[2] In August 2011, the school moved to a new location, which was built at a construction cost of about $54 million.

[4] Ankeny Centennial High School opened in 2013, drawing students from what was the northern portion of AHS' attendance zone.

[8] Ankeny has three competitive show choirs, the mixed-gender "Visual Adrenaline" and "Perpetual Motion" as well as the all-female "Intensity".

[10] With the opening of Ankeny Centennial in 2013, some inside the show choir program wanted to end the history of the three groups and start fresh with new directors and new names.

The Ankeny Community School District cited a 2009 precedent in a 2011 move to disallow any potential attempted name changes.