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Category Archives: Schools
Jun
14
Mid-century Corridor school history
Information on schools in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area covers enough time and space that it was best to pull them out into their own post. Dates are from Cedar Rapids Gazette articles. Toddville merged with Alburnett in 1954 (1/24/54), … Continue reading
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Jun
05
Last bell at Crescent Elementary
October 15, 2021: “Crescent Elementary School is the heart of the community,” the Council Bluffs district says on a webpage that probably won’t exist by this time next year. Crescent Elementary had its final day May 25. The student population … Continue reading
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May
10
New law limits school bond vote dates
The Iowa Legislature’s push to limit yearly growth of property taxes, signed by the governor in the last week of the session, includes a change that affects school bond issues. Until now, a bond referendum could be held at any … Continue reading
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May
05
Clearing up Clearfield
Following a reader’s letter, I dug in on the history of the Clearfield school for the 1982-92 school years. It got so complicated I had to make a spreadsheet. The Clearfield district, on the Taylor/Ringgold county line, dissolved in 2014. … Continue reading
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Apr
28
Fort Madison cuts sports sharing, then reverses course
When the Fort Madison school district voted to end its sports sharing programs early this month, it got the governor’s attention. The public school had been sharing multiple programs with students from Holy Trinity, and wrestling to Central Lee. In … Continue reading
Apr
21
Pomeroy school’s future unclear
Pomeroy-Palmer merged with Pocahontas Area a decade ago. The building in Pomeroy has been vacant nearly as long, except that the gymnasium has remained in use for practices*. But Pocahontas Area doesn’t want the facility anymore, KCCI reports, and the … Continue reading
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Apr
12
What’s next for NT after bond issue failure?
North Tama’s year-plus planning for a decades-plus future of the school complex failed by six votes last month. Now, writes Superintendent David Hill, the board is looking for advice on what to do next. Tonight, the North Tama school board’s … Continue reading
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Apr
07
Crescent school will close
Six years ago, when the Council Bluffs school district proposed closing Crescent Elementary, a tremendous outcry from area parents resulted in the school being kept open. It didn’t escape the ax this time. The Council Bluffs school board approved new … Continue reading
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Mar
31
When pants are outlawed, only outlaws will wear pants
Outlying areas of Appanoose County, including the towns of Cincinnati, Exline, Mystic, Numa, and Rathbun, were involuntarily attached to the Centerville school district in the summer of 1966 as the modern district era in Iowa began. Not only did the … Continue reading
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Mar
22
A is for Ayrshire
This is the 20th anniversary of my first multi-day trip to photograph Iowa highway signs. I spent the first half of spring break cooped up to pump out an important class paper, then set out amid gray skies and brown … Continue reading
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