{"id":8766,"date":"2017-05-26T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=8766"},"modified":"2017-05-24T01:23:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T06:23:25","slug":"grand-junction-losing-its-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2017\/05\/grand-junction-losing-its-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Junction losing its school"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nJuly 5, 2013:<\/strong> The school in Grand Junction most recently, and lastly, had fourth- through sixth-graders for the Greene County school district.<\/em><\/p>\n

The century-old school building in Grand Junction, which five years ago had the last class for East Greene High School, will close permanently at the end of the month.<\/p>\n

The decision was made back in November<\/a>\u00a0after a bond issue vote failed in the Greene County School District. The bond issue was for building a new high school and an elementary addition, which would result in the closure of the Grand Junction building. While Jefferson barely voted a supermajority in favor, Grand Junction, Scranton, and Rippey \u2014 the latter two already lost their schools \u2014 voted by supermajorities against<\/em>. The overall total, barely in favor but not by enough, was an improvement over the same concept in 2015, which got whacked<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then the school board voted to close Grand Junction anyway<\/a>, basically saying an enrollment drop of dozens of students combined with the meager increase in state funding forced its hand. The school was going to try a bond vote again in April, but neither the Greene County News Online nor the school’s Twitter account have any report of results. It’s possible\/likely the district dropped it for the time being and instead decided to use PPEL money to add four classrooms to the elementary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is the second<\/em> district this school year to put out a heads-we-win-tails-you-lose<\/a>\u00a0ultimatum only to see the bond issue rejected; I have yet to find out what HMS is going to do.<\/p>\n

Grand Junction will also be losing its Catholic church<\/a> as part of the Diocese of Sioux City’s reorganization plan.<\/p>\n

(The IowaWatch\/Iowa Public Radio project on Iowa school transportation costs mentioned that Grand Junction was closing, which set off a search for information.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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