JOHNSTON, Ia. (May 8, 2023) — The Johnston Community School District is replacing all 8,350 iPads in the district with new ones. The change affects all schools because Johnston is a 1:1 district where each student and teacher has...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (April 11, 2023) — The Johnston Community School District will save taxpayers nearly $8.5 million at a time when homeowners are reeling over the dramatic increases in property tax reassessments. The school district is scheduled to...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (March 28, 2023) — The Johnston Community School District has selected five new assistant principals (APs) who will join the administrative team at each of the district’s five elementary schools in 2023-2024, pending April 10 approval...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Jan. 23, 2023) — The Johnston school board on Monday night approved the Academic Calendar for the 2023-24 school year, extending from Aug. 23, 2023 to May 31, 2024.. The new calendar eliminates early-out Wednesdays and replaces them...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Jan. 23, 2023) — The Johnston Community School District’s registration for the 2023-24 school year begins next week. Please register your student before spring break this year! Registration for 2- and 3-year-olds will begin 8 a.m....
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Nov. 10, 2022) — Coming to a theater near you! This new video from the Johnston Community School District will soon be appearing in local movie theaters. Want to make a difference in students’ lives? We’re...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Oct. 25, 2022) — Winter Break will start a little earlier this year! During a recent Employee Relations Committee meeting, it was discussed that having a 3-hour early out on Friday, Dec. 23 would be appreciated...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Sept. 22, 2022) — Seventeen Johnston paraeducators are participating in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation Teacher and Paraeducator Registered Apprenticeship Grant Program. The program, just launched in the 2022-23 school year, is a new model of teacher preparation. It...
JOHNSTON, Ia. (Sept. 1, 2022) — The Johnston Community School District proudly introduces its new mascot, JD (Johnston Dragon)! Welcoming him is the JHS varsity marching band and representatives of JCSD Admin, cheerleaders, dance team, school board, the Johnston...
Welcome to the 2022-23 school year, Dragons! It will be a great year. Here’s a message from Johnston Community School District Superintendent Laura Kacer, welcoming you all back. We can’t wait to see you!