Category Archives: Schools

Jun 17

North Winneshiek wants to keep plugging along as K-6 district

Posted on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

From Decorah Newspapers: The North Winneshiek School Board approved a resolution Monday afternoon that will make its school a preschool through sixth grade facility from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2020. That’s the news part of the story, but … Continue reading →

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Jun 16

Football playoffs back to 16 per class

Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at 10:24 AM by Jeff

Well, knock me over with a feather. The IHSAA is going back to 16 teams per class in the football postseason starting in 2016. There won’t be 2-7 teams in the playoffs anymore, and now the points start to matter again … Continue reading →

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Jun 09

Remsen-Union, Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn sharing back on

Posted on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at 10:14 AM by Jeff

The Remsen-Union and Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn school districts were in talks for whole-grade sharing, but ended them over disagreement on which town would get the high school. Now, after a short period of finding out the alternatives aren’t very good, the districts … Continue reading →

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Jun 03

Sabula school will be demolished; where does ‘easternmost’ title go?

Posted on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at 10:11 AM by Jeff

The easternmost school building in Iowa is on a collision course with the wrecking ball. The Easton Valley school district earlier this month in May approved demolition of the school in Sabula, reports the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald. After demolition in Sabula, the … Continue reading →

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May 29

Final bell for Corwith-Wesley

Posted on Friday, May 29, 2015, at 12:30 PM by Jeff

The Corwith-Wesley school district, chronicled for the past year in The Des Moines Register, dismissed classes for the last time at the time of this post. A baker’s dozen of students graduated from Corwith-Wesley-LuVerne May 17. The Mason City Globe-Gazette … Continue reading →

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May 28

Prescott becomes a zombie district

Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

January 27, 2011: Prescott school building. Prescott Elementary in southwest Iowa dismisses its last students today, after a century of educating students in a stately brick building on the north side of town. Next school year, everyone will be “tuitioned … Continue reading →

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May 15

‘West Scott’ school district split?

Posted on Friday, May 15, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

This isn’t a horse of a different color, it’s a horse off the spectrum of visible light: Mayors of Blue Grass, Buffalo, and Walcott are interested in splitting their towns away from the Davenport school district, report the Quad-City Times and … Continue reading →

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May 12

Remembering Farragut, Hamburg school buildings

Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The brick once-high-school buildings in Farragut and Hamburg, built in 1924 and 1928, respectively, will close at the end of this year, KMA Radio reports. (Intro, Farragut, Hamburg, conclusion.) The linked articles interview school officials about the inevitability, and teachers … Continue reading →

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May 11

Ottumwa has two empty school buildings

Posted on Monday, May 11, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

A story from KTVO says that one unused school building in Ottumwa (Walsh) “has run the full course of useable life” and another (Wildwood) would cost millions of dollars to renovate for non-class use. A short Internet search shows that … Continue reading →

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May 07

Cleghorn school will close

Posted on Thursday, May 7, 2015, at 10:05 AM by Jeff

The 94-year-old school building in Cleghorn will educate students for one more month. The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn district will close the building, used for fourth through sixth grades, to save $130,000 a year, says the Sioux City Journal. The district will still … Continue reading →

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