Kingsley-Pierson considering future of Pierson building, no decision made
Kingsley-Pierson School District superintendent Adam Brand released an open letter this week addressing rumors about the district’s Pierson building, stressing that “no decision has been made” about the future of the building.
In the letter, Brand states that district leadership and the Board of Education “has worked diligently to identify ways to improve the district’s long-term financial stability,” and that the goals of the district’s decisionmakers are to “preserve our staff whenever possible, protect the high-quality educational opportunities our students deserve, and to be responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars.” Brand says that the Board requested the district to complete a feasibility study on whether consolidating students in Kingsley would “gain financial and operational efficiencies that would benefit the district.”
Brand further stressed that the study is “simply an informational tool” for evaluating future possibilities and “does not represent a decision by the Board to close the Pierson building.” If the Board were to consider a closure of the building, Brand states that the process “would be deliberate, transparent, and community-driven” and wouldn’t begin to be implemented until after 2030.
The issue will not be on the agenda for the school board meeting scheduled for Wednesday, July 22nd.
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DNR going to special deer zone for 8 NW Iowa counties
The Iowa D-N-R is making changes to the way licenses are distributed for deer hunting after several years of getting input. State deer biologist Jace Elliott says the change is for resident licenses.
The biggest impact is in northwest Iowa.
Crawford, Ida, Lyon, O’Brien, Plymouth, Shelby, Sioux and Woodbury are the counties in that zone. Elliott says there are a variety of factors that have impacted the deer population in those counties, including disease outbreaks.
Elliott says they hope the northwest Iowa restrictions will help build the deer population back in those counties.
He says the restrictions on hunting are about the only thing they can do to try and help the deer recover. Elliott says hunters will have to make a decision on which zone they want to hunt in.
Elliott says they held more then one dozen meetings over the last three years in Western Iowa to come up with the plan.
(Story via Radio Iowa)
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