As the filing deadline for the upcoming city and school elections passed Thursday at 5 p.m., two city council races will be competitive come November. Along
Before they gain physical entry, visitors of Marshalltown Community School District buildings will have to be approved by a new program. It is an additional f
On Monday, the Marshalltown Community School District Board of Education approved a lease agreement with Alliant Energy to build a solar field at Bicentennial P
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Board member Mike Miller (right) discusses a proposal to implement a staggered start and bell time with Superintendent Dr. Theron Schutte (left).
In preparation for 100 percent in-person learning on Feb. 16, the Marshalltown Community School Board discussed implementing a staggered start time and bell schedule between secondary and elementary students at the regular meeting Monday night.
Superintendent Dr. Theron Schutte said the biggest challenge in the transition to 100 percent in-person learning is providing consistent social distancing of 3 to 6 feet.
“It will essentially be an impossibility on our buses with ridership nearly doubling,” Schutte said.
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Marshalltown Community School Board President Bea Niblock breaks from her leader position to second the return-to-learn recommendation made by Superintendent Theron Schutte.
The Marshalltown Community School Board, during the regular Monday meeting, approved the recommendation of Superintendent Theron Schutte and Director of Instruction Lisa Stevenson to continue the hybrid return-to-learn model during the third quarter.
However, board members Mike Miller and Sara Faltys voted in opposition.
“I voted last time ‘no, ” Miller said. “I thought this all a decision about trade off between risk and reward. I’m going to vote ‘no’ this time for the same reasons.”