The West Fork Community School District is a consolidated rural

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, with campuses in Rockwell and

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. It resides in sections of Cerro Gordo and

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counties, with smaller portions in Hancock and

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counties. The district is for students residing in the communities of Rockwell, Sheffield,

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, Meservey, Thornton, Dougherty, and Chapin. The district is about large.

History

It was established on July 1, 2011, by the merger of the Sheffield–Chapin–Meservey–Thornton (SCMT) Community School District and the Rockwell–Swaledale Community School District. Three predecessor districts, Rockwell–Swaledale, Sheffield–Chapin Community School District, and

Meservey–Thornton Community School District Meservey–Thornton Community School District was a school district headquartered in Thornton, Iowa, serving Thornton and Meservey, Iowa, Meservey. - The page notes that the reorganization into the West Fork CSD, meaning when the district legally ...

, established a joint whole grade-sharing agreement, in which from one school district attend another district's schools for certain levels, at the high school level in 2004. Sheffield–Chapin and Meservey–Thornton, which already had their own whole grade-sharing agreement, legally merged into the single SCMT district in 2007. - The page notes that the reorganization into the West Fork CSD, meaning when the district legally appeared as a single school district, was in 2011. The Rockwell–Swaledale and SCMT districts established a new whole-grade sharing agreement, under the name "West Fork", in 2008. The district website described July 1, 2008, the time of establishment of the grade-sharing, as the date of its founding, although it was not legally in existence as a single school district at that point. In 2010, voters of the two districts formally agreed to merge, with Rockwell–Swaledale district residents approving it on a 253–201 basis, or 55%, while SCMT voters approved on a 501–42 basis, or 92.27%.

Schools

Schools include: * West Fork Elementary at Rockwell - Grades Pre-Kindergarten Through 5 * West Fork Middle School, Sheffield * West Fork High School, Sheffield A previous school configuration was having West Fork Elementary - Sheffield serving Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 2, West Fork Rockwell Campus serving PreK through Grade 8, and West Fork High School in a building separate from the elementary.

West Fork High School

Athletics

Their mascot is a Warhawk. The school's athletic teams play in the

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, after the merger of the Corn Bowl Conference, their former conference, and the North Iowa Conference. The teams were formerly known as the RS Rebels and the SCMT Spartans. *Football *Cross Country *Volleyball *Basketball ** Boys' 2011 Class 2A State Champions *Wrestling *Golf *Track and Field *Baseball *Softball *Archery ** 2021 Elementary 3-D State, Nationals, World Champions ** 2021 Elementary Bullseye State Champion, Nationals Runner-Up

References

External links

West Fork Community School District
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