Tag: USD 257

As voters start to cast ballots in advance of the Nov. 6 election, those in USD 257 will notice a special question at the end of the ballot: Should they start electing school board members…

A public forum about the particulars of a new elementary school for USD 257 will be at 6 o’clock Monday night at Lincoln Elementary School. On Tuesday, Allen County Farm Bureau will host candidates for…

Iola High School’s nascent student intern program is getting the attention of Washington, D.C. Rep. Lynn Jenkins visited the high school Tuesday, as well as Utley’s Auto Body and Allen County Regional Hospital to learn…

A developer studying Iola’s elementary schools said it’s likely his group would be interested in converting two of Iola’s three buildings if voters eventually decide to build a new school. Rudy Manes, a partner in…

Iola High School seniors Timothy Komma and Parker Smith were named to the first-quarter 2018 honor roll at Iola High School, for maintaining a 3.0 grade point average. Sophomore Nathan Louk was named to the…

Dear editor, Without going into the actual 17 points mentioned in the LaHarpe meeting about building a new grade school, somewhere to be determined by the Board of Education sometime but not now, I would…

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…