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AEA 267 Francis Lauer Youth Shelter receives Picturing America honor

The Area Education Agency 267 (AEA 267) Francis Lauer Youth Shelter is one of over 56,000 schools and public libraries across the nation awarded the Picturing America program. Picturing America is a free initiative from the National Endowment for the … Continue reading

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Service to our partners…big and little things

The comments in this article are focused on one of the little things we can do to serve our customers well. I was reminded of this as I visited a local retailer and noticed all the employees’ cars parked at … Continue reading

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Accreditation site visit on the horizon

The Iowa Department of Education (DE) will begin AEA 267’s accreditation visit on March 10-11, 2009 with a document review. The DE team will follow up with LEA and AEA interviews on April 14-16 and on May 12-13, the team … Continue reading

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Annual Progress Report now available

The 2008 Annual Progress Report, which details the agency’s progress toward meeting established goals, is now available. In addition to being available here, it can be accessed on the accreditation section of our agency’s website. aea_apr_0708

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AEA 267 Bremwood staff make generous donation

Team members at AEA 267 Bremwood donated over $600 to the United Way in lieu of having a Secret Santa Exchange this year. The goal was to raise $550 and in exchange team members would get to wear jeans for … Continue reading

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February board recap

The AEA 267 Board of Directors met at 6 p.m. on February 3, 2009 at the AEA 267 Conference Center in Cedar Falls for a public hearing on the 2009-10 AEA 267 proposed budget. No visitors were present for the … Continue reading

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Vote for your favorite school today

Want to help your local school district earn money? U.S. Cellular is offering a contest where the public is invited to vote for their favorite school district. The school with the most votes will receive a cash prize. Stop by … Continue reading

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January board meeting recap

The AEA 267 Board of Directors met at 6:00 p.m. on January 7, 2009 at the AEA 267 Conference Center in Cedar Falls for their regular meeting. During the meeting, the board: Heard a review from Christine Mangrich regarding the … Continue reading

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Board policies now online

Need quick and easy access to board policies? They can now be found on the agency’s website by searching under “About Us” from the main page.

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Iowa AEA system the focus of recent Des Moines Register article

An article in the Sunday, December 28 edition of the Des Moines Register made some interesting claims regarding the Iowa AEA system. For one, the article claimed that Iowa AEAs are more top-heavy and now have four times as many … Continue reading

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