IKM–Manning Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered at IKM–Manning Middle and High School in Manning, Iowa. In addition to Manning, the district name also refers to the municipalities of Irwin, Kirkman, and Manilla.
The district is located in sections of Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, and Shelby counties. It serves all of the municipalities of Manning, Irwin, Kirkman, Manilla, and Aspinwall. A small section of Templeton lies within the district boundaries.
History
It was established on July 1, 2011, from the merger of the Manning Community School District and the IKM Community School District. The merger vote, held on Tuesday April 6, 2010, was in favor of consolidation: the vote tallies were 477–20 at the Manning polling station, 206–26 at the Irwin polling station, and 190–20 at the Manilla polling station. The superintendent of the district, Thomas Ward, stated that rural areas lost population as increasingly urban areas of the state had the major employment available.
The district was previously headquartered in Manilla.
Trevor Miller has served as superintendent since 2017, and the district entered a sharing agreement with Exira–EHK to split his time 50/50. In 2020, the districts modified the agreement for the 2020–21 to split his time 80/20 with 4 days per week at Exira–EHK and a single day per week at IKM–Manning.
In 2020 there was a vote for a school bond of more than $19 million, but this was voted down. The same result happened in 2021.
By 2023 there were plans to add a multipurpose building that also would function as another gymnasium.
Schools
The district operates two schools: IKM–Manning Elementary School in Irwin, and IKM–Manning Middle and High School.
The Manning campus, which once had both elementary and high school grades, at one time had about 550 students.
The district previously operated a middle school in Manilla, with a main building, an addition, and gymnasium from 1914, 1959, and December 1935, respectively. The addition held elementary school classes. Jeff Morrison of the Des Moines Register wrote that "If you had to select one place to represent the last century of rural Iowa education, the school complex in Manilla would be a good option." The Manilla school closed in 2014; at the time the district continued to have its headquarters there. The district also continued to use the gymnasium for junior high school athletic games.
IKM–Manning High School
Athletics
The Wolves compete in the Western Iowa Conference in the following sports: Cross country Volleyball Football Basketball Girls' 2009 class 2A state champions Wrestling Track and field Golf Soccer Baseball Softball
See also
List of school districts in Iowa
List of high schools in Iowa
References
External links
IKM–Manning Community School District
"Iowa School District Profiles IKM-Manning." Iowa State University Department of Economics, June 2013. School district map (2010) - Iowa Secretary of State