As a vote approaches on the school district’s school resource officer agreement with the Cedar Rapids police, the school board agreed to prioritize convening community stakeholders to identify solutions addressing the root causes to behavioral issues in schools.
Summer programs closed for the remainder of the week as district officials work with experts to find a solution
Cedar Rapids school district officials expect regularly scheduled summer activities to resume Monday but are declining to answer questions posted by parents about what is affected.
The district did not describe the nature of the attack or say which systems it targeted.
The city of Cedar Rapids and the Cedar Rapids school district are thinking about options for historic school buildings that will be retired as new schools open in the coming years
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.
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