IKM_Community_School_District

IKM Community School District

IKM Community School District

Defunct school district in Iowa, United States

IKM Community School District was a school district headquartered in Manilla.[1] The district name referred to the municipalities of Irwin, Kirkman, and Manilla.[2] In addition to the aforementioned cities, it also served Aspinwall.[3]

History

It was formed on July 1, 1992, by the merger of the Irwin and Manilla school districts.[4]

In fall 2008 the IKM district and the Manning Community School District began whole grade-sharing, in which one district sent its students to another district's school for the whole day. This arrangement meant that the two districts consolidated their students into each other's schools.[5]

On July 1, 2011, it merged with the Manning district to form the IKM–Manning Community School District.[4] The merger vote, held on Tuesday April 6, 2010, was in favor of consolidation: the vote tallies were 206–26 at the Irwin polling station and 190–20 at the Manilla polling station, while in Manning the tally was 477–20.[6]

During the consolidation process, the IKM and Manning school boards continued to operate while a temporary joint school board was also set up.[7]

Schools

The district operated an elementary school in Irwin,[8] and a high school in Manilla.[9]

Irwin Consolidated School was formerly in operation.

References

  1. [1]
    "IKM School Board." IKM School District. July 1, 2007. Retrieved on July 17, 2018. "School Board meetings are held in the Superintendent's office at the Manilla Center[...]"
  2. [2]
    "Youth & Schools." City of Manning. Retrieved on July 17, 2018.
  3. [3]
    "IKM Community and Manning Community School District: Preliminary Director Districts Plan." Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved on July 17, 2018. Note the school district boundary, which is not the same as the director district boundary.
  4. [4]
    "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 Archived 2018-06-19 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Education." City of Manilla. Retrieved on July 17, 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Manning-IKM consolidation wins approval". Carroll Daily Times Herald. 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  7. [7]
    Wiser, Mike (2011-03-07). "Schools in small towns continue to consolidate". The Waterloo Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. pp. A1, A11. - Clipping of first (see graphic) and of second page at Newspapers.com.
  8. [8]
    "IKM Elementary." IKM Community School District. February 10, 2003. Retrieved on July 17, 2018.
  9. [9]
    "I-K-M High School." IKM Community School District. February 10, 2003. Retrieved on July 17, 2018.


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