Category Archives: Schools

For the third time in four years, the IKM-Manning school district is trying to close the building in Irwin by building an addition in Manning. At a meeting in July, the board approved a vote for November, the Carroll Times … Continue reading →

It’s not ABCWLT, but it could have been. Algona-Burt-Corwith-Wesley-Lu Verne-Titonka, but officially just Algona Community, becomes Iowa’s largest consolidated single-high-school district on July 1. Western Dubuque remains larger, barely, and MVAOCOU is two separate districts, for now. A district that … Continue reading →

Let’s go rollin’ on the Turkey and Wapsipinicon rivers. Due to it name(s), the reorganization history of the school district headquartered in Elkader was elusive. First, Elkader and Littleport voted to form the Consolidated Center School District (Clayton County Register, … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →