Argos School Board Approves Student Fees for Next School Year

Argos school board members approved student fees for the 2018-2019 school year when they met Monday night, according to Superintendent Ned Speicher.

“Kindergarten through second grade is $180 and for grades three to six, it would be $195 and grades seven and eight would be $195.” Speicher explained, “High school would be $220 and then college-level courses that are taught at the high school would have additional fees per each college class.” Continue reading

Plymouth School Board Approves School Calendar, Transfer Student Deadline for 2018-2019

The Plymouth School Board approved the 2018-2019 school calendar when it met Tuesday. Superintendent Andy Hartley said the biggest change is that the school year will start a little later. Students’ first day of class will be August 8, while the last day will be May 31, 2019. Christmas break and spring break will each be two weeks long, while fall break will last one week.

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Pre-K Program at Culver Community Schools Will Not Be Implemented in January, Could Possibly Start Next School Year

A decision has been made to not move forward with a Pre-Kindergarten program at Culver Community Schools in January of next year. However, according to Superintendent Karen Shuman that doesn’t mean it is completely out of the question.

Shuman said, “We do hope to come next school year, when we do kindergarten round-up we’ll be doing a pre-k round-up at the same time.” The superintendent explained that they’ll determine whether or not to implement a program depending on the number of people who attend the round-up for children who would be heading into preschool. Continue reading