It was a busy week for Ridge View schools as they celebrated their homecoming last week. The week’s theme was movies, with high school students dressing up as their favorite movie character on Tuesday, coordinated grade themes Wednesday, Teen Beach Movie day Thursday and spirit gear Friday.
Thursday night also saw the homecoming parade make its way through downtown Holstein, making its way over to Ridge View High School for a pep rally and coronation of homecoming royalty. Ridge View’s homecoming king is Jake Breyfogle, and their queen is Beth Mentzer.
On the heels of a contentious meeting with Schaller-Crestland, the school board members of Ridge View’s Galva-Holstein district held an individual work session Sept. 18 for their constituent parents, to clear up questions and misconceptions about their plans around the school sharing agreement.
All is going smoothly so far for the certification of the PPEL votes for both Ida County school districts, though the same cannot be said for the county budget.
Officials from each Ida County town gathered in Battle Creek Sept. 20 to go over their regular public safety updates. Meetings held on Tuesday were for the Ida County E9-1-1 Service Board, Ida County Emergency Management Commission and Ida County Public Safety and Communications Commission.
The next meeting for all three boards will be Nov. 15 in the Ida County Courthouse.
Facing a protracted absence of a county assessor with no hire in sight, the Ida County Conference Board called a meeting Sept. 20 to address the issue.
Tempers ran high during the Ridge View school board work session Sept. 12, with the Galva-Holstein and Schaller-Crestland district boards facing disagreements on how to proceed with their school sharing agreement.
Galva-Holstein has currently not approved the two districts’ sharing agreement. There is a proposal on the table that, beginning next year, G-H will move their seventh and eighth graders from Early to the Schaller building. They also discussed moving their sixth graders back to a Galva-Holstein building and hosting all high school sports at the Holstein facilities.
The Holstein Country Club was packed with Republican officials in the state government and their supporters Sept. 15 for the Sweet Freedom Celebration, put on by Rep. Steve Holt.
The Ida County Board of Supervisors officially signed the contract for L & L Builders Company to take on the courthouse renovation during their regular meeting Sept. 13. L & L also provided an estimate on the timing for the project, saying they planned to begin next spring.
During their regular meeting Sept. 12, the Galva City Council approved another public hearing on the loan agreement for the wastewater plant renovation. This measure will be to confirm how they pay the loan back.
While the tally for the special school election Sept. 13 is unofficial as of yet, the numbers indicate that both OABCIG and the Galva-Holstein district of Ridge View have passed their PPEL levies. Should the counts hold up, this means that for the next 10 years, both districts will see a property tax of $1.34 per $1,000 assessed value to pay for the schools’ physical plant and equipment property.
