# @dmregister on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZN4IUWDWnp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66307633-dmregister-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-05T20:00:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) — https://gondola.cc/DMRegister

## Caption

Lying on their stomachs on Moulton Elementary School's grassy lawn, two students grappled in a friendly arm wrestling competition to the cheers of other students before the morning bell rings one last time.

Surrounding the competitors, other students in the Des Moines pre-K through fifth grade school wrapped up games of tag or hugged their parents goodbye as they left for their last day of school on Thursday, June 4.

By 7:30 a.m., staff and roughly 400 students filed into the mural-covered interior of the 112-year-old school scheduled for demolition in November.

In early 2027, construction will start on a new arts academy to take its place. It will be among the first and largest projects in Des Moines Public Schools' five-year Reimagining Education project to improve facilities and programs.

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