Des Moines Public Schools, Iowa’s largest provider of PK-12 education, will complete the 2019-20 school year through distance learning, beginning next week for high school seniors, April 20 for other high school grades, and April 27 for all …
Mayor Frank Cownie and the Des Moines City Council have endorsed the decision by Des Moines Public Schools to not re-open school buildings this year, noting that “Superintendent Ahart has used wise counsel in reviewing long-term institutional metrics and …
In a virtual meeting today of the Des Moines School Board, Superintendent Thomas Ahart shared his intention that in-person classes would not resume during the 2019-20 school year, and that distance learning would be implemented. Following this afternoon’s …
The Novel Coronavirus may have us working from home, but it doesn’t stop the important job of hiring teams of people to support our 33,000 students. It takes the cooperative effort of nearly 5,000 people to keep the …
Two New Principals: Christopher Schmit at Harding, Jason Snow at McCombs While the Coronavirus may keep us working from our homes, it doesn’t stop the Des Moines Public Schools Human Resources team from continuing to hire employees to …
