It is very rare for an Iowa school building to close during the school year, but that’s what just happened at Ackley Elementary.
Students packed up their things and left the old building for the last time Tuesday. The elementary, as you can see in the Courier’s pictures, is your typical pre-WWII symmetrical three-story building with a gym that is not full-length. Eighty-five years later, Ackley’s K-5 students are getting a new building with quite a few near-completion construction pictures posted online. High schoolers and community members participated in the massive undertaking.
If the old building is demolished, I hope the “A-G” center court circle can be preserved.