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Category Archives: Schools
Sep
13
Mid-Prairie grade reconfiguration closes* school
Over the past school year, the Mid-Prairie School District (Kalona, Wellman, and West Chester) was trying to figure out what to do with unbalanced class sizes in geography-based elementary attendance centers. In April, the school board decided to divide by … Continue reading
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Sep
12
The last September school election in Iowa
Today will be the last time that school board elections and school-related votes will take place in September. In spring the Iowa Legislature approved combining city and school elections into November of odd-numbered years (bill text here) along with a … Continue reading
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Sep
06
50th anniversary of Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Des Moines Hoover schools
The Baby Boom-related expansion of high schools in Iowa began in 1967, when Iowa’s two largest cities opened new buildings. Des Moines Hoover celebrated its anniversary last week (above). Herbert Hoover, Iowa’s only native son elected president, had died three years … Continue reading
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Aug
23
Black, purple, and silver
This fall, two new sets of teams will be competing in Iowa sports. Both schools chose black, purple, and silver as team colors. Both have nicknames related to severe weather. Both start the school year today. But that’s where the … Continue reading
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Aug
18
Interactive maps, data on Iowa school districts
As part of the Gazette’s Iowa Ideas series leading up to a conference, a slew of enrollment and building information has been mapped out on a data page. (Warning: Autoplay video) Many of the maps have the districts outlined and … Continue reading
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Aug
17
Former education department official now South Tama’s superintendent
Jeff Berger, formerly a deputy director at the Iowa Department of Education, had his name in the news a few times because of some rare situations. He was involved on the state’s behalf in the recent cases of the Farragut … Continue reading
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Aug
03
Clear Creek Amana plans for a new high school. Again.
Less than a decade after opening a new high school facility and 3½ years after approving a bond issue for a fourth elementary school, Clear Creek Amana needs more room. On Sept. 12 — the same day Gladbrook-Reinbeck will vote … Continue reading
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Aug
02
Gladbrook-Reinbeck dissolution vote set
On July 17 the Gladbrook-Reinbeck school board accepted the dissolution committee’s proposal on division of the district and set a vote for Sept. 12 concurrent with regular school board elections. A yes vote is to end the district; a no vote … Continue reading
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Jul
27
Three all-private semifinals in state baseball tournament
Three of the eight semifinal matchups in the 2017 Iowa high school state baseball tournament will be between private schools. Mason City Newman and Remsen St. Mary’s, Dyersville Beckman and Iowa City Regina, and Davenport Assumption and Dubuque Wahlert all … Continue reading
Jul
25
St. Ansgar school building preserved, for now
In contradiction of a Mitchell County Press-News story that I blogged about 11 months ago, the St. Ansgar school board reversed its decision to sell its 1928 school building to the city development council. A nonprofit group formed a counterproposal … Continue reading
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