Christmas came early this week to all 4-year-olds in USD 257 who are now able to attend a licensed preschool at no cost to their families thanks to a $140,000 state grant. Educators view the…

Every child deserves an equal chance to a good education. That?s the theory behind a new USD 257 program that joins forces with local preschools and licensed daycare providers to level the playing field for…

Cheery faces greeted USD 257 students this morning as they arrived for the first day of school for the 2019-20 school year. Jefferson Elementary School Title I instructors Jessie Hutton, left, and Becky Helms visit…

With approval of $35 million worth of school projects this past April, USD 257 taxpayers expected to see a tax increase in next year’s budget.  Yes, that tax increase is coming, but thankfully, at a…

USD 257 board members welcomed the leader of a construction company that will oversee $35 million in school projects over the next three years or so.  Randy Coonrod, chairman of the board for Coonrod &…

A Wichita construction company will be tasked with leading three projects for USD 257, including a new elementary school, a new science and technology building at Iola High School and new heating, ventilation and cooling…

Crews with Ray?s Metal Depot began demolition Monday of four houses in the 400 block of East Jackson Avenue near Iola High School. The first to be demolished was the former Cook house. The houses…

This is the final article in a four-part series about the properties on Jackson Avenue sold to USD 257 to build a new science and technology building at the Iola High School campus.   Like…

Our stories this week by Reporter Vickie Moss about the four owners who have sold their homes to make way for a new science and technology center at Iola High School, seem to have touched…

This is the third in a four-part series about the properties on Jackson Avenue sold to USD 257 to build a new science and technology building at the Iola High School campus.   PITTSBURG ?…