Category Archives: Schools

Dec 12

Ruthven-Ayrshire, Graettinger-Terril in sharing talks

Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at 2:58 PM by Jeff

From the Spencer Daily Reporter. Note that Emmetsburg may also be in the mix. This would be another part in a substantial shift in school arrangements in northwest/north-central Iowa since the beginning of the decade. Semi-related from two months ago: The … Continue reading →

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Dec 09

NU High to be torn down

Posted on Sunday, December 9, 2012, at 12:26 PM by Jeff

Add this as an imminent entry to my Iowa schools timeline: The Board of Regents approved the demolition of Price Lab School (except the gym, which is less than 20 years old). The UNI website has a history of the … Continue reading →

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Oct 05

Class distinction

Posted on Friday, October 5, 2012, at 1:56 PM by Jeff

When the IGHSAU said it was creating five classes and using “5A” as the top designation instead of adding “A” for the smallest, I thought there might be the potential of a school designated A for football but 2A for … Continue reading →

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Sep 14

“Easton Valley” school vote passes

Posted on Friday, September 14, 2012, at 3:44 PM by Jeff

June 14, 2011: The cornerstone of the original Preston school building is half-obscured by a 1950 addition. The East Central school district, the easternmost in Iowa, is sharing this year with Northeast of Goose Lake. Many in the district are … Continue reading →

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Aug 25

The Alphabet Bowl

Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2012, at 10:45 AM by Jeff

Last night, AGWSR beat BCLUW 13-6 in a cross-district Class A game. “It was the alphabet game,” one of the guys said on the Iowa Sports Spotlight Scoreboard Show (broadcast on radio and Channel 13.2). Alphabet game? No, make it … Continue reading →

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Aug 17

2012 school directions booklet

Posted on Friday, August 17, 2012, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Just in time for the start of football season (stupid Week 0), I have finished making updates and corrections to the newest edition of the North Tama directory. This booklet has maps for 50 different school districts, including high schools, … Continue reading →

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Aug 16

Crystal Lake runs out of students

Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2012, at 4:25 PM by Jeff

July 6, 2011: School was already out forever for WCLT High school to zero in fifteen months. There aren’t enough kids to justify even a preschool. “We all hoped we could go another year, but the numbers just weren’t there,” said … Continue reading →

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Aug 16

Not the typical Iowa high school

Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2012, at 2:21 PM by Jeff

Waukee shows us what a district can do with an ever-growing tax base and a town population that is six times what it was in 1990 — not counting the other suburbs’ spillover. (Des Moines Register) Meanwhile, Ankeny opened its ninth … Continue reading →

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Aug 08

Aren’t you just the cutest little pirate

Posted on Wednesday, August 8, 2012, at 3:23 PM by Jeff

 Polly wants a cracker — or Polly will use his hook! The Hudson school district has RSS and Twitter feeds. (Technically, the Twitter feed is the superintendent’s.) That’s one of many school districts that redirect from or don’t use the … Continue reading →

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Jun 09

On top-heavy staffs

Posted on Saturday, June 9, 2012, at 6:30 PM by Jeff

Ankeny has associate principal and assistant principal positions. Will those double up with the two-high-school system too?

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