K-12 Education

The district will sent letters to parents annually on the importance of secure gun storage and the legal obligation to protect minors from accessing guns.

A lawmaker said livestreaming K-12 classes would nurture parental interest in education that increased when students were engaged in remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic.

In a facilities master plan information update Tuesday, open to the community via Zoom, Superintendent Noreen Bush presented three possible options for a general obligation bond: $55 million, $280 million or $420 million.

The students, who are a part of the school’s Black Student Union, say it’s important for them to share how the use of slurs affects Black students and people of color.

Cedar Rapids Virtual Academy will no longer offer instruction from district teachers.

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.

Linn-Mar High School freshman meet weekly with a teacher to help guide their social-emotional learning and navigate high school.

Child care and preschool centers that care for children younger than 5 — too young to qualify for a COVID vaccine — are navigating rising cases of the virus in Eastern Iowa.

Cedar Rapids Community School District community partnerships making data-driven decisions.

The appeals panel found that a mask requirement is a “reasonable accommodation” for students with disabilities.

A federal appeals panel Tuesday allowed the state of Iowa to enforce a law that prevents local schools from imposing mask mandates — but not for schools attended by students whose disabilities make them more vulnerable to severe illness if they get COVID-19.

Superintendent Noreen Bush said it is “increasingly clear” more time is needed to develop the magnet high school.