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Category Archives: Schools
Apr
23
Last weeks at Clearfield school (Hey, that picture looks familiar)
KMA Radio has a story about the end of the school year approaching for the small southern Iowa district of Clearfield, which will dissolve. The story includes a photo of the school — my photo of the school, which I … Continue reading
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Apr
15
School nomenclature gymnastics
The school district in the central portion of Clinton County has an issue with being called…Central Clinton. The Clinton Herald has the longer story, which was picked up by the AP. The official name is “Central Community School District of … Continue reading
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Apr
07
Original Exira school to be burned down
Still in spindle-clearing mode… After consolidation of Exira and Elk Horn-Kimballton, there wasn’t a need for two school sites in Exira. The district has decided to burn down the multi-story brick downtown site April 27. Exira still has a school, … Continue reading
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Mar
27
North Liberty is finally getting a high school
The catch: It’s going to be part of the Iowa City school district. The district awarded a design contract Tuesday for a building that would open in 2017. The new high school will be on the east side of North … Continue reading
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Mar
19
Stanwood school to close in 2015
July 6, 2013: Detail of stone carving over entrance to original Stanwood school building. KCRG has the story, which is also embedded below. This move by North Cedar does something that hasn’t happened in a long time, if at all: … Continue reading
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Mar
10
Corwith-Wesley pursuing dissolution
In my piece last year about school districts in north-central Iowa (linked at right, and here), I mentioned the Corwith-Wesley and LuVerne school districts, which have been together for years but are technically still independent, were going to enter grade-sharing … Continue reading
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Feb
24
Private school building in Peosta demolished
St. John the Baptist school and rectory were torn down last week, reports KWWL.
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Feb
18
Geneseo featured in article about abandoned schools
Sept. 23, 2011: The abandoned Geneseo Township school building east of Buckingham, like many pre-WWII schools in Iowa, had an addition built later. The addition area was used for apartments for a time. In my travels across Iowa, I have … Continue reading
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Feb
14
Alta-Aurelia switches school calendar to hours
At this point, it will be more newsworthy when a school district decides to measure the next school year in days, but here’s another data point from the Cherokee Chronicle Times. On a related note, Cedar Rapids’ school year won’t … Continue reading
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Feb
05
AHSTW joins the five-letter acronym club
Avoca-Hancock-Shelby-Tennant and Walnut, which have been sharing football for years, are going all-in on whole-grade sharing (links: KMA, Omaha World-Herald). This school year, Walnut is the 10th-smallest school district in the state by certified enrollment, but the second-smallest that still … Continue reading
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