Cedar Rapids schools to continue to offer free, half-day preschool at Truman and other elementary schools while state lawmakers have not acted on funding for full-day programs.
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Cedar Rapids schools to continue to offer free, half-day preschool at Truman and other elementary schools while state lawmakers have not acted on funding for full-day programs.
Renovations to the Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy added to the plan with the intent to combine the middle school with Wilson, which would become an elementary school.
The district began providing devices to all students shortly after closing to students in March 2020 for the pandemic. That 1-to-1 program will remain, but students in kindergarten through fifth grade now will keep their devices at school. Families can opt in to letting their children taking a device home.
Full-day preschool will be offered at all 20 elementary schools in the Iowa City Community School District beginning this fall.
Performing arts venues in Iowa City Community School District’s high schools could be the next facilities to see improvements following completion of a 100-page facility study.
After more than two years of budget reductions — which included closing an elementary school in Hills — the Iowa City Community School District is “not in a cutting mode” this fiscal year.
Also in this week’s Government Notes, Marion seeks to regulate metal detecting in public parks
Following vocal criticism of an initial revision to Iowa’s science education standards that stripped away phrases like “climate change” and “biological evolution” from what students should learn throughout their K-12 education, a second draft has returned references to those terms.
Susie Meade will be shared between the Cedar Rapids-based agency and Heartland AEA in Johnston
The Clear Creek Amana Community School District has hired a new superintendent after former leader Corey Seymour stepped down in February to take a personal leave of absence.
No additional taxes or funding measures will be required for a new indoor activities center at Linn-Mar High School. The facility will include a new wrestling room, weight room and gym with an indoor track.
The Cedar Rapids Community School District is reducing 27 full time positions from its district offices to ensure long-term financial sustainability. The 11 percent decrease in payroll, effective June 30, will result in about $1.66 million in savings.
The Linn-Mar school board rescinded a policy Monday that protected transgender students from discrimination, saying it references Iowa laws that “no longer exist.”
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