Foremost, I am seeking a seat on the ICCSD Board of Directors to address the long standing disparate educational results …
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Charlie Eastham, Iowa City candidate Guest Columnists Sep. 3, 2017 8:00 am2924d ago
Foremost, I am seeking a seat on the ICCSD Board of Directors to address the long standing disparate educational results …
Janet Godwin, Iowa City candidate Guest Columnists Sep. 3, 2017 7:30 am2924d ago
I am running for school board to protect and grow our local public schools so that every student in our …
J.P. Claussen, Iowa City candidate
Guest Columnists Sep. 3, 2017 7:00 am2924d ago
I am currently an educator at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in the inpatient child and adolescent psychiatric …
Karen Woltman, Iowa City candidate
Guest Columnists Sep. 3, 2017 6:30 am2924d ago
If you have been paying attention to the ICCSD, it might not be news that the district has a disappointingly …
Laura Westemeyer, Iowa City candidate
Guest Columnists Sep. 3, 2017 6:00 am2924d ago
For 12 years I served our community as the founder and owner of the Children’s Center, providing therapy services for …
Ruthina Malone, Iowa City candidate
Guest Columnists Sep. 3, 2017 5:30 am2924d ago
Before coming to Iowa City in 1994, I grew up in Chicago, where I attended elementary and secondary school. I …
Shawn Eyestone, Iowa City candidate Guest Columnists Sep. 3, 2017 5:00 am2924d ago
My name is Shawn Eyestone and I am running for a seat on the ICCSD school board. My wife, Mari, …
Keith Westercamp, Cedar Rapids candidate Guest Columnists Sep. 2, 2017 4:00 pm2925d ago
I grew up near Oskaloosa, attending one of the last country schools in the state of Iowa, ‘Brushstreet #12.” After …
Christopher Gehrke, Cedar Rapids candidate
Guest Columnists Sep. 2, 2017 3:00 pm2925d ago
My wife and I are graduates of Washington High School. We have five kids in the district (10th, eighth, seventh, …
Jennifer Borcherding, Cedar Rapids candidate
Guest Columnists Sep. 2, 2017 2:00 pm2925d ago
My decision to run for the Cedar Rapids Community School District Board of Education is the result of years of …
Gary Anhalt, Cedar Rapids candidate
Guest Columnists Sep. 2, 2017 1:00 pm2925d ago
After graduating from Winona University in Minnesota, I moved to Cedar Rapids in 1969 to start my teaching career and …
Rachel Wall, Linn-Mar candidate
Guest Columnists Sep. 2, 2017 9:00 am2925d ago
I’m excited to be running for Linn-Mar school board. My husband, Nate, and I have lived in the district for …
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