A week ago yesterday they were swept up in a whirlwind. That evening Julio Delgadillo and Elhondra Brazzle attended the premiere of RunDSM: The Doc at Fleur Cinema. They were among the student-poets featured in the film that chronicles …

For 115 years, Greenwood Elementary School has stood on 37th Street, and over those many years renovations and additions to the school led to a dozen different doors in and out of the building. For visitors, the “front door” …

A key element of the school board’s oversight of Des Moines Public Schools is a series of recurring “monitoring reports” the board receives throughout each school year that summarize the ways and means of operating the largest, most …

Homecoming Week couldn’t have dawned any brighter at East High School than it did this morning – or more fragrantly! As students arrived on campus they were greeted by aromas wafting from a food truck of a different …

In 1973 Dave McGinnis and Mike Walag were brand new teachers. And McCombs was a brand new school. Now, 43 years later, they’ve both retired. Thursday McGinnis flew into town from Montana and the longtime friends and colleagues …