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Category Archives: Schools
Oct
29
Lagoon issue trips up East Mills school shuffle
The former Nishna Valley school, two miles east of Hastings at the intersection of US 34 and old 34, has its own sewage lagoon. That makes it the third one I know of in Iowa. It came to my attention … Continue reading
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Oct
27
Meanwhile, east of Pacific Junction
Here are many of the stories I missed while covering the US 34 bridge opening last week. I hope this means I won’t have a story drought later this week! (If I do, just come back here and read the … Continue reading
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Oct
09
Remsen won’t give up high school easily
Remsen, population 1663, is at risk of becoming one of the largest towns in Iowa to lose its (public) high school in recent decades. A proposal has been made for whole-grade sharing with Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn with the high school in Marcus. … Continue reading
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Oct
04
Moorhead school rescued from abandonment
There are plenty of sad stories about abandoned Iowa schools, so when there’s a success, we should give credit where it’s due. East Monona hasn’t been a school district since 2004, and the building in Moorhead soon had problems, but … Continue reading
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Sep
26
Some little school demolition notes
This turned into an all-school week without me quite realizing it! Anyway, here are a couple little items of note: Although I don’t typically track big-city buildings, Iowa City is tearing down a school built in 1917-18. Also on the … Continue reading
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Sep
25
Benton Community considers closing Van Horne Elementary
The Benton Community school district is not necessarily small for Iowa, in either size or population, but it has endured enrollment declines like any other mostly-rural district. After absorbing Norway in 1991, the district covers about the southern half of … Continue reading
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Sep
24
Dire straits for Farragut, Hamburg
Last week had more bad news for the Farragut and Hamburg school districts in far southwest Iowa. KMA and the Omaha World-Herald both have stories. Both say the state has given the districts a 30-day deadline to explain how they … Continue reading
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Sep
23
First meeting on Remsen-Union, MMC sharing
Here’s a follow-up to an earlier blog post, with more follow-ups to come. KTIV covered the first meeting about potential sharing between Remsen-Union and Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn. Marcus would get the high school and Remsen fifth through eighth grades. Remsen-Union’s teams are … Continue reading
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Sep
22
Asbestos clouds Ocheyedan school building’s future
Back in July, the Worthington (MN) Daily Globe covered Sibley-Ocheyedan’s attempts to unload the old school on the south side of Ocheyedan: An engineer who inspected the property estimates the continued leakage from the roof and water damage will render … Continue reading
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Sep
19
Prescott school: 100 years, full stop
Jan. 27, 2011: Closeup of the design of the 1914 Prescott school. The town of Prescott marked the 100th anniversary of its school building the second weekend of September. There was an all-school reunion, tours of the building, and a … Continue reading
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