton, Lone Rock, and Ringsted.[2]

It operates North Union Elementary School and North Union High School, while it has a grade sharing arrangement with North Kossuth Community School District in Swea City for its middle school.[3] As of 2015 the district has about 400 students.[4]

History

It was established on July 1, 2014 by the merger of the Armstrong-Ringsted Community School District and the Sentral Community School District.[5] 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.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Home. North Union Community School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2018. "North Union Community School District, 600 4th Ave., Armstrong, IA 50514"
  2. ↑ "North Union." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ "MS/PK-5 Swea City." North Union Community School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ Duffy, Molly (2018-02-13). "Iowa school districts cope with when to consolidate - and when to stand alone". Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  5. ↑ "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Northern Iowa voters OK school merger". Fairmont Sentinel. 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
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