Category Archives: Schools

For the third year in a row, the Ackley-Geneva-Wellsburg-Steamboat Rock school district is trying to get a bond issue approved. Before 2023, the district could have tried multiple times in a year, but the Legislature put a stop to that. … Continue reading →

At the end of August I pulled a “break glass in case of no time to write” Substack piece — school timeline items. This time, it’s a lot about Mediapolis and Fremont-Mills, two schools four and a half hours apart.

Here’s a story about a school district dissolving before formation of modern school districts was really a thing in Iowa.

Despite the failure of a bond referendum last November, the Dubuque Community School District is moving forward with a plan to close one of its two century-old middle school/junior high facilities and move those students to a much newer building. … Continue reading →

Moulton Elementary School in Des Moines, the core of which began life as the original Des Moines North High School, will be demolished this summer. The oldest part is 110 years old. The Des Moines City Council approved demolition in … Continue reading →

Enrollment at public schools in Iowa dropped by the most in four decades, both numerically and percentage wise, and the Iowa Department of Education seriously underplayed it. There was so much to write about from that angle, in fact, that … Continue reading →

The main building of Orient-Macksburg Community School District has been demolished before the district technically ceases to exist. WOI has a story with video of the demolition. The stone “Orient Consolidated School” plinth above the main entrance was removed beforehand. … Continue reading →

The main building of Orient-Macksburg Community School will be demolished in the upcoming months, according to the Adair County Free Press. The school board and Orient City Council met in November to discuss the future of the school complex. For … Continue reading →