K-12 Education

School district exploring solutions to recruit more employees of color and attract more teachers to the field

Noreen Bush, who is on medical leave, to resign effective June 30

Linn-Mar saw disruption in computer and phone systems a month after Cedar Rapids schools’ faced ransomware attack

Cedar Rapids leaders show interest in backing $312 million plan to update middle schools and high schools

Bush will remain superintendent throughout her medical leave -- which began Monday -- and the remainder of the school year.

Empowering Youths of Iowa is seeking donations to support tutoring of at-risk students. The nonprofit, which is located at Collins Community Credit Union in Cedar Rapids, also provides a daily free lunch to students.

Across the state, more than 1,000 paraeducators are working toward a teaching degree with Teacher and Registered Apprenticeship Pilot Program. Marion Independent — and 12 other Eastern Iowa school districts — are among those participating.

Schools resume charging for lunch, breakfast, after two years of federal waivers during pandemic.

The superintendent of the 16,700-student school district was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2020.

In her first year as the district’s ombuds, Janet Abejo-Parker spoke with100 people — employees, parents and students — about topics of concern that ranged from interpretation of rules, to bullying and discrimination.

City View Community High School will launch in August 2023 for rising ninth- and 10th-graders interested in project-based learning.

State grant funding will create hundreds of child care spots in Eastern Iowa. Among recipients of the grants are TrueNorth and To the Rescue in Cedar Rapids. The Vinton-Shellsburg schools and West Liberty Foods also will receive funding.