Category Archives: Schools

Nov 16

7 of 12 state football finalists are private schools

Posted on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 7:15 PM by Jeff

For the second year in a row, the 1A final will be all-private (Fort Dodge St. Edmond vs. Iowa City Regina), and the 4A final will follow suit (Dowling vs. Xavier). The other private-school finalists are Don Bosco in 8-player, … Continue reading →

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Nov 02

Coggon school renovated, repurposed

Posted on Saturday, November 2, 2013, at 10:30 PM by Jeff

It’s very hard to get a second life going for a school building. Let’s hope this is a success. Parts of the Coggon school may have been unused longer than others, given the building’s heavy presence in aggregators. Based on … Continue reading →

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Oct 31

Conferencepocalypse, Iowa high school edition?

Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2013, at 10:23 AM by Jeff

It is difficult to track and chronicle the statewide makeup of athletic conferences on the Iowa high school level. Mergers and attrition have brought the Cornbelt Conference in the northwest down to six members this school year, right before it … Continue reading →

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Oct 23

Iowa stubborn

Posted on Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at 10:56 AM by Jeff

“As you can see from the survey, over 90% of our community does not want to reorganize. Therefore reorganization is not an issue. We can not discuss reorganization at this time. The community is united in their opinion on this … Continue reading →

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Oct 22

This is where your school district went, eastern Iowa edition

Posted on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, at 1:02 PM by Jeff

June 21, 2013: Who would’ve thought that Clear Creek-Amana students were so opposed to Tom O’Brien in the ACC? North Liberty, the 30th largest city in Iowa,* doesn’t have its own high school. It’s not even in one district. (The … Continue reading →

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Oct 21

Historic school team nicknames

Posted on Monday, October 21, 2013, at 11:03 AM by Jeff

July 21, 2012 As covered on the Murph and Andy radio show Friday (go to the 25:30 mark) Bud Legg of the IHSAA has compiled a list (PDF) of Iowa high school team nicknames in the first half of the 20th … Continue reading →

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Oct 11

Does football’s bye week factor into school start dates?

Posted on Friday, October 11, 2013, at 5:17 PM by Jeff

Today North Tama is not playing football. The Redhawks are off. Iowa high school football didn’t used to have bye weeks. The entire schedule was more straightforward: Nine weeks of games, followed by one playoff game a week(ish) for four … Continue reading →

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Sep 04

Mason City bans birthday treats in schools

Posted on Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at 1:23 PM by Jeff

This is not the America I grew up in.

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Sep 03

Clarion-Goldfield, Dows merger vote next week

Posted on Tuesday, September 3, 2013, at 5:44 PM by Jeff

July 7, 2011: Brickwork detail on Dows’ original school building. It may not live to see its 103rd birthday. Dows hasn’t had its own high school since the late 1990s, when it entered into a grade-sharing agreement with northeastern neighbor … Continue reading →

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Aug 15

This is where your school district went

Posted on Thursday, August 15, 2013, at 12:00 PM by Jeff

July 5, 2013: Alphabetically, Ankeny and Arcadia are only separated by two towns. The demographic gulf between them, though, couldn’t be wider. Ar-We-Va closed its elementary schools in Arcadia and Vail in 2012 in favor of an addition at Westside. … Continue reading →

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