The West Fork Community School District is a consolidated rural public school district in Iowa, with campuses in Rockwell and Sheffield."Contact Us." West Fork Community School District. Retrieved on January 13, 2019. It resides in sections of Cerro Gordo and Franklin counties, with smaller portions in Hancock and Wright counties. The district is for students residing in the communities of Rockwell, Sheffield, Swaledale, Meservey, Thornton, Dougherty,"West Fork." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on January 13, 2019. and Chapin.Home. SCMT High School. March 2, 2001. Retrieved on January 13, 2019. This is a page from a predecessor school district; it served Chapin, so this one does too.
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."REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 ." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on January 13, 2019.
Three predecessor districts, Rockwell–Swaledale, Sheffield–Chapin Community School District, and Meservey–Thornton Community School District, 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 Community School District Sheffield Campus Grades PK-1 Student Handbook 2017-18." West Fork Community School District. Retrieved on January 14, 2019. "453 N 5th St, Sheffield, IA 50475" West Fork Middle School, Sheffield"Student–Parent Handbook Middle School 6th–8th Grade 2018-2019." West Fork Community School District. Retrieved on January 14, 2019. West Fork High School, Sheffield"West Fork Community School District Sheffield Campus Grades 9-12 Student Handbook 2018-19." West Fork Community School District. Retrieved on January 14, 2019. "453 N 5th St Sheffield, IA 50475" and "Bobby Willms, PK-1/9-12 Principal"
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.Home. West Fork Community School District. September 8, 2012. Retrieved on January 14, 2019.
West Fork High School Athletics Their mascot is a Warhawk. The school's athletic teams play in the Top of Iowa Conference, 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
See also List of school districts in Iowa List of high schools in Iowa
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External links West Fork Community School District (from 2008 to 2011 owned by SCMT and used in cooperation with Rockwell–Swaledale, and from 2011 on as the legally-merged district page)