Editing Castana, Iowa (section)

==Education==
Castana is within the [[Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto Community School District]].<ref>"[https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/SDRP2017_MAPLE%20VALLEY-ANTHON%20OTO.pdf Maple Valley Anthon-Oto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427123721/https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/SDRP2017_MAPLE%20VALLEY-ANTHON%20OTO.pdf |date=2018-04-27 }}." [[Iowa Department of Education]]. Retrieved on July 16, 2018.</ref>

The community was originally a part of the Castana Consolidated Independent School District.<ref name=Castanaclass>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010305203006/http://www.maple-valley.k12.ia.us/htmlpages/mvsd/history/mvhistc1.html Dormitory 1888-1897]." [[Maple Valley Community School District]]. March 5, 2001. Retrieved on July 16, 2018.</ref> The lower level of a building constructed in 1888 was the first classroom area. In 1897 a permanent $12,000, three story Castana Normal School building opened. An addition was completed in Summer 1911.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010425003614/http://www.maple-valley.k12.ia.us/htmlpages/mvsd/history/mvhistc2.html Castana Normal School 1897-1935]." [[Maple Valley Community School District]]. April 25, 2001. Retrieved on July 16, 2018.</ref> The school district acquired a teacher's residence hall in 1920; that building also housed classes for several grades.<ref name=Castanaclass/>

In 1935 and 1936 the Castana Consolidated School, the final school building in Castana, was built by the [[Sioux City, Iowa|Sioux City]] company Beuttler & Arnold, funded by a $36,818 [[Public Works Administration]] grant and a $45,000 bond. It opened for classes on September 7, 1936. In November of that year the school district sold the previous school to the city government for $1,000, and the building was razed. The 1935–1936 school was renamed the Castana Community School in 1954.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010305204945/http://www.maple-valley.k12.ia.us/htmlpages/mvsd/history/mvhistc3.html Castana Consolidated School 1935-1962]." [[Maple Valley Community School District]]. April 25, 2001. Retrieved on July 16, 2018.</ref>

The district began sending high school students to the [[Maple Valley Community School District]] in [[Mapleton, Iowa|Mapleton]] and to [[Onawa, Iowa|Onawa]] in fall 1962. Castana joined the Maple Valley district along with [[Danbury, Iowa|Danbury]] in 1968.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010305204825/http://www.maple-valley.k12.ia.us/htmlpages/mvsd/history/mvhistc4.html CASTANA JOINS MAPLE VALLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL 1962-PRESENT]." [[Maple Valley Community School District]]. March 5, 2001. Retrieved on July 16, 2018.</ref> The merged district did not use the teacher's residence and sold it in 1970.<ref name=Castanaclass/> On July 1, 2012, the Maple Valley district consolidated with the [[Anthon–Oto Community School District]] to form the new Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto district.<ref name=Mergerlist>"[https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/District%20Reorganization%20History%20final.pdf REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124738/https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/District%20Reorganization%20History%20final.pdf |date=2019-02-09 }}." [[Iowa Department of Education]]. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.</ref>