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Category Archives: Schools
May
20
Essex holding on to its high school
In a update to this post, there has been a change in the Essex school district’s strategy. In a series of KMA stories: A school board member resigned in early March because he felt he was “going in a different direction … Continue reading
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May
13
Everly will lose its school
“The Everly Cattlefeederettes won the sectional tournament at Hartley last week. Members of the squad are Jeanette Olson, Vicki Birchard, Cindy Fliss, Janet Scharnberg, Jo Scharnberg, Connie Selk, Lynda Nordstrom, Jan Scharnberg. Judi Walton, Jean Cadwallader, Linda Nath and Sua … Continue reading
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Apr
11
Red Oak school to become apartments
The Red Oak school district is relocating its middle school students to the school complex on the north side of the city, but the current facility won’t be demolished when students depart for the last time this summer. KMA reports … Continue reading
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Apr
09
Iowa’s oldest active school sticking around
The 1848 building at the core of Bellevue Elementary will remain in use at least a little while longer after a bond issue vote last week. A majority of voters opposed a referendum to replace the school, the Bellevue Herald-Leader … Continue reading
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Mar
30
An unfortunate closing in the nick of time
In 1978, as enrollment in the South Page school district was falling*, the district closed its attendance centers in both Braddyville and Coin. It was a far cry from the optimism of just over a decade earlier, when voters approved … Continue reading
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Mar
20
When Clear Creek was rural
(An unintended companion piece to yesterday’s blog post.) During the 1980s, the Clear Creek school district was in dire straits. They couldn’t get money for nothin’. In 1989, Clear Creek cancelled its football season a week before it began, leaving … Continue reading
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Mar
19
Clay Central-Everly losing high school, junior high
October 3, 2016: The welcome sign for Royal, pop. 446, former end of IA 240 and soon-to-be-former football field for Clay Central-Everly. For the tenth time this decade, an Iowa district is closing its high school without getting any students in … Continue reading
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Feb
22
A look into Marshall County school history
This is just the kind of thing I like to see when I’m looking into the “genealogy” of school districts, so I better give the Marshalltown Times-Republican some props for this two-story series. Marshall County rural schools: A history (1) … Continue reading
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Feb
19
Enrollment analysis 2018-19: The trends continue
When the Iowa Department of Education released enrollment numbers for the 2018-19 school year, it announced: “For the eighth year in a row, the number of students attending Iowa’s public schools increased.” Strictly speaking, that’s true. But as long-time blog … Continue reading
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Feb
18
Olin to set up whole-grade sharing with Midland
In what I believe is the fifth such arrangement of its kind, the Olin school district is going to give students in grades 7-12 their choice of school to attend. The Anamosa Journal-Eureka reports that the Olin board was to … Continue reading
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