SJCF, the Wichita architectural firm working with USD 257 on new school projects, will unveil the elementary school design at the school board’s meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the board office, 305 N. Washington.…

This is the second in a series of articles about USD 257?s Career and Technical Education program.   Students in Blaine Crellin?s welding classes at the Regional Rural Technology Center at LaHarpe this year are…

Starting next fall, IHS freshmen will be required to take a pre-ACT test as soon as they start the school year, USD 257 school board members decided Monday night. The test is a good predictor…

Many Iola High School students will be looking for jobs upon graduation. Preparing them for those jobs should take a collaborative approach between educators, businesses, legislators and communities in general. That?s the idea behind a…

Preliminary designs of new school buildings for USD 257 were unveiled Monday night. The contrast between old and new is dramatic. A predominantly glass-enclosed cafeteria, for example, is not only an inviting environment for students…

Iola High School Scholars Bowl teammates compete against each other in a mock contest for the USD 257 Board of Education Monday night.

Jennifer Nielsen, author of “A Night Divided,” a story of a girl and her family divided by construction of the Berlin Wall at the onset of the Cold War, will talk about her book Tuesday…

USD 257 board members are debating a question raised by a student earlier this year: Should the district really have so many equine mascots? A Mustang is a type of horse, both male and female.…

A school bus is a moving classroom, USD 257 bus driver Pat Spencer, of Gas, said. Drivers have to convince a group of children to behave, stay seated and follow the rules, while navigating through…

School board members were all smiles Monday evening after hearing the geo-tech report concerning land at Kentucky and Monroe streets, targeted as the site of a new elementary school. Going into the meeting, the board…