Tag: USD 257
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…
The Iola High School girls tennis raised more than $1,500 last year to benefit hurricane victims in Texas, courtesy of their serving skills. The beneficiaries this year will be much closer to home. On Wednesday,…
Like any move, shifting art, choir and drama classes from the Bowlus Fine Arts Center to Iola High School came with challenges. Some were logistical: Where do you find space for the new classrooms? Others…
Riley Jones, left, digs into a biscuits and gravy breakfast next to his grandfather, Bill Wilson of Iola, at Lincoln Elementary School during the Grands for Grandparents event Friday morning. The three elementary schools in…
James Newland, a student at McKinley Elementary School, felt a little bit on yellow Thursday. Thats because another student kept bothering him while he was trying to do his work. What does it mean to…
For those who have devoted almost one year studying whether the local school district needs new schools, the answer has become clear. Of course. Whats not so obvious, however, is how to convince district voters…
Problems with internet connections that have plagued the district since the start of the school year should be resolved this week, USD 257 Board of Education members were told at their meeting Monday night by…
The next director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center says he wants to respect the centers history as a cultural staple of southeast Kansas, while bringing back big-name acts and capitalizing on economic development efforts…
School librarians at USD 257s elementary schools purchased 104 books, courtesy of a $750 donation from the Iola Kiwanis Club, plus an additional $375 matching grant from Usborne Books. The final tally resulted in 104…
Voters in November will decide whether the seats on the USD 257 board of education will be changed to at-large or whether they are to remain representative of the six voting districts. School board members…
