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Category Archives: Schools
Feb
09
A ‘demonym’ we all need to know
Clayton County Press-Journal, February 9, 1958: “Strawbareans” is a great word and I am fully in favor of bringing this term for the Clayton County town of Strawberry Point back into common use. (“Denonym” is the name of the word … Continue reading
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Feb
07
Pinning down western Shelby County
When I worked on my school timeline mega-update last year, the online Harlan newspaper archives ended in 1969. That was enough to find out the consolidation of the Harlan Community School District, including many small towns in the western half … Continue reading
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Feb
02
A different kind of drive-thru
The Essex school district wants to buy a bank. KMA reports that Essex and Bank Iowa are discussing a land swap that would put the bank building under the school’s control. Essex wants to develop its culinary arts program, the … Continue reading
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Jan
24
North Tama continues look at infrastructure
Earlier this month, the North Tama school board had another work session to discuss long-term plans for the school complex, reports the North Tama Telegraph. A “hefty packet” of information about construction possibilities and, more importantly, funding options was offered … Continue reading
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Jan
17
South Tama bond issue vote March 1
There will be a vote on a $26.8 million middle school bond referendum in South Tama on March 1, reports the Tama-Toledo News-Chronicle. The proposal the school board decided on was renovations at the Iowa Juvenile Home site. If the … Continue reading
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Jan
14
Old schools in Miles, Preston gone
June 14, 2011: The 192X Preston school — exact year unknown because the cornerstone is cut off by the 1950 building to its right — and the capstone for Miles school. The Easton Valley school district, the easternmost in Iowa, … Continue reading
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Dec
17
Geneseo school’s 100th anniversary
September 23, 2011: The 1920 Geneseo Township school building was featured in a Des Moines Register article on Barb and Dave Else’s book, For All The Small Schools, cataloging Iowa’s abandoned schools. It’s in the small percentage built alone on … Continue reading
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Dec
15
Dinsdale school’s 100th anniversary
The Dinsdale Consolidated School District was approved by voters in January 1920, and construction on a new school began shortly thereafter. The above is a picture of the new consolidated school building at Dinsdale. The building is modern in every … Continue reading
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Dec
06
School timeline mega-update: IDOE building databases
October 1, 2015: The Pisgah school building, now a community center, was once part of the West Harrison district. Besides newspaper archives, there is another, more time-consuming method to find closures. The Iowa Department of Education has a yearly breakdown of … Continue reading
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Dec
01
School timeline mega-update: 1960-65, in fragments
In the early 1960s, my school timeline categories show some cracks. Here is the world of donut-hole schools and rump districts. Reorganization proposals get cobbled together, advanced or shot down by county boards of education (sometimes up to four of … Continue reading
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