Cedar Rapids built 4 new junior highs between 1920 and 1925
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Cedar Rapids built 4 new junior highs between 1920 and 1925
The school board set in motion a process to ask voters in November to pass a $220 million bond referendum to support the Cedar Rapids Community School District’s facility master plan. The board adopted ballot language, so now a volunteer committee will organize to rally support.
Learn more about the school board seats on the ballot in Cedar Rapids, College Community, Linn-Mar, Iowa City and Clear Creek Amana.
Many Iowa schools rely on food hubs like Field to Family to source local produce, dairy for school meals.
Responding to feedback from Cedar Rapids City Council members last week, the Cedar Rapids school board is considering a change to its proposed multimillion dollar facilities plan.
Increasing staff pay, hiring more educators of color, and providing more teacher autonomy ways to ‘energize’ staff, superintendent says
Free admission to STEM event hosted by Dasia Taylor, known for creating life-saving surgical sutures as a high school student
“What slavery was really about was separating families, about mutilating humans and even raping their wives. It was just devastating,” Scott, the sole Black Republican in the Senate, told reporters on Thursday after a town hall in Ankeny. “So I would hope that every person in our country — and certainly running for president — would appreciate that.”
Superintendent Tawana Grover says the school board will take another look at middle schools based on feedback from Cedar Rapids City Council during a joint meeting this week.
Superintendent Leisa Breitfelder to prioritize school improvement plans, explore facility and childcare needs in the communities
Cedar Rapids City Council members voiced concern Wednesday about schools near downtown and on the west side of the city closing under a facility master plan proposed by school leaders. The comments came during a joint meeting of the council and the school board.
The students in about 300 Linn-Mar families no longer will be eligible for busing to school this fall. A Safe Routes to School plan will be implemented this fall to encourage more students to walk and bike to school.
Amanda Pierce Snyder was banned from school board meetings for 12 months for being disruptive during an August 2022 board meeting.
The Cedar Rapids-based employee assistance program is working to reduce the stigma around mental health in the workplace.
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