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Kingsley-Pierson Community School District Levy Issue Unofficially Rejected
Voters in the Kingsley Pierson School District narrowly defeated a proposed ten-year Physical Plant and Equipment Levy proposal Tuesday by less than one percent of the ballots cast.
The total was 125 yes votes and 128 no votes regarding the one dollar thirty-four cent per thousand dollars of assessed valuation of the taxable property levy for school infrastructure improvements.
Woodbury County voters in the Pierson area led the defeat of the measure by voting it down 46-22 in the unofficial total.
Plymouth County voters in the Kingsley area and Cherokee County voted 103-82 to approve the levy, but that left the overall unofficial yes vote total short of the needed 50% plus one approval needed to pass the measure.
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Le Mars High School teacher weighs in on civics tests
(pictured: Michael Bahr)
With Iowa’s new civics test law now in full effect, high schools across the state are preparing for their students to take the 128-question exam. Iowa is the 14th state to adopt the test since 2015. The seniors who’ve just started their final year at a public or private high school in Iowa are the first graduating class required to pass a civics test in order to get their diploma.
Le Mars High School Government teacher Michael Bahr says his students are showing minimal concern for the test.
Bahr says the faculty is still figuring out how to prepare their students, but a plan is taking shape.
A timetable for taking the test isn’t rigid, so students will have ample time to prepare.
