Iola Elementary School celebrated the last days of school with food and ceremonies. On Wednesday, students were treated to ice cream. On Thursday, they enjoyed a cookout. Fifth-graders, who will be moving on to middle…

Superintendent Stacey Fager expects school officials across the state will spend the summer awaiting legal advice on how to navigate the many legislative changes affecting education.  Gone are the days when legislators kept their focus…

Board members for the Iola district will wait to decide what to do about a vacancy, after Mandey Coltrane resigned her position. Coltrane submitted a letter of resignation effective Monday; she did not give a…

As the district-wide Iola preschool program gets ready to wrap up its fourth year, teachers told school board members about some of the ways they’ve been inspired. Three preschool teachers and others recently attended an…

A crew from Mission Construction of St. Paul shaved several minutes off the morning commute for Iola Elementary students Wednesday morning, installing a bridge that spans a ditch on the north side of Iola Elementary…

Ben Prasko, technology coordinator for the Iola school district, isn’t quite sure how much money the district will actually raise with a new technology fee structure aimed at helping low-income families. The plan, which was…

What would Iola schools do with an activity center that featured artificial turf inside a 4,000 square foot building? Perhaps it could be an indoor playground, or give area sports teams or the high school…

The Humboldt school board’s decision to stick with a five-day school week gives the county’s other districts a little more breathing room on the matter. In Iola’s USD 257, Superintendent Stacey Fager said “it hasn’t…

The Iola district’s prom policy has raised a debate about tying school meal fees to participation in activities.  Becca Martin, a 1976 graduate of Iola High School, aired her concerns last week after learning the…

Kansas Senators should go back to the drawing board with the education bill that provides families $5,000 a year per child for their education. On Wednesday, members of the House approved a measure that diverts…