September 2019

The Teacher Leadership and Compensation grant, now in its third year of existence, provides additional funding to school districts for instructional coaching and new technology in the classroom, and this year, small schools around the area including BCLUW are implementing the change. Superintendent Ben Petty, full-time instructional coach Stacy Simpson and technology instruction coach Karen Hammers spoke to The Grundy Register about the program, the changes it will bring and how it can help them to provide better educational opportunities for students.
 

In the end, it was all for naught.
 
An almost 18-month process that began in response to the Gladbrook-Reinbeck school board’s decision to close the campus in Gladbrook and move all classes to Reinbeck came to a screeching halt at last Tuesday night’s regular meeting, as the board voted 7-0 to throw out the petition for the dissolution of the school district on the advice of its legal counsel, primarily citing the fact that a majority of the signatures were signed before the final petition was presented last May.
 

GRUNDY CENTER – This year, local businesses and community members came together to celebrate the fifth annual Taste of Grundy Center, which yielded the largest turnout in the event’s history.
Twenty different area vendors set up booths around the Grundy County courthouse lawn to offer visitors a sampling of delicious treats, from pinwheels to pudding and craft beer to cookies, there was something for everyone. The treats ranged from small (dainty miniature cupcakes) to large (the biggest soft pretzel Grundy Center has ever seen), and everything in between.

A total of six bids were received for the replacement of bridge D5 in the northwest corner of Grundy County during Monday morning’s regular meeting of the board of supervisors.