Category Archives: Schools

Sep 23

Storm Lake selling old school building

Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Storm Lake school district wants to sell the old South Elementary building because it would cost too much to replace the boiler, KCAU and the AP report. (Of course, the new buyer would have to eat that $100,000 to … Continue reading →

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Sep 16

DigitalTown appropriating Iowa schools’ names for profit

Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

In retrospect, it’s an obvious strategy: Grab the domain names for every school district in Iowa, using the full name; follow that with the school nickname; make it a dot-com, since most official school district websites end in .k12.ia.us; and … Continue reading →

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Sep 14

One vote matters

Posted on Monday, September 14, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Two stories about the power of one: A Riceville school board candidate failed to win election because he didn’t take time to vote for himself — and no one else did either. In Columbia, Missouri, businesses along Business Loop I-70 … Continue reading →

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Sep 10

AHSTW succeeds; bond issues go down in flames

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

AHST and Walnut overwhelmingly approved consolidation Tuesday, multiple sources report (Register/AP, Nonpareil). Also in southwest Iowa, Fremont-Mills approved a bond issue, but it’s about the only winner this week. Throughout the state, other bond issues not only failed to reach … Continue reading →

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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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