Category Archives: Schools

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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May 31

At NU High, school’s out forever(?)

Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012, at 3:11 PM by Jeff

Last day was Wednesday. Probably.

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May 13

Court clears way for Preston, East Central vote

Posted on Sunday, May 13, 2012, at 4:41 PM by Jeff

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday (QC Times), months after the initial case and after East Central started a sharing agreement with Northeast. The Preston-East Central combination, which supporters would like to call Easton Valley*, has had its viability called … Continue reading →

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Apr 18

Woden-Crystal Lake’s dissolution dilemma

Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at 12:39 PM by Jeff

WCLT High School sign in Crystal Lake, July 2011. The “Titonka” plank has been removed. At the end of last school year, the Woden-Crystal Lake and Titonka school districts went their separate ways. WCL started a sharing agreement with Forest … Continue reading →

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Mar 19

Noncontiguous school sharing?

Posted on Monday, March 19, 2012, at 5:46 PM by Jeff

Well, this is interesting. Monday night the Essex and South Page school boards got together on neutral ground for a joint public meeting to discuss current and potential sharing agreements. … Pertaining to the upcoming football season, the two boards … Continue reading →

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