Category Archives: Schools

Aug 18

CMB goes MAD

Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2016, at 10:30 AM by Jeff

At the end of a summer that saw both softball and baseball state qualifiers from Collins-Maxwell-Baxter, a three-decade sports relationship has been severed. Baxter voted unanimously to end the sports sharing agreement after the upcoming school year, report WHO and … Continue reading →

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Aug 04

OABCIG consolidation vote planned

Posted on Thursday, August 4, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Battle Creek-Ida Grove and Odebolt-Arthur school districts have a reorganization vote planned for September, the Sioux City Journal reported a while ago. Their current whole-grade sharing agreement dates back to 2009, making it one of the oldest active two-way plans. … Continue reading →

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Aug 02

Another GR dissolution committee meeting tonight

Posted on Tuesday, August 2, 2016, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Dissolution Committee* has a meeting tonight at 7 in the Reinbeck auditorium. The agenda is pretty sparse, covering the steps taken so far, including the map, and the June and July minutes (which were not online when I wrote … Continue reading →

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Jul 27

New Riverside school opens in August

Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Two of my “beats” intersect with an Iowa DOT press release about turning the intersection of US 6 and US 59 south of Oakland into a four-way stop before the new Riverside school opens. It was supposed to open in the middle … Continue reading →

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Jul 19

Sounds painful

Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

New AEA 267 assistant chief hopes to impact students AFFECT. THE WORD IS “AFFECT.” Or the phrase is “have an effect on” (which wouldn’t fit for print headline purposes, I get). My theory is that “impact” has wormed its way … Continue reading →

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Jul 15

Ghost-busting in Farrar

Posted on Friday, July 15, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The school building in Farrar has been closed for nearly 15 years, but it’s found new life. Or afterlife. Or life but not life as we know it. It’s haunted, or so the “paranormal enthusiasts” say. Saturday night — coincidentally … Continue reading →

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Jul 13

K is for Kellogg

Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

August 10, 2008: The Kellogg school building has been successfully repurposed into apartments. Kellogg became part of the Newton school district in 1957. The school was used for an unknown period after that as an elementary. (Sorry I don’t have … Continue reading →

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Jul 12

Vincent school building to be torn down

Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at 10:06 AM by Jeff

I featured the Vincent school building in my alphabetical series (which is still going on; just search the Sequences category). It didn’t look in good shape. It turns out the building is indeed abandoned and the town has been awarded … Continue reading →

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Jul 08

L is for Lovilia

Posted on Friday, July 8, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

November 12, 2008: Lovilia school building (1920) and closeup, below. Brian McMillin of Iowa Backroads wrote some history of the Lovilia school on his blog. Two State Board of Education documents tell a fuller story about the end of the … Continue reading →

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Jun 30

Map of Iowa school enrollment changes, 2001-2015

Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I have created a color-coded map of Iowa that shows changes in certified enrollment between 2001-02 and 2015-16. Certified enrollment is not a direct correlation with head count, because of certain formulas, but it’s the number used for all state … Continue reading →

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