K-12 Education

Aquatics director and lifeguard Connor Ironside and lifeguard Evalyn James recognized for their heroism at Marion City Council meeting earlier this month

The Cedar Rapids school district will work with an agency to fill open teaching positions, especially those in special education. School board members said they want to understand why employees are leaving the district.

The school is the second elementary to be opened under the Cedar Rapids Community School District’s facility master plan, which is expected to lower operational costs for the district and address uneven distribution of resources

There were 144 reported incidents of seclusion and restraint during the 2021-22 school year, a decline of more than 600 from four years ago.

Discussions will focus on a $312 million plan that includes building a new aquatic center and a 1,200-student middle school

Former school board President Shawn Eyestone resigns to pursue higher education

Non-white students, students with specialized learning plans and high school students have the most ground to make up

With the school year already underway, the council’s vote ends a monthslong debate between city and school district officials over the presence of school resource officers mainly in middle schools.

New middle school, district aquatic center among proposed projects in the plan to address secondary schools facility needs

Clear Creek Amana superintendent to ‘prepare students for jobs that have yet to be created’

Officials in the growing city of Hiawatha would like to see both schools maintained as the Cedar Rapids Community School District continues its master facility plan.

With the first day of school quickly approaching, many school districts are left with job openings for special education teachers and paraprofessionals