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Cedar Rapids group raises money for Waypoint Services, a nonprofit that offers housing services, domestic violence victims services and childcare.

Each grade level collected a different item for the box with a goal of putting together 60 bedtime boxes, which they met and celebrated with a pajama party last month.

The vibrancy, creativity and resilience of the Harlem Renaissance will be on display at The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success’ 15th annual gala --with a twist.

School board members open to idea four-day week with more of a year-round calendar.

Some of the suggestions for improving school climate include increasing student voice in decision making, improving responsiveness to bullying and harassment, and developing social and emotional skills.

Voters approved a $31 million bond issue last year, enabling the district to move forward on a facilities plan that includes building a new elementary school, and auditorium and outdoor activities complex at Marion High School.

More services needed as number of students entitled to special education increases in Marion Independent schools.

Of the 40 students graduating in May, 26 started with Kids on Course in its first year as second graders.

Iowa City Liberty High School student group raising money for the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, the Ronald McDonald House of Iowa City and the Fight With Flash Foundation, which raises money and awareness for cancer research.

Arthur and Garfield elementary schools, two of the oldest school buildings in the Cedar Rapids Community School District, both opened in 1915.

Voters passed the bond referendum by 75.6 percent Tuesday to fund construction in the Clear Creek Amana school district.

District officials continue to encourage indoor mask use for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to our schools, regardless of vaccination status.

School districts are thinking critically about racial justice in the tracking of academic opportunities, discipline, retention and hiring of historically underrepresented groups, and staff training around cultural competence.

Truman Early Childhood Center to offer full-day preschool and before and after school care this fall.

Fewer students overall are being charged and more continue to be diverted from arrest in the Cedar Rapids Community School District after changes were made to its school resource officer program last year. But more Black students are being arrested than white students.