Articles Tagged: Iowa City Community School District

School board President Ruthina Malone thanked Matt Degner for his “work, commitment and dedication.”

Leslie Acevedo-Cruz could blend love of math, teaching someday, teachers say

Leela Strand sought opportunities to explore her interest in medical sciences throughout high school.

Rosangel Flores Rubio — who immigrated from Honduras in third grade with her mother and younger sisters — has grown into other roles: City High Student Senate co-president, executive editor of the Little Hawk newspaper, tennis player, mock trial team member and founder of Latino Hawks.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Marion schools are among 38 grant recipients under the $900K program, created by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds after she rejected $29 million in federal funding.

One week after a large California investment firm bought ACT Inc. – morphing the longtime Iowa City-based nonprofit testing company into a for-profit enterprise – a separate nonprofit organization the new ACT conglomerate promised to maintain retained the Iowa City campus and now is selling it.

Fatal crew club lawsuit against ISU heads to trial, Here’s how closing Hills Elementary saves Iowa City School District $1.66 million, Western Iowa man dies as spate of tornadoes hits state

Many Hills parents are mad the Iowa City Community School District is closing their elementary school, but that doesn’t mean they want to send their kids to another lower-ranking district. This is despite offers from two lawmakers to help the Johnson County community move its students to another school district, such as Lone Tree.

An Iowa City man has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges that he brought a gun onto school grounds and threatened staff members at Grant Wood Elementary School in November, according to the Johnson County Attorney’s Office.

A new exhibit at the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art showcases the impact New York City pop artist Keith Haring had on children and adults alike at his visit to Horn Elementary School in 1989, just 9 months before his death. See the little-known mural, his letters to students and more.

The district has no immediate plans to build on the almost 19-acres of property southwest of Iowa City that could be a future school site.

School officials make recommendations on how to trim $7.5 million in expenses from the budget over the next two years

The city is working with Iowa City schools, which uses the indoor pool for its swim practices and meets.

Half-day, full-day and programs with before- and after-school care now enrolling for 2024-25 school year.

An armed parent entered the building to confront the principal about sending his son home from school, authorities said.