Tag: USD 257

LAHARPE — In marketing, a general rule of thumb is that 20 percent of customers will always say yes to a new proposal, the middle 60 percent need some persuading, and the remaining 20 percent,…

Area school districts expected to see fewer students roaming the halls this year in the face of a declining population trend in southeast Kansas. For the most part, those expectations played out. The lone exception…

The USD 257 Band Booster Club disbanded and donated its leftover funds to support band activities. The athletic Booster Club is not affected. An article in Tuesday’s edition was not clear which organization disbanded.

The new director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center settled into his office Monday and introduced himself to the USD 257 Board of Education. Daniel Kays stopped by the board meeting Monday evening to thank…

The public is invited to a meeting Tuesday evening at LaHarpe City Hall to discuss a proposed new elementary school for USD 257 students in preschool through fifth grade. Engineers and architects with Schaefer Johnson…

Two of Iola’s three existing elementary school buildings could be converted into affordable living complexes for older adults, if voters eventually decide to build a new school, USD 257 Board of Education members learned Monday…

Generations of students have gone through high school with a well-established notion of how their educational paths would lead. Learn the essentials — reading, writing, arithmetic — prepare for college, and if they’ve kept up…

When in fourth grade, Michael Cuestas reached the pinnacle of success for elementary school: He won the school spelling bee. Cuestas weathered the contest, despite the doubts instilled by those, including his friends, who told…

High School Football: Bulldogs 42, Mustangs 6 GARNETT — Frustration gave way to an apathetic effort on the part of the Iola Mustang football team Friday night in their 42-6 road bell-ringing at the hands…

It’s Wednesday, 8 a.m., breakfast time in the Toddler Room at Iola’s Head Start preschool. Three adults and two towheaded toddlers sit in small chairs around a small table. The adults’ knees are all visible…