Alden Community School District is a rural
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school district
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headquartered in
Alden, Iowa
Alden is a city in Hardin County, Iowa, Hardin County, Iowa, United States. The population was 763 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census.
History
Alden was laid out in 1855. It was named for its founder, Henry Alden, a native of Massach ...
. The district occupies sections of
Hardin and
Franklin
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counties. In addition to Alden, it serves
Buckeye and
Popejoy.
From the 2014–2015 school year until the 2017–2018 school year,
the district had entered into a grade-sharing agreement with the
Iowa Falls Community School District in which students of particular grade levels attend schools in another districts' schools. Initially it was a two-way sharing agreement, or one in that both districts sent students to each other's schools. Alden hosted the 6th grade for both districts. By 2017 there was a proposal to modify it so only Alden sends students to Iowa Falls, and not the other way around, for a period until the 2027–2028 school year. That way 6th graders at Iowa Falls and Alden would go to their respective schools. All five members of the Iowa Falls CSD board approved this on May 9, 2016.
[ The Iowa Falls CSD board, in 2016, had asked Alden to merge.
]
Schools
The district operates Alden Elementary School.
It grade-shares for Iowa Falls-Alden High School and Riverbend Middle School, both in Iowa Falls.
Previously the district operated Alden Junior High School and Alden High School.
References
External links
Iowa Falls and Alden Community School Districts
- Joint website of the Alden district and the Iowa Falls Community School District
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School districts in Iowa
Education in Franklin County, Iowa
Education in Hardin County, Iowa
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