Nathan Konz
The Glidden City Council is considering incrementally increasing sewer rates over the next three years to help finance the community’s new wastewater project. City.
The Carroll High School Foundation is thrilled to announce the success of their recent Carroll Kindness fundraiser. COVID-19 has required the implementation of social distancing, making a large annual effort like the Tiger Trot difficult if not unfeasible. The foundation members put their heads together and came up with a plan for kindness instead, that had family, friends, community residents and businesses making pledges in exchange for acts of kindness to be carried out by students. With a goal of $30,000 in 12 days, the initiative started out strong, but was still nearly $8,000 short of that goal on their final day. However, the Carroll community shows up to support their own and came through, raising a grand total of $32,127. This money will go directly to the Carroll Community School District and the foundation will use the funds for field trips, accelerated reading programs, new technology and to help instructors enhance their classroom space and materials. The Carroll High Sc
In its almost-decade of existence, the Carroll High School Foundation has distributed more than $100,000 for events, projects and materials to students in the four buildings of the Carroll Community School District.
Early in the current school year, the non-profit foundation made a high-profile donation of face shields with masking to students and faculty.
âWe have taken time over the last five years to grow our organization,â said Shellie Haluska, CHS Foundation president. âWe are on the edge of making a consistent impact to the Carroll Community School District.â
Haluska leads a 13-person board that is academics focused. The foundation is behind, for example, a drone project at CHS and computer equipment at Adams Elementary.