Articles Tagged: Iowa City Community School District

Iowa City school board approves updated timeline for a decade of facility projects

The space will be used for professional development for educators, the online learning program and possibly career and technical education

A settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice in 2020 says the district will make all playgrounds readily accessible to people with disabilities by 2023.

The Cedar Rapids Community School District lost 126 teachers at the end of the 2021-2022 school year, up from 100 teachers last year. Now the district is making it harder for teachers to break their contracts.

Area schools are increasing the cost of student meals up to 25 cents for the 2022-23 school year after two years of providing free breakfast and lunch with federal waivers.

Moment No. 26: The Iowa City Community School District names its North Liberty elementary school after Title IX pioneer and former Iowa women’s athletics director Christine Grant.

The pilot program is expected to make preschool more accessible to families who can’t drop off and pick up their children during work hours

IOWA PROFILE: Christine Boge’s gift will help close opportunity gaps and provide supports to students in need. The $1 million gift is the largest donation in the foundation’s 40-year history.

Early childhood educators and paraprofessionals are two career fields facing workforce shortages.

Iowa City’s school taxes to increase 8 cents from previous fiscal year. But under the state's rollback formula, most property owner’s school tax levy will decrease slightly — around a $44 reduction for the year.

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

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

InquirEd asks an essential question students answer through inquiry-based learning and discovery.

A new Iowa law that bans teaching “divisive concepts” is having a “chilling effect” on culturally responsive teaching and diversity, equity and inclusion in K-12 schools, some Iowa education experts say. Critical Race Theory is not actually mentioned in the law.

Upon graduating from the University of Iowa, students in the Grow Our Own program are guaranteed a position with the Iowa City Community School District, if there is an opening.