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MPCHS makes changes in class ranking, grade-point average calculations

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Mt. Pleasant Community School District directors approved changes to the method of grade-point average (GPA) calculation and class rank at the high school.The changes were approved at the Jan. 13 school board meeting and first presented to the board during the December meeting. Although the changes have been published twice in The News, here they are for a third time for anyone who may have missed them.Changes ...

Consolidation, sharing talk headline first legislative briefing

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By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsRoles were reversed Saturday at the first Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance?s legislative briefing in the Chadwick Library on the campus of Iowa Wesleyan College.Operating under the theme, ?governing cities, counties and schools: What can we learn from one another?,? legislators did more listening than speaking. Discussion centered on possible efficiency and cost-saving ...

WACO board approves purchase of Chromebooks, iPads

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By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? Policies and quotes dominated the news from Monday night?s regular meeting of the WACO School Board of Directors.The school district will offer a variation of the 1:1 initiative as directors approved the purchase of 150 Chromebooks for the students at a cost of $350 each of $52,500.Superintendent of Schools Darrell Smith said students will be able to check out ...

Council to recognize Barb Welander

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:32 pm2695d ago

Mt. Pleasant City Council members will consider a resolution, recognizing retiring building and zoning administrator Barb Welander for her service.The consideration will be during the council?s regular meeting tomorrow (Wed.) at 5:30 p.m.Other tentative agenda items include mayoral appointments to the historic preservation and planning and zoning commission.

Mt. Pleasant Police log

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:32 pm2695d ago

MISCELLANEOUSTheft ? 400 block of North Adams Street, Jan. 15.Trespassing ? 900 block of West Washington Street, Jan. 15.Animal complaint ? 1500 block of North Mapleleaf Drive, Jan. 15.Suspicious person, activity, vehicle ? 400 block of South White Street, Jan. 15.Suspicious person, activity, vehicle ? 600 block of East Warren Street, Jan. 15.

Scuba diving in Iowa

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News Sep. 30, 2018 9:32 pm2695d ago

Approximately 15 Mt. Pleasant students are taking a class to become scuba divers. In the photo, Skyler Houston, left, and Tevor Staats prepare to dive. The students travel to Ft. Madison to participate in the scuba-diving class that MPCHS offers. The students also receive three hours of credit from Iowa Wesleyan College for completing and passing the course.

MP council panel top study budget

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Members of the Mt. Pleasant City Council?s Personnel and Finance Committee will meet Monday, Jan. 20, in City Hall to discuss the first draft of the city?s fiscal 2015 city budget.The meeting begins at 5 p.m.

Two million bags later, Larry is retiring

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By TRISHA PHELPS Mt. Pleasant NewsAfter 38 years and an estimated 2,000,000 bags of groceries, Larry Hennessee is retiring from the Mt. Pleasant Hy-Vee Foods Store.Hennessee started working at Mt. Pleasant Hy-Vee Foods on Aug. 17, 1976, and has been bagging groceries for customers ever since.Joe Halferty was a manager when Hennessee began working for Hy-Vee, and Hennessee gives Halferty partial credit for ...

Mt. Pleasant High School students take to the water

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By MEGAN COOPER Mt. Pleasant NewsScuba diving in Iowa?Yes, it?s true; the Mt. Pleasant Community School District has instituted a scuba diving course at the high school.?The course gets students more involved in school and it starts building confidence in them that they can be successful,? said Mt. Pleasant Superintendent of Schools Mike Wells. ?We are taking the students who really don?t like school, and we ...

Mt. Pleasant teachers seek $2,000 base salary increase

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By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant?s Education Association (MPEA) is asking for a 6.3 percent increase in the teacher base salary.MPEA submitted its initial 2014-15 master-contract proposal Monday night, prior to the regular meeting of the Mt. Pleasant School Board.Currently, Mt. Pleasant?s teaching base salary is $31,515 and MPEA negotiators are asking for a $2,000 increase in the annual salary ...

MP School District's finances are laden with black ink

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By BROOKS TAYLOR Mt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant Community School District?s financial picture continues to brighten, school directors were told Monday night during the board?s regular monthly meeting.Ed Chabal, district director of finance, took board members on a financial tour, highlighting portions of the district?s annual comprehensive report, which will receive approval during the February meeting.The ...

Librarian launches her own version of 'Defeat the Label'

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By MEGAN COOPER Mt. Pleasant NewsBullying is becoming a problem in schools today and now is the time to do something about it.According to Brittany Nichols, youth services librarian at the Mt. Pleasant Public Library, some middle-school students in Mt. Pleasant believe that bullying has become more apparent in schools and they want to do something about it.?I was talking with some middle-school girls and we ...