As some school board members question whether police in schools promote a safer learning environment, city officials are unanimous in their backing of school resource officers. The school board has a work session Wednesday to guide its impending vote on school resource officers.
The city will try for a third time to sell and repurpose an old brick building at 2000 Mount Vernon Rd. SE that has been vacant for more than five years. The building once housed Buchanan Elementary School and then the Ambroz Recreation Center.
Council and school district proposals differ on keeping police in middle schools. “If we were ever going to be accused of overprotecting, overspending, wouldn’t we do it for our kids?” Mayor O’Donnell said as the council OK’d a new contract for school resource officers.
Incidences of Black and white students suspended in Cedar Rapids schools are almost equal despite Black students making up only 18 percent of student body
The Cedar Rapids Community School District lost 126 teachers at the end of the 2021-2022 school year, up from 100 teachers last year. Now the district is making it harder for teachers to break their contracts.
Area schools are increasing the cost of student meals up to 25 cents for the 2022-23 school year after two years of providing free breakfast and lunch with federal waivers.
Harrison Elementary School Principal Trista Manternach is excited her school is one of the next buildings in Cedar Rapids to be modernized. Currently, students navigate often hot, exposed radiators in classrooms and work in hallways.
Cedar Rapids school board member Dexter Merschbrock asks for a delay in a vote expected later this month on a new school resource officer contract.
Heder plans to be a lawyer some day, inspired by her parents who are refugees from Bosnia.
Gailushas is the recipient of the prestigious Morehead-Cain Scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he plans to study chemistry.
Garfield Elementary is set to close by fall of 2024, and the student population will be combined with Arthur Elementary in a newly built school.
The school’s film club writes, acts, directs and edits film as a part of after school program
Four equity coaches -- a new position in the district -- are working with administrators to create more inclusive spaces that produce more equitable outcomes and experiences for students and staff
Green teams are interactive, educational programs in Cedar Rapids schools that empower students and staff to help the environment through waste reduction, energy and water conservation, and environmental education.
Save CR Heritage launches petition to add closure of Garfield Elementary to the Cedar Rapids school board agenda in May
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