Category Archives: Schools

Remsen, population 1663, is at risk of becoming one of the largest towns in Iowa to lose its (public) high school in recent decades. A proposal has been made for whole-grade sharing with Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn with the high school in Marcus. … Continue reading →

There are plenty of sad stories about abandoned Iowa schools, so when there’s a success, we should give credit where it’s due. East Monona hasn’t been a school district since 2004, and the building in Moorhead soon had problems, but … Continue reading →

This turned into an all-school week without me quite realizing it! Anyway, here are a couple little items of note: Although I don’t typically track big-city buildings, Iowa City is tearing down a school built in 1917-18. Also on the … Continue reading →

The Benton Community school district is not necessarily small for Iowa, in either size or population, but it has endured enrollment declines like any other mostly-rural district. After absorbing Norway in 1991, the district covers about the southern half of … Continue reading →

Last week had more bad news for the Farragut and Hamburg school districts in far southwest Iowa. KMA and the Omaha World-Herald both have stories. Both say the state has given the districts a 30-day deadline to explain how they … Continue reading →

Here’s a follow-up to an earlier blog post, with more follow-ups to come. KTIV covered the first meeting about potential sharing between Remsen-Union and Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn. Marcus would get the high school and Remsen fifth through eighth grades. Remsen-Union’s teams are … Continue reading →

Back in July, the Worthington (MN) Daily Globe covered Sibley-Ocheyedan’s attempts to unload the old school on the south side of Ocheyedan: An engineer who inspected the property estimates the continued leakage from the roof and water damage will render … Continue reading →

Jan. 27, 2011: Closeup of the design of the 1914 Prescott school. The town of Prescott marked the 100th anniversary of its school building the second weekend of September. There was an all-school reunion, tours of the building, and a … Continue reading →

The school district that Iowa girls’ basketball phenom Lynne Lorenzen led to a state six-on-six title in 1987, Ventura, will expire next year. The Garner-Hayfield and Ventura school districts voted overwhelmingly for consolidation after three years of whole-grade sharing. This … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, residents of the Corwith-Wesley school district in northern Iowa will vote on whether it should cease to exist. There’s not much of a choice, really. It’s a merger with Lu Verne in all but name, but it’s a likely … Continue reading →