Category Archives: Schools

Sep 09

RUn-MMC

Posted on Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn and Remsen-Union school boards Sept. 2 gave the second approval for a whole-grade-sharing agreement starting in 2016, KTIV reports. Marcus gets the high school, Remsen gets grades 5-8, each keep their own elementaries. The story says that in November, … Continue reading →

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Sep 03

Harmony losing its high school

Posted on Thursday, September 3, 2015, at 10:03 AM by Jeff

The Harmony Rockets are being taken off the launch pad. The school district in eastern Van Buren County, whose high school is not in the town of Farmington but at the intersection of J40 and W46 along the Henry County … Continue reading →

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Aug 28

Class A football, 2002: Where are they now?

Posted on Friday, August 28, 2015, at 10:04 AM by Jeff

In 2002, North Tama was knocked down a peg in the football classifications, from Class 1A to Class A. The Redhawks bounced all over eastern Iowa in football districts, often ending up as the corner school in a far-flung region. … Continue reading →

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Aug 25

Fort Dodge’s oldest elementary shut down

Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015, at 9:59 AM by Jeff

Earlier this month, a pre-school-year inspection of Duncombe Elementary in Fort Dodge — in the city, not in the town of Duncombe — “found cracked and crumbling walls along with bowing windows,” WHO reported. The century-old building (1912) is closed … Continue reading →

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Aug 21

Top of Iowa Conference takes effect

Posted on Friday, August 21, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Superconferences (and the threat of them) aren’t just for the college level. This fall, the North Iowa Conference and Corn Bowl Conference come together as a 16-team Top of Iowa Conference, spanning the north-central part of the state from Armstrong … Continue reading →

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Aug 12

NT superintendent introduces himself

Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

North Tama has a new superintendent this year. Well, 57 percent of one. For the first time, the district will be sharing administrative functions with someone else. David Hill, the principal of Dysart-Geneseo Elementary, will be splitting his duties between … Continue reading →

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Aug 07

Walnut school closing regardless of merger vote

Posted on Friday, August 7, 2015, at 10:06 AM by Jeff

The Walnut school district, which is currently sending its higher grades to AHST, will send everyone to Avoca even if a September merger vote fails, according to the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil. Walnut lost a quarter of its enrollment in … Continue reading →

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Aug 05

Highland wants to consolidate building location

Posted on Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Highland school district is proposing to close two elementary buildings that haven’t been around all that long. Highland, a name that falls firmly in the “tells you nothing about its location” category, is Ainsworth and Riverside in Washington County. … Continue reading →

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Aug 02

Mason City Newman. Again.

Posted on Sunday, August 2, 2015, at 12:01 PM by Jeff

The semi-tradition of “the team that beats North Tama, or the team that beats the team that beats North Tama, wins it all” came true again this year in baseball, as Mason City Newman shut out Pleasantville Saturday to win the Class … Continue reading →

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Jul 30

Wilton uniting campuses, will close former high school building

Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

From the Muscatine Journal: Wilton is building an elementary addition onto its junior/senior high school. Completion will be in 2016. The current elementary, which was the town’s only school building decades ago, will be demolished.

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