Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Community School District

The future of magnet school programming in the Cedar Rapids Community School District may include a school just for high school freshmen and sophomores.

Linn County Public Health is holding four vaccination clinics at Cedar Rapids schools for children 5 to 11. The clinics, open to any child with a parent present, will take place from Monday, Nov. 29 to Thursday, Dec. 2.

Cedar Rapids middle school students are taking advantage of the opportunity to play sports this year after all middle school athletics were canceled in Iowa during the 2020-21 school year to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

The most important coronavirus mitigation strategy Rowray has observed is staff and students wearing masks, he said.

Incumbents Nancy Humbles and Jennifer Borcherding won back their Cedar Rapids school board seats Tuesday, and Marcy Roundtree will take her place at the board table for the first time

The Department of Justice is conducting on-site visits this week of 10 Cedar Rapids schools as a part of an on ongoing review of the district’s policies, procedures and practices relating to the use of physical restraint and seclusion.

Beef, chicken, breakfast pizza and waffles, bread, fruit and vegetables and paper products are just a few items Iowa school districts are struggling to get to provide varied, quality meals to students.

The Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress is a test taken by students in grades three through 11 once a year to measure performance in English Language Arts, math and science. Students were not tested in 2020 because of the pandemic.

Metro Care Connection school-based health center provides students immunizations, physicals and treats minor illnesses with parental consent.

Both the Cedar Rapids school board and City Council have now signed off on changes to the school resource officer program in an effort to reduce arrests and racial disparities.

Noreen Bush, ‘a leader of leaders,’ was nominated for the award by her peers

The general obligation bond would provide funding for the next step in the district’s master facility plan, which includes secondary schools.

Goal is for students to learn tools to regulate their emotions and even collaborate and problem-solve together better

Historically, one person has been tasked with building relationships and finding ways to meet the needs of these families in all 32 Cedar Rapids schools. This year, all that is changing.

Board member Dexter Merschbrock said the amended agreement is a “good first step” but said the board needs to be intentional about reviewing data about the program monthly, which will be provided as a part of the contract.