Category Archives: Schools

May 29

Davenport considers dropping outlying school

Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

So… remember the “West Scott” petition from a few weeks ago, which is actually a rehash of the same thing three years ago? It’s on the Davenport school district’s radar, and the district has a response of sorts: Punish them … Continue reading →

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May 17

Mallard school’s goose is cooked

Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 3, 2016 The inevitable finally happened: West Bend-Mallard announced in January that Mallard Elementary will be closed after the 2018-19 school year. Story: KICD. (I missed this when it happened because I was waiting for the Emmetsburg News to … Continue reading →

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May 11

Petitioners want school separate from Davenport

Posted on Friday, May 11, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Davenport was the only school district in Iowa to add a high school in a nearly 40-year span. But if some petitioners have their way, WQAD reports, a significant portion of the district would be severed entirely. Blue Grass, Buffalo, … Continue reading →

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May 08

Plainfield school will close

Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

A crude metric for your place in the school ecosystem is as follows: If your district has been losing about 10 students every year for a decade, is it a rounding error, something to monitor carefully and attempt to remedy, … Continue reading →

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May 02

Holland school to be demolished

Posted on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 7, 2015: The brick and oversized window openings, if not the small playground, give away that this building in Holland was a school once. (Photo of the back, facing what clearly was a bad direction for the time of … Continue reading →

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Apr 18

Gladbrook school building: Now what?

Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 7, 2015: Will all or part of the Gladbrook school complex come down? It seems inevitable. Of course, eventually, the question had to be asked. Now that the Gladbrook-Reinbeck school district will remain intact, what is going to be done … Continue reading →

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Apr 13

HMS bond issue passes

Posted on Friday, April 13, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

In a close to a mini-saga I’ve covered before, voters in the HMS school district finally approved an elementary school attached to the existing high school in Hartley and new classrooms/gym in Sanborn (story/schematics: KIWA). This was the FOURTH vote … Continue reading →

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Apr 11

Webster City to absorb Northeast Hamilton

Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

May 28, 2012: Northeast Hamilton completed a major construction project at the beginning of the decade, and then began sending high school students to Webster City in 2015. Now what happens to the Trojan? The Northeast Hamilton school district formed in … Continue reading →

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Apr 09

Arnolds Park school to close … eventually

Posted on Monday, April 9, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Okoboji school district approved a bond issue for a new middle school Tuesday (story: Spencer Daily Reporter). The district covers the Iowa Great Lakes area south of 175th Street, with Arnolds Park, Milford, Okoboji (yes, there’s a town of … Continue reading →

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Apr 03

D is for Dumont

Posted on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 7, 2015: The closed Hampton-Dumont Intermediate School in Dumont. The lighter-colored concrete portion with the school name is where the connection to the original school building was; that part was demolished in the 2005-06 school year. The passage of … Continue reading →

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