Not sure I didn't see it.
I was right, here's a reference to it:
http://www.1380kcim.com/news/2015/documentary-lost-schools-coming-to-iptv/
If you can find a place to watch this online, it was pretty good.
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Not sure I didn't see it.
Actually we only dissolved the Corwith-Wesley district. LuVerne was not on the Dept of Ed hit list so that district managed to stay open and operates as a pre/K-6 that tuitions out its 7-12 to Algona. Enrollment is getting critically low needless to sayCorwith Wesley luverne in the NC part just basically stayed open and made the state tell them they are done. You can ask the state for extra money and you get it once without much hassle, then they start looking at your more you ask but seemed to give it until it was a decent hit annually. We were suprised how long they were left going.
Yes. Half of the special was dedicated to the dissolution of the Corwith-Wesley district and the subsequent closing of our high school. The other half centered around the consolidation/while-grade share (not sure which) between Prairie Valley of Gowrie and SEW-Grand.Is that the one that they did the IPTV special on? I remember seeing a good one on consolidation a few years ago.
On a somewhat related note Starmont had to forfeit their football game last Friday because with 6 injuries they didn't have 11 players to field a team. They are just a little too big to be allowed to play 8 man football. It's sad because they have a long history of playing football but their enrollment is just too small. They lose several senior boys this year and only gain a few underclassmen from what I hear.
It would be tough for them to consolidate as they were at one time one of the largest (in area) school districts in the state. They will have huge busing issues if they have to add area.
Ehh, they've had some absolute studs. I'm from a nearby school and graduated 4 years ago. I don't know much about this senior class but they certainly have not led the charge this entire time. Three years ago they went to state in football, basketball (state champs), soccer, and baseball and not many if any of this years senior class would've been big contributors for those teams as freshman. They also had Iowa's Mr. Basketball in Joe Smoldt graduate last year and he was a stud in every sport he played. This class of senior is definitely very good but to put all the success on them is silly in my opinion.GR has some serious winning going on right now, and for the last few years.
I think the class that's been doing all this winning are seniors now, and they've led the charge that entire time, so there is probably a dropoff to reality coming soon.
Someone mentioned an emotional decision to hold onto memories. Seems like it's that, and holding on to pride with all the recent winning.
Ehh, they've had some absolute studs. I'm from a nearby school and graduated 4 years ago. I don't know much about this senior class but they certainly have not led the charge this entire time. Three years ago they went to state in football, basketball (state champs), soccer, and baseball and not many if any of this years senior class would've been big contributors for those teams as freshman. They also had Iowa's Mr. Basketball in Joe Smoldt graduate last year and he was a stud in every sport he played. This class of senior is definitely very good but to put all the success on them is silly in my opinion.
Very impressive athlete and just a good kid, too. Umped a baseball game this summer that he pitched and admittedly probably squeezed him a few times and he never once showed me up or reacted in a bad way. Also did a lot of 4A freshmen games and regularly had little self entitled pukes talk back to me after making a call they didn't like. But yeah just wanted to clear it up cause I'm good friends with a couple of guys from GR that graduated around me and wanted to give them their propsI thought Smoldt was still around. I get a lot of GR updates on Facebook from friends that went there, but I just started lumping them together.
Thanks for the update there.
Collins-Maxwell and Baxter were separate schools that had combined sports programs. They split from having combined sports this year.
I was told that Baxter wanted to combine schools completely and that CM wanted to explore all of their options before doing anything. Baxter gave an ultimatum to combine now or they were splitting up sports.
I was told this by someone in the district so I assume it's accurate.
What if there were a requirement for every high school to have a 10-12 enrollment of 400+? Regional high schools? Transportation nightmare? I don't know, but I think some sort of minimum enrollment may need to be required as we move forward as a state. Frankly, I think high schools need at least 1200 students, and 1800+ seems to really be able to offer more options than many colleges, as per my experience as an educator.
I know. But I wish some type of conversation about that issue would really get started.In Iowa, you are never going to get close to that number in 10-12. You'd be bussing people for hours.
What if there were a requirement for every high school to have a 10-12 enrollment of 400+? Regional high schools? Transportation nightmare? I don't know, but I think some sort of minimum enrollment may need to be required as we move forward as a state. Frankly, I think high schools need at least 1200 students, and 1800+ seems to really be able to offer more options than many colleges, as per my experience as an educator.
It is all a matter of perspective. My wife wants to move out of a very large and fast growing district to get to a smaller one so our kids will have a better chance at participating in whatever they want.
Sounds like you're going for moral victories that doesn't fly around here prepare for the onslaught![]()
What if there were a requirement for every high school to have a 10-12 enrollment of 400+? Regional high schools? Transportation nightmare? I don't know, but I think some sort of minimum enrollment may need to be required as we move forward as a state. Frankly, I think high schools need at least 1200 students, and 1800+ seems to really be able to offer more options than many colleges, as per my experience as an educator.
That's the size of 4a schools. Urbandale only has about 1200 students in the high school. Dowling has like 1300. The largest schools in the state only have like 2200. Personally I think schools need to max out around 1500. If you get much bigger you get the problem where there isn't the availability to each activity by everyone.What if there were a requirement for every high school to have a 10-12 enrollment of 400+? Regional high schools? Transportation nightmare? I don't know, but I think some sort of minimum enrollment may need to be required as we move forward as a state. Frankly, I think high schools need at least 1200 students, and 1800+ seems to really be able to offer more options than many colleges, as per my experience as an educator.