Dear Editor,The Grimm DonationsThe daycare board asked for money it felt was available from the city due to the Richard Grimm donation to the city. Richard Grimm left both the city and the school system generous donations to further enhance each of them. Richard divided his donations purposely ...
Dear Editor,Everyone wins? Please explain to me how destroying one of Iowa's great school districts allows anyone to win? Mr. Bearden is boasting that it is a win-win for everyone and I'm tired of hearing his lies that our school district does not have financial longevity. Do your research and ...
Dear Editor,It is time for us all to make a commitment to our school system. It is extremely important we vote and we vote for no dissolution of the G-R School System. G-R has proven itself over and over as an entity that deserves to continue. Our academics and athletics alone have shown that ...
Dear Editor:I am writing to you to state my opinion about the dissolution of the Gladbrook-Reinbeck School District. I do not live in the school district, however I am a senior at GR this year. I would like to say that I do not think that the district should dissolve. This school has done ...
Dear Editor,From the very beginning of my editorial campaign about our city donating to the daycare expansion, I have stated that Reinbeck needs a daycare. It provides an invaluable service to many of our citizens and is particularly important now because so many of our in-home daycares have ...
Dear Editor,Once again I received some letters with no signature except "Concerned Citizens for Reinbeck." They wondered how I could write an editorial about our school board and their unfair treatment of Gladbrook, especially at this critical point in time when with the vote for ...
Dear Editor,The last information I want to convey about our city funding the daycare is perhaps the most important.The G-R School System donated their money to only the building in which the Reinbeck daycare resides. This is completely legal since they own the daycare building and can use PPEL ...
Dear Editor,I am writing this letter in regard to Superintendent Dave Hill's article in last week's paper. Let me start by saying I personally think Superintendent Hill is a very honest man and a great superintendent. I have a lot of trust in what Dave says and I also believe that if GR would ...
Dear Editor:At the top of my personal agenda right now, is to save our Gladbrook-Reinbeck School. As a citizen of Reinbeck, a City Council member and a Rebel mom, I will do anything to save our school. I have already raised my 6 children. They have all graduated from GR and will forever be ...
Dear Editor,A few years ago our city used the Institute of Public Affairs from the University of Iowa to help chart the city's direction for the future. The city council was very much a part of this process. The consultant's recommendations reviewed what accomplishment the city had made and ...