Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Community School District

Cedar Rapids middle schools will have no school-designated, full-time police officers if a revised 28E Agreement between the school district and city of Cedar Rapids is approved later this month.

Police objected to officer removals from McKinley and Roosevelt

Parents frustrated that they don’t know whether their child is considered a close contact with someone who tested positive, and how to continue learning when in quarantine.

Wear a mask in schools, remain home when sick or if in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, and get tested.

Cedar Rapids schools to begin contact tracing and students or staff members with COVID-19 symptoms or a positive test are required to isolate for 10 days.

The Linn County board of health urges the Cedar Rapids school board to defy the law and mandate mask-wearing in schools for all students, teachers and staff

If the district illegally put a mask mandate in place, it could be at risk of losing its accreditation, which could mean a loss of state and federal funding.

Police will not be involved in enforcing school rules or discipline, among other recommendations, which school officials hope will reduce the number of arrests and charges filed of all students by 50 percent or more.

It’s the first new school building in the district in nearly two decades and launches a long-term master facilities plan.

Cedar Rapids schools in need of about 15 additional school bus drivers for the 2021-22 school year, which begins Monday.

Chicken, beef, cheese, pizza products, hamburger buns and individually packaged food items like condiments are harder to come by because of the COVID-19 pandemic, school officials say.

The daycare center in Wellington Heights will provide school supplies to families in need

Deadline to enroll in the Cedar Rapids Virtual Academy for K-12 students is extended to Aug. 16 at noon.

The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success celebrates its largest graduating class

The district received the funding from the U.S. Department of Education and American Rescue Plan to help offset costs during the coronavirus pandemic.