Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Community School District

Increasing staff pay, hiring more educators of color, and providing more teacher autonomy ways to ‘energize’ staff, superintendent says

Superintendent Tawana Grover will present an update to the initial $312 million secondary facilities plan during a school board meeting Monday.

“Likable curmudgeon’”Lawrence Wenclawski feels like he made a difference in the schools, but it’s “tme to move on.”

Empowering Youths of Iowa helping students earn diplomas and think about life after high school

The school district may have been in violation of the First Amendment had it deleted individual user’s comments harmful to LGBTQ people.

A school resource officer at Polk Alternative makes small, positive impacts daily - like making sure the students get new shoes or taking the time to let a kid blow off steam and then find a possible solution, instead of getting in a fight.

At an education roundtable, school leaders lament lawmakers showing ‘no trust’ in local level decisions.

Black students in Cedar Rapids high schools continue to be disproportionately charged

Nakiza Nyankundwa to walk across graduation stage after losing her leg to a drunken driver.

Alyssa Baugh didn’t know if she would earn her diploma before making the decision to return to school last year.

The Washington High School student and Sudanese immigrant is headed to medical school this fall.

Kennedy High School graduate ‘can be a Day One player’ at Wartburg College this fall, coaches say.

Russell Hotchkiss was banned from meetings until further notice in January 2022 for being ‘disruptive and threatening’

The school to be demolished and a new school constructed in a decision made by the school board last month

Jon Galbraith works to improve student learning environments, so they can be their most successful.