July 6, 2011: Dead district walking.
Even though Titonka’s merger with Algona does not take effect until 2014, the district effectively will cease to exist this summer. All students K-12, instead of just 5-12, will be going to school in Algona. There will still be a preschool in Titonka.
As you can see above, Titonka has a really, really nice school building. I hope it can be put to good use. I wish in cases like this the larger district would consider a student distribution to keep absorbed district buildings alive, but when it’s a matter of literally a few dozen students, it’s just not cost effective.