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  • GRC Report Card Released

    An independent study of the Glenwood Resource Center by a private agency is complete and the state’s largest residential care and treatment facility for people with mental and developmental disabilities has received generally high marks, according to Gov. Chet Culver.

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  • Finalists Named For GRC Post

    Iowa Department of Human Services spokesperson Roger Munns said last week that DHS has whittled down the list of candidates for the superintendent position at the Glenwood Resource Center to three finalists. Selected from a pool of 18 candidates, the finalists are:

    - Stan Butkis, recently the director of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, and previously the director of Virginia’s mental health programs.

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  • Changing Of The Guard

    Change was in the air last Monday as the new Glenwood Board of Education met for its organizational meeting.

     

    Outgoing board members Bill Agan and Frank Overhue were recognized for their combined 18 years of service to the school district before they formally stepped down to make room for newcomers Henry Clark and Dave Blum.

     

    Clark, Blum and incumbent Dave Warren were elected Sept. 8 to serve four-year terms on the five-member board.

     

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  • Lost In Transition

    The Glenwood Community School District opened its new high school on Aug. 27. Lost in the glare of the spotlight on the $22 million, state-of-the art building is Glenwood’s other new school.

    Classes began Aug. 26 at the new Glenwood Middle School, formerly Glenwood’s high school, just across the Keg Creek. The new middle school is a “big improvement” over the middle school’s former home in the Meyer Building on the Glenwood Resource Center campus, said first-year GMS Principal Heidi Stanley.

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  • School Board Vote Is In

    Incumbent Dave Warren and newcomers Henry Clark and Dave Blum have been elected to seats on the Glenwood Board of Education.

    Warren, Clark and Blum were the top three vote-getters in Tuesday’s school board election, garnering 809, 697 and 526 votes respectively. Write-in candidate Cheryll Ross finished in fourth place, presumably receiving nearly all of the 382 write-in votes that were cast. Tim Harms received 313 votes, followed by Rex A. Ruth with 302, incumbent Bill Agan with 252 and Edward Lund with 212.

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  • Brick Street Debate In Glenwood

    Brick streets have resurfaced as an issue of discussion and debate for the Glenwood City Council.

    Two Glenwood citizens – Jean Jaskierny and Linda Forman – attended council meetings in August to voice their displeasure with the city’s public works department for using concrete to repair a brick intersection at Coolidge and Hazel Street earlier this summer.

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  • Brick Street Debate In Glenwood

    Brick streets have resurfaced as an issue of discussion and debate for the Glenwood City Council.

    Two Glenwood citizens – Jean Jaskierny and Linda Forman – attended council meetings in August to voice their displeasure with the city’s public works department for using concrete to repair a brick intersection at Coolidge and Hazel Street earlier this summer.

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  • High School Creating Buzz

    It isn’t taking long for Glenwood Community High School students and staff to warm up to their new school.

    Doors to the $21.5 million facility were formally opened Thursday morning as freshmen and sophomores reported for orientation and an abbreviated schedule of classes. Students were visibly excited about stepping into their new school for the first time.

    "It’s just really big. It’s probably the nicest school I’ve ever been in," said sophomore Ben Umberger.

    Morgan Lucy said she was in awe over the size of the gymnasium.

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  • High School Creating Buzz

    It isn’t taking long for Glenwood Community High School students and staff to warm up to their new school.

    Doors to the $21.5 million facility were formally opened Thursday morning as freshmen and sophomores reported for orientation and an abbreviated schedule of classes. Students were visibly excited about stepping into their new school for the first time.

    "It’s just really big. It’s probably the nicest school I’ve ever been in," said sophomore Ben Umberger.

    Morgan Lucy said she was in awe over the size of the gymnasium.

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  • It's A Go!

    It’s official.

    The long-awaited opening of the new Glenwood Community High School will take place Thursday.

    GCHS Principal Kerry Newman confirmed Wednesday that a follow-up inspection from the Iowa State Fire Marshal’s Office has taken place and the district has been given the green light to occupy the school on Thursday.

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