Category Archives: Schools

Jan 27

Cedar Rapids Prairie needs a bond issue. Again.

Posted on Monday, January 27, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

In early 2016, the College Community School District (Cedar Rapids Prairie) approved a $49.5 million bond issue. This paid for multiple major construction projects on the school’s sprawling campus site on the south side of Cedar Rapids. The campus is a … Continue reading →

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Dec 04

North Winn memorabilia given to Minnesota school district

Posted on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 25, 2016 If Laura Ingalls had lived in Burr Oak, Iowa, 130 years after she did, she would have been a student at North Winneshiek Elementary School. Unless, that is, being three miles from the Minnesota border, she went … Continue reading →

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Dec 02

The fallen and the rising

Posted on Monday, December 2, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Towns that lost their only school building that I am aware of, 2010-19: Lineville, Stockport, Lost Nation, Menlo, Arcadia, Vail, Cincinnati, Crystal Lake, Lohrville, Mystic, Ringsted, Rippey, Ute, Denmark, Battle Creek, Hawkeye, Sabula, Titonka, Coggon, Walker, Boxholm, Clearfield, Dows, Elma, … Continue reading →

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Oct 08

Website does everything my booklet did — statewide

Posted on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Obviously, I need to write something about this. I haven’t had time to. But I did want to put the story up before it got too much older.

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Aug 08

Recent numbers to think about

Posted on Thursday, August 8, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

More than half of the Class 1A state baseball titles in the 21st century have been won by private schools. Six of those, including the most recent three, are Mason City Newman’s. Three private schools were in this year’s semifinals. … Continue reading →

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Aug 05

Iowa Mennonite School has new name, nickname

Posted on Monday, August 5, 2019, at 10:05 AM by Jeff

It’s a kind of thing you don’t really know about unless you played them on a regular basis, but until now, Iowa Mennonite School hasn’t had a team name. It’s been around since 1945, but the second reference was simply … Continue reading →

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Aug 01

One last cheer for Mallard

Posted on Thursday, August 1, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Three paragraphs and a handful of photos from the Emmetsburg Democrat about the last pep rally at the Mallard school back in June. The stately building is going to be demolished.

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Jul 30

Corning, Villisca plan consolidation

Posted on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

August 16, 2016: At least one architectural feature of Villisca’s old school building was incorporated into its new one. At the time, though, Villisca had already lost its high school. Radio Iowa (actually KMA) reports that Corning and Villisca are … Continue reading →

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Jul 11

Psst…want a black market brownie?

Posted on Thursday, July 11, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Newton school district has banned homemade snacks and treats for fear of “allergies”, reports the Newton Daily News. Forget fireworks; now the Iowa Legislature needs to legalize bake sales. In unrelated news, something special may or may not have … Continue reading →

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Jun 24

A note on Hampton-Dumont-CAL

Posted on Monday, June 24, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I hope the superintendent of the district with the high school in Hampton won’t mind me lifting from the school’s November/December 2018 newsletter (PDF) regarding the status of naming things in light of CAL sending its junior and senior high … Continue reading →

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