Building Inspector Alan Viox said he expects the Nebraska City High School building to pass final inspection today and be ready for classes to start on Tuesday, Sept. 7.
“At this point in time, I’m not seeing why the school can’t be held there,” Viox said Wednesday.
Buses will not leave Northside Elementary School in Nebraska City until all the students are on the right bus, school Superintendent Jeff Edwards said Tuesday in response to a Friday incident where a boy was lost after being let off a bus in Union.
Edwards said students are supposed to wear a sticker with their name and bus number when school is dismissed.
The mother of a six-year-old boy who was dropped off a school bus in Union Friday 12 miles from home says the Northside Elementary first grader was also lost on the bus on Wednesday.
Bethanie O’Flaherty, who picked up her child Friday near the railroad tracks after a construction worker found him walking along Highway 34 and crying, said school officials told her after the incident on Wednesday that it would never happen again.
Video>>> The Nebraska City Pioneers hosted the first community fall pep rally at Pioneer Field Wednesday.
The youth football cheerleaders, Nebraska City varisty cheerleaders and dance team performed, along with the band.
With local schools soon to be back in session, the Nebraska City Police Department would like to make a timely reminder regarding school bus safety and school children pedestrian safety.
Motorist are reminded that is illegal to pass a school bus on which the stop warning signal light are flashing or stop arm is extended.
The Nebraska City Community Foundation selected Carol Crook as philanthropist of the year during the community street dance Saturday night.
Crook, an Otoe County commissioner, substitute school teacher and Arbor Day farm tour guide, is the third recipient of the annual award.
The Nebraska City Public Schools have scheduled a community pep rally on Wednesday, Aug. 25, at the high school football stadium.
Food and games are planned at 5:30 p.m. and the fall pep rally is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. All fall athletes and band will be recognized at the pep rally.
The Nebraska City Board of Education approved a Sept. 7 start date for the high school at its meeting Monday, but all other buildings will remain on schedule for an Aug. 25 start date.
The school board approved an amended school calendar for the high school that cuts one day from the holiday break, one day from the Easter break and concludes the school year on May 27. The rest of the school district will get out of school on May 25.
The Nebraska City school board told Superintendent Jeff Edwards Monday to explore alternatives to Nebraska City’s franchise with Allied Refuse for garbage collection.
The Waste Connections company quoted the school a garbage collection cost next year of $25,022, which is about 20 percent higher than the previous year.
Video>>> Magician Adam D. White of Lincoln performs at the summer reading program at Morton-James Public Library in Nebraska City.
A University of Nebraska Omaha researcher says U.S. Census data released March 23 places Nebraska City on the state’s list of towns with the biggest population decreases since 2000.
A projected loss of 359 people in Nebraska City is ranked 10th in the state behind Alliance, Falls City, Ogallala, Fairbury, McCook, Holdrege, O’Neill, York and West Point.
The Nebraska City Board of Education dedicated the new Northside Elementary School on Thursday, May 27.
John Crook, board president, said the new school is an effort of the entire community.
“Without the community’s affirmative vote, we would not have this building,” he said.
Sports day at Hayward Elementary School on May 21, 2010, including a chicken throw, soccer scoring, spring, big hill bowling and ring toss.
This slideshow of tug of war photos is played to the music of Chopin
Video >>> The class of 2010 held graduation exercises Sunday with honor addresses from Kellie Moyer, Jacob Runkles, Sara Robles and Garrett Schomerus.
Runkles urged the graduates “to dream as big as possible and go after those with all your might.”
Robles noted how the class has matured since the eighth grade and Schomerus said the classmates are important.
Video >>> Nebraska City Public Schools presented their annual band festival at the high school on May 11.
The concert featured music selections from the senior high band, as well as fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade bands.
Local high school graduations begin Saturday at Syracuse and continue through Sunday, May 16, at Nebraska City.
Video>>> Colton Knickman and Kali Wilkinson were named prom king and queen at Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca High School April 17.
The theme for the junior and senior prom was “Prom 2010: Depths of Forever.” Table decorations included live goldfish bowls.
Video>>> The Nebraska City High School music department presented its pre-contest concert in the high school gymnasium on Wednesday, April12.
Expressions performances included New York State of Mind by Billy Joel and New York City Rhythm by Barry Manilow.
Video>>> Battery-powered cars designed and produced in Doug Iske’s principles of technology class at Syracuse High School are rolled to top finishes at races in Hastings and Lincoln last weekend.
Car 77, unofficially called the “Red Rocket” by its student builders, finished first in the novice class at Hastings Speedway on Saturday.
The chatter of memories being exchanged filled the 130-year-old Harmony schoolroom at Otoe County’s first country school reunion April 10 when someone rang a handbell that had been sitting on the teacher’s desk.
It made Janis Grimes’ head swivel and her hand reach out instinctively from the across the room.
She was one of a handful of one-room school teachers attending the reunion and took only a moment to accept that there was no unruly child to correct.
