Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Community School District

Also in this week’s Government Notes, Linn County Supervisors award $28K in historic preservation grants

Renderings of the future elementary schools that will replace Hoover and Van Buren reflect the months spent talking to stakeholders about the design.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, the city of Cedar Rapids and Cedar Rapids schools will host an open house to discuss a green schoolyard initiative on Tuesday.

The Freshman Academy at Washington High School that is “soft launching” this fall will give incoming ninth-graders a “Washington Warrior hug” as they transition to high school, said Breanna Oxley, future teacher at the Academy.

The mural, painted by Grant Wood student William E. Henning, will hang in the district’s Educational Leadership and Support Center while Harrison Elementary School is being renovated, which should take about two years.

Seniors feel prepared for life after high school thanks to rigorous academics, hands-on activities

A committee named BELIEVE in CR Schools to begin collecting voter signatures to get the issue on the ballot this November

City View Community High School is moving this fall from its location in downtown Cedar Rapids to the Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha. Iowa BIG, a project-based learning program in Cedar Rapids, will move into the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance — where City View is currently located.

A $117 million bond referendum is one step closer to going to voters in the Cedar Rapids Community School District after the school board on Monday unanimously approved petition language.

School bus drivers needed in Eastern Iowa, but shortage now less dire

60 teachers impacted by Cedar Rapids schools staffing changes successfully placed in roles for this fall

Behavioral health specialists, student advocates and security personnel part of staffing additions

Also in this week’s government notes, the Cedar Rapids school board has approved a 3 percent wage increase for district teachers.

The tradition of writing messages to teachers in chalk at Cedar Rapids’ Hoover Elementary School began during the COVID pandemic, when families wanted to show appreciation for teachers.

Cleaning the brick and maintaining many windows and doors part of the plan to save structure