Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Community School District

Over the next 15 to 20 years, the district plans to build 10 new elementary schools and renovate three as a part of its facilities master plan.

The number of students charged in Cedar Rapids schools declined after changes made to the school resource officer program, according to new data.

The dogs are trained by CARES -- Canine Assistance Rehabilitation Education and Services -- in Concordia, Kan.

His family is waiting on answers about what happened after Mmengwa Asukulu’s body was found at a construction site.

The $1.6 million project is being paid for from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund

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.