The following statement was made by Superintendent Tom Ahart at the November 15, 2016 School Board meeting: The purpose of public education has been defined in a variety of ways by different thinkers, but there is widely shared …
Tuesday night’s School Board meeting was standing-room only as hundreds of people showed up in response to last week’s walk-out by students the morning after Election Day. Des Moines Public Schools is thankful for everyone who took the …
Monday morning at Madison Elementary a trap was set for Shauna Jansen’s kindergarteners and the young Lions sat right down in the middle of it – with their eyes wiiide open. The district’s Turnaround Arts schools in the …
November 11 is designated as Veterans Day in America but at DMPS it’s more like Veterans Week. Observances at schools around the district began with an assembly last Wednesday at Goodrell Middle School and will culminate this Wednesday …
UPDATE: Rider Root Beer sold out on Tuesday, November 15. Commemorative t-shirts are still for sale. The city of Des Moines and the Roosevelt community continue to mourn the loss of two great law enforcement officials: DMPD Sgt. …
