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EPHRATA — The Ephrata School District is putting planned upgrades to Grant Elementary on hold, citing greatly increased costs of construction. An October public hearing is being planned to get public feedback on how to manage remaining bond proceeds intended for work at the Grant Elementary campus. “To say that we are disappointed that we cannot afford to fulfill the promises we made in the 2019 bond is an understatement,” wrote Ephrata School District Superintendent Tim Payne in a press r...

This week, Muscatine High School is celebrating its homecoming with a variety of events and theme days both traditional and new.

Muscatine Community School District (MCSD) Board of Education took time at its monthly meeting to recognize the four paraeducators that recently received Mental Health Training Paraeducator fellowships.

You'd think I would learn by now, yet here we are and I am, again, a hot mess mom. Or as my 6-year-old would say, you're a hot mess express mom! And she wouldn't be wrong!

Seven buildings in Waterloo important to the history of Black residents and the civil rights movement will soon be highlighted.

On Monday, August 28, the Stanley Center for Peace and Security’s Global Education program announced its 2024 Catherine Miller Explorer Award recipients.

During the Citizen Speaks portion of this months school board meeting, Sharnae Brown from Clinton (IA) spoke about instances of racism that she has seen from the Muscatine school district.

EPHRATA – The Ephrata School District will ask for bids for a complete remodel of Grant Elementary School, an ESD press release said. Plans to renovate the Ephrata High Performing Arts Center and PAC gymnasium have been placed on hold due to budgetary constraints though. “The world has changed in many ways since Ephrata initially approved the 2019 bond,” said Tim Payne, Ephrata School District Superintendent. “We could not have anticipated the pandemic-related cost increases we’ve expe...

With the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college admissions, a writer contemplates the ways the policy has impacted his life.

NCW — Several local school districts and organizations will offer free meals to children while area schools remain out for summer break.