The issue of whether to keep Iola’s schools in their current locations or build a new site north of town has become the source of many arguments. While some believe that keeping neighborhood schools is crucial for the city, others argue appearances are deceiving and that the current schools can not be considered “neighborhood schools.”
Lori Maxwell, principal at McKinley Elementary, said that, in the past, no policy existed on who went to what school. A policy was created to take the guesswork out of enrollment, but problems arose,…
School boundary issues raise alarm
