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East Mills begins school year with new building, updated cell phone policy
(Malvern) -- Students head back to classes in East Mills Friday with a newly renovated building and a new cell phone policy. The 2024-25 school year kicked off for teachers and staff earlier this week, with East Mills students beginning classes Friday morning at the district's newly expanded preK-12 facility in Malvern. Students returning will also notice changes to the district's cell phone policies, which will no longer be available for use in classrooms during the school day. Speaking on KMA's "Morning Line" program Friday morning, East Mills School Superintendent Michael Brown says the updated policy approved by the school board comes in the wake of a national push to increase student engagement in the classroom.
Red Oak board okays updated open enrollment policy
(Red Oak) -- Red Oak school officials are among those adjusting to slight updates Iowa lawmakers have made to the state's open enrollment laws. Meeting in regular session Wednesday night, the Red Oak School Board, by a 4-0 vote, approved the first reading and waived the second and third readings to update its open enrollment policies after the Iowa Legislature passed Senate File 2435--which took effect on July 1st. The legislation reinstates a March 1st deadline for parents to submit an open enrollment request for an upcoming school year--except for the 2024-25 school year, with lawmakers allowing applications submitted between March 1st and June 30th to not require a "good cause" for waiving the deadline. The change came after state lawmakers in 2023 had removed the deadline, allowing parents to enroll their students in another district at any point during the year. Red Oak School Superintendent Ron Lorenz says the 2024 legislation essentially reverts open enrollment laws back to how they were before 2023.
With small roster, Vikings have big plans
With just five students out for cross country for the AHSTW Vikings, head coach Jackson Renberg is excited and eager to see what his team could be capable of accomplishing. Ava Paulsen, Makenna Paulsen, Yana Lander, and Bella Lamp are returning students, while Emery Brockhoff is joining the team for the first time as an incoming freshman.
Top 50 Team Countdown (1): Underwood Baseball
(Underwood) -- For the last four weeks, KMA Sports has been putting a bow on the 2023-24 athletic season by highlighting the top 50 teams from a memorable year. Today, we name our top team. It's a team that set its sights on redemption and never looked back on its way to a state title: Underwood baseball.
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