IKM–Manning Community School District
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 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. 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 but it closed in 2014; at the time the district continued to have its headquarters there. IKM–Manning High School. Athletics. The Wolves compete in the Western Iowa Conference in the following sports: