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Category Archives: Schools
Nov
10
Tour of abandoned Burlington high school
Story on KWQC.
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Nov
05
Central Clinton officially renamed Central DeWitt
The school district in the central part of Clinton County has made good on its intention to disassociate itself with the county. The “Central DeWitt” name change passed overwhelmingly in the district, reports WQAD. It can’t be simply “Central” because … Continue reading
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Oct
28
State to recommend dissolving Farragut school district
!!!!!!! (Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil): The fate of the Farragut Community School District remains unknown, but the situation is now dire after the Iowa Department of Education announced it will recommend dissolving the district. … The Hamburg Reporter first reported the … Continue reading
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Oct
22
Register’s ‘Lost Schools’ on IPTV tonight
The Des Moines Register‘s documentary about the changes and decline of rural Iowa’s school districts airs on Iowa Public Television at 7 tonight. Former North Tama principal Nick Pace is among those interviewed. In conjunction with that, Iowa Public Radio interviewed reporter … Continue reading
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Oct
07
Ocheyedan school likely to be demolished
Residents of Ocheyedan favor tearing down its baby-boom-era school building, the Worthington Daily Globe reports. The amount of money it would take to refurbish and remodel the building is more than the building would be assessed at afterwards, the article … Continue reading
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Oct
05
Clearing out Corwith
On the last Saturday in September, everything in the school building in Corwith was up for sale, and that meant everything, from the lockers to the fencing around the football field. Stories: Algona Upper Des Moines, Mason City Globe Gazette, Des … Continue reading
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Oct
01
One more last chance
The Farragut school district could be forcibly dissolved because its locker rooms, showers, and weight room are not compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act. That is what the 200-student school in far southwestern Iowa is up against after the … Continue reading
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Sep
29
Another set of Roadrunners, perhaps?
The Cherokee Chronicle-Times ran a two-part series about Creighton economist Ernie Goss’ visit to Sheldon. Goss does the Mid-American Business Survey. Links: Part 1, Part 2 The first story dealt mainly with Northwest Iowa’s economic opportunities. The second was devoted to … Continue reading
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Sep
23
Storm Lake selling old school building
The Storm Lake school district wants to sell the old South Elementary building because it would cost too much to replace the boiler, KCAU and the AP report. (Of course, the new buyer would have to eat that $100,000 to … Continue reading
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Sep
16
DigitalTown appropriating Iowa schools’ names for profit
In retrospect, it’s an obvious strategy: Grab the domain names for every school district in Iowa, using the full name; follow that with the school nickname; make it a dot-com, since most official school district websites end in .k12.ia.us; and … Continue reading