Category Archives: Schools

Feb 09

Gladbrook-Reinbeck dissolution vote returns

Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Yes, we’re apparently doing this all over again. Short recap (all back to old blog posts): The Gladbrook-Reinbeck school board voted to close the Gladbrook center, residents petitioned to dissolve the district, MANY meetings were held, a map was drawn, … Continue reading →

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Feb 07

A second college town without a high school

Posted on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 26, 2016: Upper Iowa University football field in Fayette. Go Peacocks! Fayette has a distinction: It is a “college town” — Upper Iowa University is the only Division II site in Iowa — that hasn’t had its own high … Continue reading →

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Feb 01

Crescent next on school chopping block

Posted on Wednesday, February 1, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Council Bluffs is functionally a three-high-school city. The Lewis Central district covers the city south of I-80 and old US 6 (McPherson Avenue), while the CB district proper has two high schools. The latter district extends north to the Honey … Continue reading →

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Jan 31

Libertyville school will close

Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Fairfield Ledger has a hard paywall, but really, after the headline, and the line below from the Jan. 23 Fairfield school board meeting, what’s left? Approve reorganizing the district from 3 elementary buildings to 2 by closing Libertyville Elementary. (A) … Continue reading →

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Jan 27

Waukee added Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s entire enrollment

Posted on Friday, January 27, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

For the first time in the modern era of Iowa schools, no public district has a certified enrollment under 100. There’s no margin of error on that statistic for 2016 — Diagonal clocks in at exactly 100, with a dozen … Continue reading →

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Jan 26

F is for Fenton

Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

June 19, 2015 The Fenton school building is along Iowa Highway 15 on the east side of town. The main building is in deeply disused condition, but a new(ish) roof covers the gym. Sentral School, two miles east at the … Continue reading →

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Jan 25

Former NT teacher Crawford named Lone Tree superintendent

Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Ken Crawford, who taught high school keyboarding and business classes at North Tama back in the late 20th century*, will be Lone Tree’s superintendent next school year, says the Lone Tree Reporter. Crawford was also North Tama’s football coach for three … Continue reading →

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Jan 18

CAL losing junior high, high school

Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Coulter-Alexander-Latimer school district, hammered by the population decline affecting nearly all of rural Iowa and the end of a sharing agreement with Dows a decade ago, is unable to hold on to its independence. CAL will send grades 7-12 … Continue reading →

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Jan 11

G is for Gladbrook

Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 7, 2015: The former Gladbrook-Reinbeck Middle School was the Gladbrook High School before 1988. The Gladbrook school is another recent addition to the list of closed schools in Iowa. This closure in 2015 triggered something that had never happened … Continue reading →

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Dec 19

Bernard school in trouble

Posted on Monday, December 19, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

June 18, 2015: The Bernard school was built in 1960. The lettering outside, presumably original, says “West Dubuque” instead of “Western Dubuque” — a name that would have brought it in line with all the other “West”s in Iowa. The … Continue reading →

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