LA PORTE CITY - Union Community School District and the City of La Porte will soon share more than just a geographic location. During the Monday, April 1, special meeting of the Union Board of Education held at the high school, Superintendent John Howard shared that the La Porte City Council ...
TRAER – National Agriculture Week was recently celebrated but North Tama FFA knows that we should celebrate farmers all year long. FFA is a student organization for those interested in agriculture and leadership. Through classes at North Tama, youth learn about horticulture, animal science, ...
Telegraph note: This story has been updated with the correct sharing incentive student numbers for superintendent and operations/maintenance management positions. TRAER – The North and South Tama school districts have officially agreed to unite in more ways than one. During last ...
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the much discussed Area Education Agencies (AEA) reform bill into law last Wednesday, March 27, just a day after the Iowa Senate approved the legislation. House File 2612 (HF2612) passed the Senate on March 26 on a 30-18 vote, with Sen. Annette Sweeney (R-Iowa Falls) ...
DAVENPORT – Jasmyn Bush of La Porte City has been accepted for enrollment for the 2024 spring trimester in the Doctor of Chiropractic degree program at Palmer College of Chiropractic's Main Campus in Davenport, Iowa. Palmer College of Chiropractic, the first and largest college in the ...
LA PORTE CITY – Earlier today, Union Superintendent John Howard and Union’s Board of Education announced four finalists in the district’s search for La Porte City Elementary’s next principal. The board began the search for a new LPC principal in late February following Principal Todd ...
ANKENY – Iowa’s top teachers of the year including North Tama’s Brenda Kaufmann joined Gov. Kim Reynolds, Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg, and Iowa Department of Education Director McKenzie Snow last Friday for the 2024 Outstanding Iowa Teachers Recognition Luncheon. Held at the Iowa Culinary ...
GILMAN — The East Marshall Community School Board approved a contract for a controversial elementary principal hire. After a lengthy closed session during the regular Monday meeting, and hearing concerns, as well as support for the decision, Mark Albertsen became the newest East Marshall ...
LA PORTE CITY – Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School moved another step closer to building a ‘playground for every child’ last Tuesday following the school board’s approval of bid documents for the project. Since last spring, D-G Elementary led by Principal Derek Weber has been fundraising ...
TAMA – In a move aimed at tackling a budget shortage, the South Tama County Board of Education introduced a new cost-sharing agreement with the North Tama school district during its regular board meeting on Monday, March 18. Under the agreement, South Tama superintendent John Cain ...