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Grimes was the superintendent for DCG for 12 years and stepped in to help Perry after the deadly school shooting. He'll finish the rest of this year in Perry and start in Ames on July 1.
The Ames CSD does not staff SROs at its buildings. The program was removed in 2021 in a mutual city and school district agreement.
Superintendent Dr. Julious Lawson said the first five weeks of school went on without any problems, but it's in the more recent weeks that fights have occurred.
Tom Ahart is leaving Iowa's largest school district after nearly a decade as Des Moines Public Schools' superintendent.