Starmont Community School District is a high school located 5 miles south of Arlington, Iowa

Arlington, Iowa

-2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 429 in the city, with a population density of . There were 212 housing units, of which 191 were occupied....

 and six miles north of Lamont, Iowa

Lamont, Iowa

Lamont is a city in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 503 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lamont is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

, on a very large tract of land in Maryville at the intersection of Highway 187 and Highway 3. The principal and superintendent of the high school is Matt O’Loughlin, the elementary school principal is Sandy Klaus, and the middle school principal is Sue Burrack.

The name is a portmanteau initialism: STrawberry Point + ARlington + LaMONT, thus Starmont. See Strawberry Point, Iowa

Strawberry Point, Iowa

Strawberry Point is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,386 at the 2000 census. Strawberry Point is home to the world's largest strawberry . Backbone State Park, Iowa's oldest state park, is located a few miles from the town.-Geography:Strawberry Point's longitude...

, Arlington, Iowa

Arlington, Iowa

-2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 429 in the city, with a population density of . There were 212 housing units, of which 191 were occupied....

 and Lamont, Iowa

Lamont, Iowa

Lamont is a city in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 503 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lamont is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

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The English department gained recognition for teaching students an innovative new technique of "unwriting" that pushed their creativity to a new level.