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Category Archives: Schools
Oct
16
Sharing stories of closed high schools
Author James Kenyon came to Traer to talk about his book full of stories about closed high schools. I wrote on my Substack about it Friday. I used the link without the background this time because the photo was cropped … Continue reading
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Oct
09
Clay Central-Everly still had homecoming
There are only 63 students in grades K-6 at Clay Central-Everly, and there’s no high school anymore, but that didn’t stop the school from having a homecoming week this year. KTIV was there to cover the parade. The Sioux Central … Continue reading
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Oct
04
West Sioux bond would replace 1961 Ireton addition
There’s apparently a 1921 school hiding somewhere in Ireton. It’s not readily visible, but something from that year would get renovations, according to West Sioux’s plans for a bond referendum. Aerial photos show that a building that was there in … Continue reading
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Sep
28
Lost and found for old schools
On the grounds where the Ferguson school used to stand in Marshall County, a class ring was lost in 1961. The ring’s original owner and the boyfriend who lost it still got married. Earlier this month, someone with a metal … Continue reading
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Sep
15
Manson-NW Webster began with football
Manson was one of the stops on WHO sports’ RVTV week before the Iowa-Iowa State game. The station did a feature on Manson-Northwest Webster. Although the districts began whole-grade sharing in 1990 and consolidated in 1993, the first appearance of … Continue reading
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Sep
13
Town vs. township, school edition
If you’ve read my Substack post from Monday, don’t spoil the reveal for those who will only see it after seeing today’s post.
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Aug
30
South Page sending high school students to Bedford
August 24, 2022: The backside of the South Page school faces the main road through town. This view does not show the clock tower. The South Page school district won’t have a traditional high school this year, but it’s not … Continue reading
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Aug
02
IKM-Manning trying again on bond issue
For the third time in four years, the IKM-Manning school district is trying to close the building in Irwin by building an addition in Manning. At a meeting in July, the board approved a vote for November, the Carroll Times … Continue reading
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Jun
21
Lu Verne school closes in consolidation
It’s not ABCWLT, but it could have been. Algona-Burt-Corwith-Wesley-Lu Verne-Titonka, but officially just Algona Community, becomes Iowa’s largest consolidated single-high-school district on July 1. Western Dubuque remains larger, barely, and MVAOCOU is two separate districts, for now. A district that … Continue reading
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Jun
16
Central command
Let’s go rollin’ on the Turkey and Wapsipinicon rivers. Due to it name(s), the reorganization history of the school district headquartered in Elkader was elusive. First, Elkader and Littleport voted to form the Consolidated Center School District (Clayton County Register, … Continue reading
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