Zahnow celebrates renovations

The Waterloo School District hosted a ribbon-cutting at Zahnow Elementary on Saturday morning, celebrating recently completed renovations to the building that began last February. As previously reported, these renovations include…

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Zahnow project completed

While the Columbia School District is currently in the process of preparing its high school for the future with a major expansion, a somewhat more modest renovation was recently completed…

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Teachers, buses and Zahnow

It’s been a busy time for school districts in Monroe County as students have returned and classes are once again underway. The Waterloo School District in particular has encountered a…

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Parsing panels at Zahnow

The June 17 meeting of the Waterloo School Board was especially brief, with the most substantial topic of conversation centering around a difficulty with renovations taking place at Zahnow Elementary.…

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Retiring on a high note

This past school year was Melanie Ryterski’s last with the Waterloo School District, having spent 27 years helping young students fill their lives with music. A longtime music teacher at…

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Zahnow expansion breaks ground

With school and city officials, teachers, students and construction managers on hand, a groundbreaking ceremony took place Friday afternoon with paw print shovels for the expansion project at Zahnow Elementary…

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Waterloo school budget OK’d

A budget for the 2022-23 school year was approved along with plans to continue designing major renovations to Zahnow Elementary during Monday’s meeting of the Waterloo School Board. The budget…

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Zahnow principal retires

One of the longest-serving members of the Waterloo School District has had her final day of school.  Zahnow Elementary School Principal Mary Gardner is retiring June 30, which will mark…

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Teachers talk remote learning

As the Waterloo and Columbia school districts return to having some students physically present, the Republic-Times spoke with four teachers about how remote learning has been going so far this…

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