Category Archives: Schools

May 16

Waukee gains the population of Forest City

Posted on Monday, May 16, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The rapid growth in Dallas County and This Is Where Your School District Went continues uninterrupted, as revealed in two news stories last week. First, a second Waukee high school will open in 2021, which sounds like a long time … Continue reading →

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May 06

O is for Otranto

Posted on Friday, May 6, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 29, 2015: Iowa’s Prairie Castle of Otranto. The vines certainly add a gothic touch. The school in tiny Otranto, just south of the Minnesota border, was in use for 50 years and closed in 1966, according to a reprinted … Continue reading →

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May 04

What will happen to St. Ansgar Elementary?

Posted on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

August 4, 2015: Detailed view of the brickwork at the southeast corner of the St. Ansgar Elementary building, which started out as the town’s main school building. They don’t build them like this anymore. The St. Ansgar school district has … Continue reading →

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May 02

Draft Gladbrook-Reinbeck dissolution map released

Posted on Monday, May 2, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

At a meeting last week, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Dissolution Committee unveiled a first draft of the way the school district would be divided up should a vote pass. The district’s PDF is here (Google Docs) and I have replicated it below. … Continue reading →

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Apr 27

GR dissolution committee meeting tonight

Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Gladbrook-Reinbeck dissolution committee will have a public meeting tonight at 5:30 in the MPR in Reinbeck. The agenda is pretty short with only one real new item: “Discussion – Begin boundary line drawing.” I don’t think there will be any … Continue reading →

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Apr 21

North Winneshiek throws in the towel

Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The North Winneshiek School District plans to be absorbed by Decorah at the end of the 2018-19 school year. Articles: Decorah Public Opinion, Decorah News, KWWL, KCRG. The school district, whose building is located southeast of Burr Oak, will send junior … Continue reading →

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Apr 19

Geneva gym vandalized

Posted on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Two weeks after WHO-TV had a story about a group hoping to rescue the gymnasium in Geneva before it was too far gone, the building was vandalized. What a sad turn of events.

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Apr 18

P is for Pilot Mound

Posted on Monday, April 18, 2016, at 10:15 AM by Jeff

June 4, 2014: The Pilot Mound school was built in 1920. The middle window says “Garage Sale May 31, 8:00-?”. A reorganization vote between the Grand (Boxholm/Pilot Mound) and Ogden school districts failed in November 1984. Had the vote succeeded, Grand … Continue reading →

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Apr 08

High voltage

Posted on Friday, April 8, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

It’s not quite my suggestion of Adair-Guthrie, but it’s the logical name nonetheless: The combined Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center district will be named AC/GC — styled exactly like that, according to the short article from Raccoon Valley Radio. The sports teams, named … Continue reading →

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Apr 01

Gladbrook-Reinbeck dissolution committee meets

Posted on Friday, April 1, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Reinbeck, Iowa, March 28 — The most recent meeting of the Gladbrook-Reinbeck dissolution committee was full of people who would rather not be there. Although there were more than two dozen speakers during the comment period, nearly all were opposed … Continue reading →

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