COMMUNITY CONVERSATION REPORTS A full report and executive summary of the input from the community conversations and survey conducted last spring are available below as a PDF. Click here for the full report Click here for the executive …

Iowa is new to high school mediation tournaments, but Central Academy students knew just what to do when they started competing here at home and at the national tournament. Central Academy and Roosevelt High School student Kathleen Loder …

Two high school dance teams from Des Moines Public Schools earned high marks at the Dance Team Union’s regional competition, held the weekend of November 19 at Johnston High School. Dancers from Lincoln and Roosevelt earned top placements, …

Homelessness is a nationwide problem, and here in Des Moines, a local one. The size of our challenge may surprise you. The number of homeless students in Des Moines is greater than the total enrollment at 200 Iowa …

Leslie Timmerman has been teaching and leading at DMPS for more than 30 years, but her ties to the community go back much further. “My parents were teachers; my mom taught elementary school in DMPS for over 30 …