Category Archives: Schools

Back in August 2011, I wrote about the potential of sharing/a merger between the Corning and Villisca school districts. Later that week, Texas A&M announced it was abandoning the Big 12 and my attention went elsewhere. This week, that issue … Continue reading →

Aerial view of Titonka school from Google Maps. Notice airplane indicator on building roof. The other half of the never-merged WCLT district agreed to give up the ghost Tuesday. Titonka and Algona approved a merger, and the Titonka name will … Continue reading →

From the Spencer Daily Reporter. Note that Emmetsburg may also be in the mix. This would be another part in a substantial shift in school arrangements in northwest/north-central Iowa since the beginning of the decade. Semi-related from two months ago: The … Continue reading →

Add this as an imminent entry to my Iowa schools timeline: The Board of Regents approved the demolition of Price Lab School (except the gym, which is less than 20 years old). The UNI website has a history of the … Continue reading →

June 14, 2011: The cornerstone of the original Preston school building is half-obscured by a 1950 addition. The East Central school district, the easternmost in Iowa, is sharing this year with Northeast of Goose Lake. Many in the district are … Continue reading →

July 6, 2011: School was already out forever for WCLT High school to zero in fifteen months. There aren’t enough kids to justify even a preschool. “We all hoped we could go another year, but the numbers just weren’t there,” said … Continue reading →

Waukee shows us what a district can do with an ever-growing tax base and a town population that is six times what it was in 1990 — not counting the other suburbs’ spillover. (Des Moines Register) Meanwhile, Ankeny opened its ninth … Continue reading →