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LONE TREE
After spending the last few months periodically pondering a change to Lone Tree’s preschool program, the school board finally made a decision during their sole June meeting …
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By TJ Rhodes |
6/14/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
The Lone Tree Community School District hosted it's graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 26.
Here, Valedictorian Ethan Bockelman, and X, the student who had the second best …
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By TJ Rhodes |
5/31/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
The Lone Tree School Board met on Wednesday, May 1, for their regularly scheduled workshop meeting. Here, the board discussed board policy 705.4.R1: Expenditures for a Public Purpose, …
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By TJ Rhodes |
5/10/24 02:47 PM
LONE TREE
Lone Tree’s School Board will meet with the Iowa Association of School Boards – IASB – to receive training and guidance for policies 705.4 and 705.4 R1, …
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By TJ Rhodes |
4/26/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
The Lone Tree FFA chapter is exploding on the popular social media app TikTok, with over 2 million views and counting, thanks to the Lone Tree FFA Drive Your Tractor to School Day. The …
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By TJ Rhodes |
4/12/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
Although contracts have yet to be signed for the 2024-25 school year, Lone Tree teachers should expect raises in the near future, thanks to Iowa legislation that increased teacher …
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By TJ Rhodes |
4/12/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
Lone Tree high school English teacher Tanya McCarty hosted an end-of-year speech and drama award show on Saturday, April 6, to award the students who excelled in speech and drama …
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By TJ Rhodes |
4/12/24 08:00 AM
HILLS
Joining a new school district remains on the table for Hills after they lost their elementary just a week ago.
State Senator Dawn Driscoll, State Representative Heather Hora and Lone …
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By TJ Rhodes |
4/5/24 07:31 PM
LONE TREE
The Lone Tree Community School District’s calendar has been finalized, and it attempts to find equal balance between the four and five-day calendar debate.
How does it …
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By TJ Rhodes |
4/5/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
Nothing is set in stone, but the Lone Tree school district has a good jump on their summer projects list.
Superintendent Tyler Hotz introduced a refined summer project list at the …
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By TJ Rhodes |
3/15/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
The verdict is in: Lone Tree will not adapt a four-day school calendar.
Instead, at their regular meeting Feb. 21, the school board approved an alternate five-day calendar that …
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By TJ Rhodes |
2/28/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
The Lone Tree FFA Chapter, under the direction of their new Advisor and Agriculture Education teacher, Mr. Payton Lorack, is off to a busy start. The 23/24 Chapter has 49 active …
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2/14/24 02:15 PM
LONE TREE
The Lone Tree school board held a workshop meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 7. This meeting followed the final two public forums about a four-day schedule and is the final discussion on the …
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By TJ Rhodes |
2/14/24 12:00 PM
WASHINGTON
It’s hard to know if Gov. Kim Reynolds knew she was igniting a firestorm when she proposed overhauling Iowa’s Area Education Agencies (AEA) in her Condition of the State address a …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/14/24 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
On Monday, Feb. 5, Lone Tree families gathered in the school cafeteria to discuss converting to a four-day school week. This was the third and final public forum on the topic.
The …
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By TJ Rhodes |
2/7/24 12:00 PM
LONE TREE
The Lone Tree Community School District hosted their second public forum discussing the four-day school week at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27. The two-hour long forum was more productive …
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By TJ Rhodes |
1/31/24 12:00 PM
Kirkwood Washington County Regional Center is excited to announce an upcoming event aimed at providing valuable information to current 8th – 11th grade high school students and their parents about …
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1/31/24 08:00 AM
Lone Tree
In a December district update video, Lone Tree Superintendent Tyler Hotz announced that just under two-thirds of parents support a change to a 4-day school week, with “somewhat” and …
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By TJ Rhodes |
1/24/24 08:00 AM
IOWA CITY
Without a close role model to recommend it, military service may not be considered by high schoolers as an option these days. That’s a missed opportunity that some may have found …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/17/24 08:00 AM
Lone Tree
At the first Lone Tree school board meeting of 2024, the board met with the Esports team alongside parents for a boisterous public comment which lasted longer than the allotted 30 …
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By TJ Rhodes |
1/10/24 12:44 PM