As usual this summer, fall sports teams and marching bands reported for duty ahead of the first day of school. But unusually, so did the staff and students of the Roosevelt (High School) Repertory Theatre. They’ve been at …

First thing Tuesday morning, 5th graders at Hillis Elementary School marched en masse the several blocks from their school to the old Franklin Junior High. Or is it the new Franklin Junior High? More on that later. What were …

On Saturday morning 465 volunteers headed off to work in Des Moines for a special once-a-year job: helping students stay on the path to graduate high school. The 10th annual Graduation Walk was held on Saturday, August 25. Begun …

Welcome Back, Kotter was a popular TV series in the 1970s about a high school teacher who returned to work at his racially and ethnically diverse alma mater. Something similar is happening this year in Des Moines Public …