Box Elder School celebrates test scores

It's not often a grown man is actually happy to lose his hair.

Last fall Box Elder elementary school principal Dave Nelson and high school and middle school principal Wes Fehr pledged to have their heads shaved if every grade in their respective schools scored above the national standard on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills standardized tests.

Test scores are in, and in front of the elementary school students Monday, Nelson's hair fluttered onto the gymnasium floor.

Box Elder saw every grade except ninth and 10th grade test above the required 45 composite score. Last year five classes scored belo...