A familiar face will move from Summit Middle School to the Administrative Resource Center this summer. Joy Wiebers has been hired as the Johnston Community School District’s Director of Student Support and Equity. She has been the principal...
Tom Bartello has been selected as the new principal of Lawson Elementary in the Johnston Community School District. Bartello is currently the principal of Thomas Jefferson Elementary, a pre-kindergarten through fourth grade school in the Newton Community School...
(Submitted by the City of Johnston) Attention Johnston drivers! Have you noticed these new stop signs near Johnston schools? They’re here for a very important reason: to keep our kids safe. The City of Johnston, Johnston Police Department...
This year, the Johnston Community School District is beginning a discussion with parents, students, and staff members to determine whether changes should be made to the school day start and end times. Separate surveys were administered to parents,...
It’s testing season in the Johnston elementary buildings. Understanding those long days of questions can wear a student out, Lisa Tegels, Wallace Elementary teacher librarian, modified the traditional library time to become a Makerspace/STEAM exploratory unit, giving students...
This spring, parents and guardians won’t see the familiar school registration packet land in their mailbox. Instead, all existing families in the Johnston Community School District will be able to re-enroll their student(s) online. “It’s an exciting advancement...