The sidewalks are still to come, but the finish line for fundraising has been crossed. The community-driven Safe Routes to School project has exceeded its financial goal by more than $20,000. With $237,580 raised to support new infrastructure connecting the community and high traffic areas to ...
Jared Smith, who served as superintendent of South Tama County Community School District from 2018 to 2022, before taking a job as Superintendent of the Waterloo Community School District is now under formal investigation by the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners in connection with his current ...
WEST DES MOINES — Abigail Herman of Elberon is one of 40 Iowa students receive college scholarships this year through Athene’s Game Changer Scholars Program. Herman is a First-year recipient of the scholars program. Funded by the Athene Charitable Foundation, the program reflects ...
This week's South Tama County school board meeting was akin to the drama of soap opera. With highs and lows, tied voting, and appearances from fresh faces in the audience, the meeting was packed full of information. Starting off the meeting in the usual way, a community member spoke during ...
NEWS CHRONICLE — As a school resource officer (SRO) at his alma mater of South Tama County, the chairman of the Meskwaki Nation Tribal Council and a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps and the Army National Guard, Vern Jefferson has a long history of public service, and it ...
Mere hours after students were dismissed on their final day of school, the staff of STC gathered in the high school gymnasium to celebrate retirees and a long year of learning. This year's edition of the retirement and service awards looked different due to time constraint after hours ran ...
Early in the morning on Monday, June 9 the South Tama Board of Education, and noticeably more members of the community gathered to partake in the scheduled 7 a.m. meeting. Sticking with the recent trend of educators occupying public comments, longtime teacher and now substitute teacher George ...
For only the third time in his 26 years at South Tama, Mike Carnahan and the high school concert band brought home a Division One rating. Being one of the top honors a band can achieve, the last two came in 2012 and 2022, under the direction of Mike Carnahan and before that 1997. Earning the ...
TAMA-TOLEDO — South Tama County Schools is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), age or ...
For the fourth meeting in a row, public comments were occupied by concerns brought before the STC school board regarding the superintendent, John Cain. This week, both Emily Chyma and Diane Kesl came forward. Chyma, who has taught and coached in the district since 2006, spoke of the ...